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Madawi Al-Rasheed visiting professor at the Middle East Centre at LSE. Donald Trump’s first overseas tour starts this week in Riyadh, followed by Israel and the Vatican. This is not an inter-faith pilgrimage to three holy sites,…

The price tag of an audience with Donald Trump is high, and rising. Saudi Arabia has already pledged an estimated $300bn in defence contracts over the next decade and $40bn in infrastructure investment. The final figure, according to…

YemenExtra The next week meeting of US President Donald Trump, the most dangerous man on the planet, with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a source of instability in the Middle East, is a threat to peace, according to…

YemenExtra Patrick Cockburn Patrick Cockburn is an award-winning writer on The Independent who specialises in analysis of Iraq, Syria and wars in the Middle East. Many people view Donald Trump as the most dangerous man on the…

By Daniel Larison The Secretary of Defense is considering more support for the atrocious, indefensible war on Yemen: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is considering a range of additional military support for Saudi Arabia’s fight…