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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the Pentagon with an Honor Cordon, in Washington, Thursday, March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Mattis praises Saudis, $1B arms sale to be approved

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this Nov. 26, 2017, file photo released by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s young crown prince is opening a marathon tour of the United States with a first stop in Washington, where he plans to meet March 20 with President Donald Trump. (Saudi Press Agency via AP, File)

On marathon U.S. tour, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman seeks Saudi image makeover

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

President Trump shows a chart highlighting arms sales to Saudi Arabia during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia prince bond over arms deals, hostility to Iran

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Senate turns back resolution limiting US military in Yemen

By LISA MASCARO and ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Protesters, some dressed as United States President Donald Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, stand on the steps of City Hall in New York, Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, son of King Salman and heir to the throne, is opening a marathon tour of the United States with a stop in Washington, where he'll meet Trump on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The Latest: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince meets Trump

Associated Press

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Trump to Mohammed bin Salman: Focus on Iran

By S. Rob Sobhani

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Donald Trump ready to host Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on Saudi Arabia and a nuclear Iran by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Saudi Arabia, nuclear weapons: Proceed with caution

By Renee Garfinkel

A general view of the MBC building at Media City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, March 5, 2018. The Dubai-based MBC Group stopped broadcasting its popular Arabic-dubbed Turkish soap operas on March 1, a decision coming just after its chairman Waleed al-Ibrahim was released from being detained in a mass arrest by Saudi authorities. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Turkish soap operas latest casualty of Mideast conflicts

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this May 14, 2012, file photo, then-Crown Prince Salman, left, speaks with his son, Prince Mohammed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia under King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has replaced its military chief of staff and other defense officials amid its stalemated war in Yemen early Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Saudi military leaders replaced amid stalemated war in Yemen

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, left, next to Qatar's Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah, shakes hands with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, right, ‎at the State Department, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Tillerson, Mattis praise Qatar despite ongoing rift with Saudis

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Germany playing Saudi Arabia before World Cup defense

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2017 file photo, men walk past a Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Leopard tank with a &quot;sold&quot; sign on it at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference, known by the acronym IDEX, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Newly released figures on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018 show Germany's centrist coalition approved more weapons exports over the past four years, fueling debate over the country's weapons sale policy. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell,file)

Rising exports, Turkish tanks fuel German arms sales debate

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Judge remains skeptical Sept. 11 Saudi claims can proceed

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Illustration on an alliance between Irael and Saudi Arabia by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Israel and Saudi Arabia find common cause in keeping Iran at bay

By Herbert London

FILE - In this Saturday, March 29, 2014 file photo, Aziza Yousef drives a car on a highway in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of a campaign to defy Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving. This past year, Saudi Arabia laid the groundwork for momentous change next year in the conservative kingdom, defying its own reputation for slow-paced, cautious reforms. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

A year of historic change in Saudi Arabia, with more to come

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

In this Monday, Dec. 25, 2017, photo released by Saudi Press Agency, two Saudi officials play chess during the opening the first ever chess tournament in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia is hosting a world chess tournament for the first time on Tuesday nearly two years after the country's top cleric issued a religious edict against playing the board game. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

Saudi Arabia hosts world chess games, testing reform limits

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

In this Dec. 7, 2017 photo Matthew Peek poses with a model of a C-130 aircraft in his office at Erwin, Martinkus, and Cole in Champaig, Ill. For 11 years in the Air Force, he flew in intelligence-seeking planes gathering data from Saudi Arabia to Panama City. Even though it has been 17 years since he left the service, the Champaign attorney can't talk about some of his work as an airborne linguist and cryptographer. (Stephen Haas/The News-Gazette via AP )

Champaign attorney recalls time his served in Air Force

By PAUL WOOD - Associated Press

CIA chief Pompeo meets with King Salman in Saudi Arabia

Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the troops at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria, on Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. Declaring a victory in Syria, Putin on Monday visited a Russian military air base in the country and announced a partial pullout of Russian forces from the Mideast nation. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Under Putin, Russia increases clout in the Middle East

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press