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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020 file photo, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud speaks during his meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, at the State Department in Washington. Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has expressed optimism that the ongoing boycott of Qatar by four Arab nations may be nearing an end. Prince Faisal bin Farhan made the comment to the Italy’s annual Mediterranean Dialogues on Friday, Dec. 4.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, POOL, File)

Saudis warn Biden to call them before rushing to restore Iran deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Iraq, Saudi Arabia reopen key border crossing after decades

Associated Press

In this Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, photo, tribesmen loyal to Houthi rebels raise their weapons as they chant slogans during a gathering against the agreement to establish diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) **FILE**

U.S. Embassy lowers Riyadh warning after Saudi Arabia destroys weapons-laden Houthi drones

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2019, file photo, Saudi King Salman chairs the 40th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has been admitted to a hospital in the capital, Riyadh, for medical tests due to inflammation of the gallbladder, the kingdom’s Royal Court said Monday, July 20, 2020 in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman admitted to hospital for tests

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Kashoggi, leaves a court in Istanbul, Friday, July 3, 2020, where the trial in absentia of two former aides of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and 18 other Saudi nationals over the 2018 killing of the Washington Post columnist had began. Turkish prosecutors have indicted the 20 Saudi nationals over Khashoggi's grisly killing at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul that cast a cloud of suspicion over Prince Mohammed and are seeking life prison terms for defendants who have all left Turkey. Saudi Arabia rejected Turkish demands for the suspects' extradition and put them on trial in Riyadh.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey: Khashoggi’s fiancee appears at absent Saudis’ trial

By SUZAN FRASER and ROBERT BADENBIECK - Associated Press

This Dec. 22, 2018, file photo shows a pump jack over an oil well along Interstate 25 near Dacono, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Oil price crash alters priorities, greases skids to new world order

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, March 30, 2020 file photo, people carry the body of a victim who died after being infected with the new coronavirus at a cemetery just outside Tehran, Iran. Across the Middle East and parts of South Asia, bereaved families have faced traumatic restrictions on burying their dead amid the pandemic. Religion and customs that require speedy burials in the largely Muslim region have clashed with fears of COVID-19 contagion and government-mandated lockdowns. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Saudi Arabia halts parental visitation rulings to curb virus

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Saudi forces destroy missile fired over capital Riyadh

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, meets with Saudi King Salman, right, at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday Feb. 20, 2020. Pompeo has said that during his time in Saudi Arabia, he will speak with the kingdom's leadership about security issues, threats posed by Iran, the economic relationship between the two countries, and issues of human rights. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)

Pompeo in Saudi Arabia for visit focused on Iranian threats

By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Saudi court sentences Yemeni to death for attacking dancers

By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI - Associated Press

In this Dec. 13, 2019 photo, a woman collects silver tickets as she plays at an amusement park during the Diriyah festival in Diriyah on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Hollywood actors, models and social media mavens were invited to Saudi Arabia over the weekend to promote a three-day-long musical festival for young Saudis that took place in the capital, Riyadh. The efforts are aimed at boosting the economy while polishing the country's image abroad and appealing to the young. It's a pivot from just three years ago, when religious police would storm restaurants playing music and harass women in malls for showing their face or wearing red nail polish. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudi Arabia cuts loose with bevy of models and a rave

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Iranian Protests Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The message of the Iranian protests: ‘The ayatollah must go’

By Khosrow B. Semnani

This Sept. 15, 2019, file photo, shows storage tanks at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Aramco on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, set a share price for its IPO — expected to be the biggest ever — that puts the value of the company at $1.7 trillion, more than Apple or Microsoft. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Saudi Aramco gains 10% in debut to clinch top seat at $1.8T

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media before departing from al-Bateen Air Base in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, as U.S. special representative on Iran Brian Hook, left, listens. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Iran threatens ‘all-out war’ as Donald Trump trades tough talk for diplomacy

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Iran Drone Attack Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Saudi Arabia’s Iran dilemma

By S. Rob Sobhani

In this March 20, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) **FILE**

Lawmakers condemn Trump’s emergency arms sales to Saudi Arabia

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner watches a ceremony where President Donald Trump was presented with The Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal, at the Royal Court Palace, Saturday, May 20, 2017, in Riyadh. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Donald Trump asks Saudi Arabia to pay for Middle East peace deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 15, 2014, file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

EDITORIAL: Jamal Khashoggi’s story casts shadow over Saudi ambassador meeting

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this March 29, 2014 file photo, Aziza al-Yousef drives a car on a highway in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of a campaign to defy Saudi Arabia's then ban on women driving. Saudi women's rights activists, including al-Yousef, are expected to appear before a judge Wednesday, March 27, 2019, on charges that include speaking to foreign journalists. Several people with knowledge of the cases say the charges for the nearly dozen women relate to their efforts to promote women's rights and sharing information with accredited foreign reporters, diplomats and human rights groups. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Detained Saudi women’s rights activists tell judges of abuse

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

In this Dec. 10, 2007, file photo, retired Army Gen. John Abizaid, speaks in San Francisco. Abizaid is President Donald Trump’s pick to be U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia. If confirmed by the Senate, Abizaid would fill a key diplomatic vacancy at a time when U.S.-Saudi relations are being tested by the death of a journalist critical of the royal family in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Abizaid, who retired in 2007, is the longest serving commander of the U.S. Central Command. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

John Abizaid, Saudi Arabia ambassador pick, target of senators anger

By Lauren Toms and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times