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A passenger airplane flies over a smoldering fire at a Saudi Aramco oil depot after a Yemen Houthi rebel attack, ahead of a Formula One race as the sun rises in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Saudi airstrikes hit Yemen’s Houthis after Jiddah attack

By Ahmed Al-Haj and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

A photographer takes pictures of the Khurais oil field during a tour for journalists, 150 km east-northeast of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 28, 2021. In a statement on Monday, March 21, 2022, carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Arabia said it “won’t bear any responsibility for any shortage in oil supplies to global markets” after attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have affected the kingdom’s production. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Saudi Arabia says it’s not responsible for high oil prices

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, Saudi King Faisal walks with a cane as he leaves King Faisal Specialist Hospital with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, and entourage, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, March, 16, 2022. Saudi Arabia’s octogenarian monarch underwent medical tests and changed the battery of his pacemaker, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported Wednesday. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

Saudi king leaves hospital after pacemaker battery changed

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In this Monday, June 24, 2019 file photo, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at Al Salam Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. English Premier League club Newcastle was taken over by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 after a protracted takeover. The takeover by the Saudi Public Investment Fund initially collapsed last year over concerns about how much control the kingdom's leadership would have in the running of Newcastle amid concerns about Saudi human rights abuses and the pirating of sports rights. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

White House disputes report that Saudi Arabian leaders refused a call from Biden

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, waves to French President Emmanuel Macron, upon his arrival in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 4, 2021. Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was heading Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, to Oman, the first stop of a tour of Gulf Arab states that will see him meet neighboring rulers and allies as the kingdom closely watches negotiations in Europe to revive Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File)

Saudi Arabia, UAE leaders decline calls from Biden amid surging oil prices

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Fuel trucks line up in front of storage tanks at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

OPEC, allies weigh oil output amid high prices, Russian war

By Cathy Bussewitz - Associated Press

The price-per-gallon sign is illuminated at a gasoline station, Feb. 11, 2022, in Denver, Colorado, USA. Saudi Arabia is signaling it isn’t willing to pump more oil and won’t push for changes to an agreement forged with Russia and other producers that has kept a lid on oil production levels. This has Washington concerned as gasoline prices rise at the pump and tensions over Ukraine fuel market uncertainty. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Saudi Arabia keeps lid on oil output as U.S. gas prices rise

By Aya Batrawy and Abdullah Al-Shihri - Associated Press

An athlete practices behind a glass fence during a training session at the National Biathlon Center ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Too much ‘nationalism’ at the Olympics, the world says

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

A protester stands in protest to denounce the U.S. policies on North Korea near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. North Korea on Monday accused the United States of keeping up its &quot;hostile policy&quot; and demanded the Biden administration permanently end joint military exercises with South Korea even as it continued its recent streak of weapons tests apparently aimed at pressuring Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear diplomacy. The sign reads &quot;Suspension of war practice against North Korea and withdrawal of the U.S. troops.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) ** FILE **

Biden leaves key ambassador posts empty in Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, South Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber performs at a concert marking the end of Formula One, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Justin Bieber performs at Saudi F1 race after boycott calls

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pauses while speaking during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Defense Secretary Austin promises ‘get tough’ policy toward Iran

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - Justin Bieber performs at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on Aug. 30, 2015. The fiance of slain Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi joined a chorus of voices on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, calling on pop star Justin Bieber to cancel his concert in Saudi Arabia next month.(Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

Saudi critic’s fiancee urges Justin Bieber to cancel F1 show

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

In this file photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in farewell meeting with outgoing President Hassan Rouhani's administration in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Iran on Monday signaled a willingness to engage directly with the United States in ongoing discussions over the nuclear deal with world powers if it is necessary to reach a good agreement, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP) **FILE**

Iran and Saudi Arabia are talking but bad blood remains between bitter rivals

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, June 7, 2021, in Washington. Sullivan is traveling to Saudi Arabia on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, to meet with Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman as the U.S. tries to press the kingdom to move toward a cease-fire in its years-long war with Houthi rebels in Yemen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Sullivan, Biden aide, to meet Saudi crown prince about Yemen

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, on the August jobs report. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden signs executive order to declassify some 9/11 documents

By Jeff Mordock and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo, smoke billows from World Trade Center Tower 1 and flames explode from Tower 2 as it is struck by United Airlines Flight 175, in New York. (AP Photo/Chao Soi Cheong, File)

9/11 families: New details raise concerns about Saudi links to attacks

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Brazil's Henrique Matheus, center, and Saudi Arabia's Abdulrahman Ghareeb, left, battle for the ball during a men's soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Richarlison’s goals give Brazil a 3-1 win over Saudi Arabia

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Muslim pilgrims are seen through a glass window as they circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, as they wear masks and keep to social distancing, a day before the annual hajj pilgrimage, Saturday, July 17, 2021. The pilgrimage to Mecca required once in a lifetime of every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to make it, used to draw more than 2 million people. But for a second straight year it has been curtailed due to the coronavirus with only vaccinated people in Saudi Arabia able to participate. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Virus transforms hajj in Mecca and future of the pilgrimage

By Amr Nabil and Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 6, 2020 file photo, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia, arrives for a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, and non OPEC members at OPEC headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The OPEC oil cartel led by Saudi Arabia and other allied producing countries resumed talks on Monday, July 5, 2021, amid a standoff with the United Arab Emirates over how much to raise production levels with demand still hampered by threats from new variants of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

OPEC oil alliance at impasse between Saudi Arabia and UAE

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, speaks during a memorial ceremony for Israeli soldiers who fell in battle during the 2014 Gaza War, in the Hall of Remembrance at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, June 20, 2021. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Evangelical-Jewish author Rosenberg sees room for optimism in Biden, Bennett pairing

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times