Saudi Arabia

Even though she doesn’t speak Arabic and is not a Muslim, poet Sasha Pimentel says the call to prayer in Saudi Arabia has influenced her work.Pimentel was…

On Friday, France’s foreign minister described talks over Syria’s future as entering a “danger zone.” Opposition leaders have stepped away from the…

Since the January 2 assassination of popular Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, Iranians have continued to rally against Saudi Arabia, leading to a…

Suzette Grillot joins the show from Paris to talk about what she’s seen in the European city in just the few weeks after the coordinated terrorist attack…

1979 was a pretty interesting year to be in charge of international energy policy for the U.S. Department of State. The world was still recovering from a…

Joshua Landis and Suzette Grillot discuss the International Olympic Committee easing restrictions on refugee athletes, and a recent International Monetary…

Falling oil prices and continued instability in the Middle East will continue to deplete liquid financial assets in the region’s oil exporters, according…

Joshua Landis explains rebel advances in Syria and new Saudi aggressiveness in its wars with Iran.Then Suzette Grillot talks with University of Oklahoma…

Syria observers are questioning whether President Bashar al-Assad's time could be running short after rebels captured two large, northern cities inside of…

Joshua Landis and Suzette Grillot discuss what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech in Washington this week says about a possible shift in…