Saudi royals

Trump ally says Saudi Crown Prince MBS told him he could recognize Israel ‘today’

According to the Prince, his father, King Salman, remained the primary obstacle.

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US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman look at portraits at the "Presidential Walk of Fame" in the Colonnade at the White House in Washington, DC, November 18, 2025.
FILE PHOTO: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman before they had dinner at Clarence House on March 7, 2018. in London, England.

Prince William to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on official visit

The royal's visit follows a 2025 trip to Saudi Arabia by Britain's finance minister, which London said had unlocked trade and investment agreements worth 6.4 billion pounds ($8.71 billion).

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Saudi Arabia's national flag is seen at the Khoba frontline border with Yemen

Saudi media ramps up anti-Israel rhetoric, dimming normalization hopes - report

“Oh God, deal with the Jews who have seized and occupied, for they cannot escape your power,” Sheikh Saleh bin Humaid, an imam at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, said in a recent sermon.

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IN RIYADH’S Kafd King Abdullah Financial District.

'Chief Rabbi' in Saudi Arabia says he was blocked from entering kingdom

Immigration authorities at the airport and the Interior Minister did not clarify the reason for the denial of entry to Herzog.

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Saudi crown prince leaves at head of kingdom’s delegation to G20

The crown prince is the kingdom's de facto leader.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023ByREUTERS
Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman attends the 18th consultative meeting of the leaders of the GCC & the Gulf summit with the central Asian countries C5, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 19, 2023.

Saudi Arabia could invest in Iran 'very quickly' after agreement - minister

Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed on Friday to re-establish diplomatic relations after years of hostility that had threatened stability and security in the Gulf.

MARCH 15, 2023ByREUTERS
TOP: The flag of Iran BOTTOM: The flag of Saudi Arabia

NEOM: Inside Saudi Arabia's revolutionary leap in urban planning

The Line will have "vertically layered communities will challenge the traditional flat, horizontal cities and create a model for nature preservation."

JULY 29, 2022ByJULIA ROBBINS
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman announces a zero-carbon city called "The Line" to be built at NEOM in northwestern Saudi Arabia, January 10, 2021.

Saudi Crown Prince: 5 years in power and going strong

Mohammed bin Salman is shaking up his conservative kingdom with major liberal social and economic reforms.

JUNE 21, 2022ByMOHAMMAD AL-KASSIM/THE MEDIA LINE
SAUDI CROWN PRINCE Mohammed bin Salman.

Iran drives antisemitism in the Muslim world - analysis

Its leaders rely on several sources rooted in religion to promote a hate-filled agenda against the Jews and the Jewish state

JANUARY 21, 2022ByKSENIA SVETLOVA/THE MEDIA LINE
Members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) navy participate in a joint exercise called the 'Great Prophet 17' in the southwest of Iran, in this picture obtained on December 22, 2021.

Saudi princess and daughter released after three years in jail

Princess Basmah bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 57, a businesswoman, rights activist and member of the royal family, went missing in March 2019 along with her adult daughter Souhoud Al Sharif.

JANUARY 8, 2022ByREUTERS
Princess Basmah Bint Saud

Saudi crown prince softens Iran rhetoric in balancing act

The comment contrasts with remarks made by Prince Mohammed in 2017, after becoming crown prince, in which he called the supreme leader of Iran "the new Hitler of the Middle East."

APRIL 28, 2021ByREUTERS
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chairs first season of the Saudi-Bahraini Coordination Council, virtually with Bahrain's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudis vowed to stop executing minors but some death sentences remain

The decree was never carried on state media nor published in the official gazette as would be normal practice.

JANUARY 18, 2021ByREUTERS
Members of Magic Movement, a group of young Bangladeshis, stage a mock execution scene in protest of Saudi Arabia beheading of eight Bangladeshi workers in front of National Museum in Dhaka October 15, 2011. Eight Bangladeshi migrants have been beheaded in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh in public

Saudi Arabia prefers to normalize ties with Israel under Biden - report

Aides said the Crown Prince would prefer to save such a deal for the incoming administration.

NOVEMBER 28, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during photo session with other leaders and attendees at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019

Saudi King snubs UAE, Bahrain peacemakers in UN speech

King Salman calls for world to stop appeasing Iran, reaffirms support for Arab Peace Plan between Israel and Palestinians.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman talks with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 9, 2018