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** FILE ** Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, speaks during a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in Riyadh, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013 (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

Saudi Arabia, China, Russia, Cuba win seats on U.N. Human Rights Council

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, right, in Riyadh, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Seeking to bridge multiple policy rifts with Saudi Arabia, Kerry hailed the kingdom's role as "the senior player" in the Middle East on Monday. Speaking to employees at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh ahead of meetings with Saudi Arabia's king and foreign minister, Kerry said Saudi Arabia had assumed the Arab leadership mantle from Egypt, which is currently distracted by major domestic uncertainty. He said strengthening the U.S.-Saudi partnership is critical to Mideast security and stability and cementing tentative political transitions around the region. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

Embassy Row: In Saudi Arabia, Obama viewd as a ‘paper tiger president’

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

** FILE ** King Abdullah (center) of Saudi Arabia waves during the inauguration of the Princess Noura bint Abdulrahaman University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, May 15, 2011. The school will be the biggest women's university in the world, with capacity for 40,000 students. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency)

Pakistan built nuclear weapons for Saudi Arabia: report

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A Saudi woman drives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in this image made from video provided by the Oct26thDriving campaign and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting. The woman said she got behind the wheel and drove to the grocery store without being stopped or harassed by police, kicking off a campaign protesting the ban on women driving in the ultraconservative kingdom. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Kuwaiti woman arrested for driving in Saudi Arabia: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John F. Kerry arrives in Cairo on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, where he will press Egypt for reforms during the highest-level American visit to the country since the ouster of that nation's first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, in July. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

John Kerry: U.S. won’t allow attacks on Mideast partners

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

FILE -- This May 12, 2006 file photo shows Homaidan al-Turki, right, and his wife Sarah Khonaizan as they arrive for a hearing at the Arapahoe County courthouse in Centennial, Colo. Homaidan al-Turki, a Saudi national serving eight years in prison in Colorado on a sexual assault conviction, appeared at a hearing today Oct.24, 2013, to ask a judge to release him from prison and allow him to serve probation instead. He seeks to be deported to his home country to serve the rest of his sentence.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

Saudis lobby for release of Colo. sex offender

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz (right), who died on Saturday, June 16, 2012, and his brother Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz attend a welcoming ceremony for Gulf Arab leaders as they arrive in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, for a Gulf Cooperation Council summit on Monday, May 14, 2012. Prince Salman has been named crown prince. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

LOZANSKY: Has Obama lost the Saudis, too?

By Edward Lozansky

A Twitter app is pictured on an iPhone screen in New York on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Kuwait upholds 10-year prison sentence for Twitter insults against Islam

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2010 file photo, a Saudi woman smokes tobacco from a waterpipe as her friend looks at her cell phone in a coffee shop in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It&#8217;s been a little more than two years since the last time women in Saudi Arabia campaigned for the right to drive. Since then, the monarchy has made incremental but key reforms, and activists hope that has readied the nation for greater change as they call for women to get behind the wheel in a new campaign Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. Ultraconservatives are pushing back with protests, threats and even a cleric&#8217;s warning that driving a car damages a woman&#8217;s ovaries. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

U.N. praises Saudi Arabia on women’s rights

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry said he is aware that the Saudis are unhappy that the U.S. has not followed through on threats to use force against the Syrian regime after its use of chemical weapons.

Saudis want more action from U.S. in Syrian crisis

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, file photo, the United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution that will require Syria to give up its chemical weapon, at U.N. Headquarters. Saudi Arabia is rejecting its seat on the U.N. Security Council and says the 15-member body is incapable of resolving world conflicts. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

EDITORIAL: A U.N. raft of rogues

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, file photo, the United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution that will require Syria to give up its chemical weapon, at U.N. Headquarters. Saudi Arabia is rejecting its seat on the U.N. Security Council and says the 15-member body is incapable of resolving world conflicts. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Saudi Arabia, angry with West, slams door on U.N. Security Council seat

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Members of the United Nations Security Council vote for tough new sanctions to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test, during a meeting at U.N. headquarters on March 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Chad, Lithuania, Chile elected to U.N. Security Council

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A Syrian rebel fighter returns from fighting Syrian army forces in Aleppo. (Associated Press)

U.S. allies let funds flow to al Qaeda in Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The title character in "Wadjda" hides colorful hair barrettes under a black abaya, secretly paints her toenails and yearns to own and ride a colorful bicycle. (tribeca film festival via associated press)

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Wadjda’

By Kelly Jane Torrance - Special to The Washington Times

From left to right: Abdullrahman Al Gohani, Director Haifaa Al Manour and Waad Mohammed. (Photo by Tobias Kownatzki © Razor Film, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)

Saudi woman’s acclaimed film ‘Wadjda’ breaks down cultural barriers

By Kelly Jane Torrance - Special to The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Keystone Kops to Egypt’s rescue

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

British Prime Minister David Cameron

PRUDEN: Extracting oil and gas: When bad news becomes good news

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz (right) is visted by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi at the al-Salam palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2012. (Associated Press)

SOBHANI: Why royal Saudi leadership matters

By S. Rob Sobhani