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Beirut 1958

By Bruce Riedel

2019

Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Agnes Callamard waits for a news conference to start in San Salvador, El Salvador, February 5, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas - RC18B7C8DB30

U.N. report firmly blames Saudi Arabia for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi

Bruce Riedel

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Jordan's King Abdullah reviews the guard of honour during a ceremony celebrating the country's 73rd Independence Day in Amman, Jordan, May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed - RC122FB03AE0

Jordan’s King Abdullah is facing new risks—from his own friends

Bruce Riedel

Friday, June 14, 2019

Pictures of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz are seen during the launching of National Industrial Development and Logistics Program (NIDLP) in Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Faisal al-Nasser - RC196F7D4850

As the Saudis host international summitry, their Yemen problem isn’t going away

Bruce Riedel

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

A Southern Popular Resistance fighter fires a weapon mounted on a truck during clashes with Houthi fighters in Yemen's southern city of Aden May 3, 2015. Between 40-50 Arab special forces soldiers arrived in Aden on Sunday and deployed alongside local fighters against the Houthi militia, a spokesman for the Southern Popular Resistance said. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF10000082449

In Yemen, the Houthi strategy has promise and risk

Bruce Riedel

Thursday, May 16, 2019

A prison guard looks through a small window at the El Harrach prison in Algiers July 14, 2010. Algeria is ready to open its prisons to international inspection to counter allegations that inmates are abused, Farouk Ksentini, chairman of the National Consultative Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, a government-backed human rights body, said on Wednesday. To match Interview ALGERIA-PRISONS/ REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA - Tags: CRIME LAW) - GM1E67F02LF01

Unveiling Algeria’s dark side

Bruce Riedel

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

President John F. Kennedy greets Prime Minister of Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella, upon the Prime Minister's arrival at the White House for a ceremony in his honor. 1962. Credit: JFK Library: https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKWHP/1962/Month%2010/Day%2015/JFKWHP-1962-10-15-A

Algeria and America: A complicated past, an uncertain future

Bruce Riedel

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi stands with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah during the group photo with Arab leaders, ahead of the 30th Arab Summit in Tunis, Tunisia March 31, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/Pool - RC17FA0F57C0

King Salman is back in the saddle

Bruce Riedel

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

We’ve never seen [the crackdown on dissidents] on a scale like this. A dissident like Jamal Khashoggi in the past wouldn’t have been considered worth the effort.

Bruce Riedel New York Times Sunday, March 17, 2019

Kings and Presidents

By Bruce Riedel

2019