The moment is around the corner when Saudi Arabia will face a massive budget deficit, an American political scientist said. “Saudi Arabia is running large budget deficits of 15 to 20 percent of GDP, and is drawing down on its currency reserves,” American political science professor James D. Savage told Iran’s Tasnim news agency. He added that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates... 

Saudi Arabia has acknowledged that the US-led anti-ISIS coalition has held a “political” discussion about a potential ground troop deployment in Syria. Riyadh’s statements have been criticized by Damascus as destructive and a threat to regional security. In an interview with Reuters, an aide to Saudi Arabia’s defense minister, Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri, confirmed that defense ministers... 

The Minister of Defense (MoD) is reporting today that President Putin was forced to call king Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud earlier today after this leader of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) refused to talk to his nations supposed main ally, President Barack Obama of the United States. According to this report, with the Saudi king refusing to accept President Obama’s call, it was left to President... 

Turkey has already unleashed a war in the Middle East, Marine combat veteran Gordon Duff, referring to the country’s de facto invasion of Iraq and shelling of Syria. In the past few years Turkey and Saudi Arabia have been creating a “new Wahhabi empire” in the Middle East and beyond by fuelling Islamic extremists, Muslim Brotherhood recruits and al-Qaeda affiliates. “Turkey... 

Earlier this week a Saudi political analyst told RT’s Arab network the kingdom has a nuclear weapon. Dahham Al-‘Anzi made the claim while saying Saudi Arabia is engaged in an effort to “minimize the Iranian threat in the Levant and Syria.” Although Saudi Arabia has officially denied it has a nuclear weapons program and has publicly stated it opposes nuclear weapons in the Middle East, it... 

350,000 soldiers, 20,000 tanks, 2,450 warplanes and 460 military helicopters are massing in northern Saudi Arabia for a military exercise that is being called “Northern Thunder”. According to the official announcement, forces are being contributed by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Sudan, Kuwait, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia, Oman, Qatar, Malaysia and several other... 

Rumors have long circulated that Turkey is planning to send ground troops to Syria. Although Ankara has repeatedly denied these claims, the ruling AKP party in fact wants to annex northern part of the war-torn Arab country, Professor Michel Chossudovsky told Radio Sputnik. “Forthcoming planned invasion of Syria” by Turkish and Saudi ground forces, according to the geopolitical analyst,... 

The Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is reporting today that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has successfully targeted one of the largest terror networks that nation has ever encountered after their leader, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, was personally warned by President Putin last month that unless the Saudi’s took action against the American-Islamic State terror “monstrosity” that... 

By reducing oil prices, Saudi Arabia is waging a secret war against Russia and Iran, according to political analyst Bassam Tahhan. In an interview with RT, political analyst Bassam Tahhan said that Saudi Arabia and the other countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council are trying to force down oil prices in order to harm Iran and a number of other oil-producing countries, including Russia. “A secret... 

Falling oil prices are emptying Saudi Arabia’s state coffers as the country grapples with its military and social needs, according to the French newspaper Les Echos. Plummeting oil prices have ridden roughshod over the state coffers of Saudi Arabia, which is currently trying to cope with its military and social needs, journalist Yves Bourdillon wrote in an article which was published by the... 

An all-out war between Saudi Arabia and Tehran is “something we do not foresee at all,” the Saudi deputy crown prince and defense minister has said. Speaking to the Economist, Muhammad bin Salman said: “Whoever is pushing towards that is somebody who is not in their right mind. Because a war between Saudi Arabia and Iran is the beginning of a major catastrophe in the region, and it will... 

Tensions between the leading Shiite and Sunni powers, Iran and Saudi Arabia, have dramatically escalated following the execution of a prominent Shiite cleric, but whatever goals Riyadh is pursuing, it is hardly capable of countering Iran, a US think tank asserted. “By itself, Saudi Arabia is no match for the much larger, more populous Iran — and the end of Western sanctions is only boosting... 

Iran has accused Saudi Arabia of using warplanes to attack the Iranian embassy in the Yemeni capital Sana’a. Some guards were reportedly wounded in the attack, according to state news channel IRIB. The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen says it will investigate the accusation, according to coalition spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri, as cited by Reuters. Asseri acknowledged that coalition... 

A highly disturbing Security Council (SCRF) report circulating in the Kremlin today is warning that the coming year, 2016, may very well see the collapse of the governments of the United States and Saudi Arabia as the citizens in both of these nations have begun revolting against the massive corruption these regimes rule by—and which should they both collapse would launch upon the entire world an... 

Ankara’s move to shoot down a Russian Su-24 near the Syrian border prompted a media blitz from Moscow. Over the past five weeks, Turkey’s role in facilitating the trafficking of illicit Islamic State crude has been exposed for the world to see. Ankara’s move to shoot down a Russian Su-24 near the Syrian border prompted a media blitz from Moscow, which has variously accused the Erdogan government...