For years, the U.S. government’s handling of the investigation surrounding the role of Saudi Arabia in the 9/11 attacks has been a slap in the face for the families of victims.
Saudi Arabia said that the plaintiffs cannot show that the kingdom or any affiliated charities were behind the attacks, and said it deserved sovereign immunity.
Saudi Arabia asked a US judge on Tuesday to dismiss 25 lawsuits alleging that it helped plan the 11 September terror attacks. Fifteen of the 19 Al-Qaeda hijackers who carried out the 9/11 attacks
New proof has emerged that Saudi Arabia paid at least one US lobbying group to bring military veterans to Washington to lobby for changes to JASTA.
WASHINGTON DC - While many consider the pro-Israel lobby to be the most powerful foreign influence bloc in U.S. politics, others have long argued that the lobbying power of Saudi Arabia is more powerful and the key driver of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and
“We believe the law, that curtails sovereign immunities, represents a grave danger to the international system,” Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said at a joint press conference with visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Following last week's report that Saudi Arabia is starting to apply pressure on the incoming Trump administration by hinting it could move the Aramco IPO away from New York to some still undetermined venue due to
In light of a bill passed by the US Congress allowing families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, Iraqis have asked their parliament to demand compensation for the US invasion of Iraq.
After the US Congress passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), which overrides the principle of sovereign immunity to allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, an Iraqi group has requested parliament to prepare a lawsuit seeking compensation from the US for the invasion of Iraq. The "Arab Project in Iraq" lobby
At least one suit was already filed in Washington D.C. by the widow of a Navy officer killed in the attack on the Pentagon
In the wake of Wednesday’s high-profile veto override votes in the House and Senate, the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) became law, and with it, victims of 9/11 and their families gained the right to sue Saudi Arabia in US courts over their involvement in the lead-up to the attack. Lawyers are
White House spokesman Josh Earnest terming the override “an abdication” of the Senate’s basic responsibilities to represent the people, and “the single most embarrassing thing that the United States Senate has done.”
