Saudi Arabia - Page 46

January 13, 2020

NAS Pensacola shooting was an 'act of terrorism', Barr says; US to expel 21 Saudi nationals in training program

The shooting carried out by a Saudi aviation student at Naval Air Station Pensacola in December was an "act of terrorism," Attorney General William Barr said Monday as officials released their findings from their investigation into the attack.

January 13, 2020

Fort Hood survivor: Pensacola attack, Saudi trainees' extremist ties show 'nothing has changed'

More than a decade after the Fort Hood shooting, foreigners are still being allowed onto U.S. military bases without proper vetting, retired Staff Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford said Monday on "Fox & Friends."

January 11, 2020

Some Saudi service members in US facing expulsion after NAS Pensacola shooting probe: reports

More than a dozen Saudi service members undergoing training at U.S. military facilities are expected to be expelled from the U.S. following an investigation into last month’s deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, according to reports.

January 9, 2020

US-Iran tensions: A timeline of incidents between two longtime rivals

The U.S. killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani on January 3, 2020 -- and the Iranian airstrikes against American bases in Iraq that followed -- are just the latest flare-ups between two nations that have had tense relations over the past few decades.

January 3, 2020

More Saudi Arabia oil attacks could be coming in wake of Soleimani's death, industry experts warn

Analysts watching the world’s oil markets are fearing Friday that Iran will target energy infrastructure in countries like Saudi Arabia as retaliation for the U.S. killing Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

December 23, 2019

Washington Post publisher rips Saudi trial in Khashoggi case as a 'sham'

The publisher of The Washington Post ripped the announcement made by Saudi Arabian officials Monday that they had sentenced five men to death for killing Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, calling it "a sham trial."

December 23, 2019

Saudi Arabia hands down 5 death sentences for Khashoggi’s killing, state TV says

A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a team of Saudi agents.

December 20, 2019

After Navy base shooting, all Saudi military training students screened, no immediate threats found: Pentagon

The Defense Department has completed security screenings of all Saudi Arabian students in the U.S. for military training and found no indications of any immediate threats, the Pentagon said Thursday, nearly two weeks after a Saudi student killed three people and injured eight others at a Florida Navy base.

December 15, 2019

Saudi student at the University of New Mexico charged with illegally possessing handgun, FBI says

A Saudi Arabian student enrolled at the University of New Mexico's school of engineering was charged Friday with illegally possessing a firearm after a search of his Alburquerque residence found a handgun, according to federal court documents.

December 12, 2019

Fred Fleitz: Pensacola Naval Air Station murders show why we must keep radical Islamist terrorists out of US

Another Saudi terrorist receiving flight training in Florida has left a path of death and blood. Again, journalists and federal officials scratch their heads about motive, pretending not to know.