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  • Inside the effort to create a far-reaching U.S.-Saudi-Israeli pact to end the war

    Eleven days ago, Sen. Lindsey Graham arrived for a private meeting in a lavish tent with ruby red rugs and low burgundy cushions in the western Saudi Arabian oasis town of Al Ula, home to ancient Nabatean ruins. The tent is guarded by layers of Saudi security that protect the nearby winter camp of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Graham, a South Carolina Republican, was a participant in a series of high-stakes meetings with the crown prince in recent weeks involving American lawmakers and diplomats hoping to rekindle a potential treaty between Saudi Arabia, Israel and the United States. Their ambitious goal is to hammer out a framework for concluding the Israel-Hamas war, stabilizing the Middle East and paving the way for some form of Palestinian self-governance in the Gaza Strip.

  • Obstacles From All Sides Face a U.S.-Saudi Arabia-Israel Grand Bargain

    However, Saudi Arabia has made it clear in recent years that it will not normalize relations with Israel absent some significant, but unspecified, movement by the Israelis to bolster prospects for a two-state solution, such as strengthening the Palestinian Authority and expanding areas under its control, limiting settlement activity, or committing not to annex any additional occupied Palestinian lands. But such steps may be extremely difficult for the United States and Saudi Arabia to secure from the current Israeli government.

  • Netanyahu wants security agreement from Biden as part of mega U.S.-Saudi-Israel deal

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to get a security agreement with the U.S. focused on deterring Iran in the context of the mega-deal the Biden administration is trying to reach with Saudi Arabia and Israel, four Israeli and U.S. officials told Axios.

  • U.S.-Saudi Deal Sets Path to Normalize Kingdom’s Ties With Israel

    Mohammed has given conflicting messages about his commitment to different audiences. U.S. officials working on the issue say that Mohammed is serious about trying to broker a deal. But the crown prince has told aides that he is not ready to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel similar to those with the United Arab Emirates, which signed a deal in 2020, according to Saudi officials.

  • U.S.-Saudi Deal Sets Path to Normalize Kingdom’s Ties With Israel

    U.S. and Saudi Arabia have agreed on the broad contours of a deal for Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel in exchange for concessions to the Palestinians, U.S. security guarantees and civilian nuclear help, according to U.S. officials. U.S. officials expressed cautious optimism that, in the next nine-to-12 months, they can hammer out the finer details of what would be the most momentous Middle East peace deal in a generation. But they warn that they face long odds.

  • U.S.-Saudi relations have been fraught, but that’s been changing: Fahad Nazer

    President Biden visited Saudi Arabia in 2022, and Secretary of State Blinken is there now. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Fahad Nazer, spokesman for the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C.

  • Sudan’s warring factions agree to weeklong ceasefire, U.S.-Saudi mediators say

    Sudan’s warring factions have agreed to a new short-term ceasefire, U.S. and Saudi mediators announced on Saturday, after several previous attempts to broker a truce that holds have failed. Meeting in the Saudi port city of Jeddah, the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces signed off on a seven-day ceasefire that is due to take effect on Monday 9:45 p.m. local time in Sudan, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia said in a joint statement. The ceasefire could be extended if both sides agree. “Both parties have conveyed to the Saudi and U.S. facilitators their commitment not to seek military advantage during the 48-hour notification period after signing the agreement and prior to the start of the ceasefire,” it said.

  • How Boeing’s deal with Riyadh Airways boosts U.S.-Saudi commercial ties

    A discussion on how Saudi Arabia's announcement that it will purchase up to 121 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, equipped with General Electric’s most advanced GEnex engines, is a big boost for the U.S.-Saudi commercial relationship. The purchase order will anchor the newly-formed Riyadh Air and expand the Saudia Airlines fleet as the Kingdom moves forward with a real push to be a global tourism player and travel hub.

  • U.S.-Saudi relations “better,” regardless of China-brokered Iran-Saudi deal

    “We are in a better spot," a senior U.S. official said. "They’ve done some important things, and we’ve had good communication on some difficult issues from Yemen to 5G/6G technology to security coordination. It’s moving in a better direction."

  • U.S.-Saudi relations “better,” regardless of China-brokered Iran-Saudi deal

    The Biden administration has seen gradual but significant improvement in its relations with Riyadh, regardless of last week's China-brokered agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran on reestablishing diplomatic relations, two senior U.S. officials told Axios. Why it matters: Relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have been tense since the Biden administration assumed office.