, Columnist
Fix the U.S.-Saudi Alliance. Don’t Break It.
It’s tempting to cheer on the backlash against the royal family. And that’s fine, as long as it doesn’t go too far.
Yemen is a really big problem.
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Democrats are planning a "deep dive" into ties between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia when they take control of the House of Representatives in January. Republicans in the administration of President Donald Trump are putting pressure on the Saudi government to back off its military and diplomatic adventures in Yemen and Qatar.
The murder last month of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul has created a backlash against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that’s led both sides in Washington to raise new questions about the limits of U.S.-Saudi cooperation.