
Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador to Berlin in protest over comments made by the German foreign minister perceived as suggesting that Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri had been held against his will in Riyadh. Early Saturday, Riyadh’s state news agency SPA released a statement protesting comments on the crisis ...

Iran said on Friday that “biased” French policy was stoking crises in the Middle East after Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian accused it of “hegemonic” ambitions in the region. “Unfortunately it seems that France has a biased and partisan approach to the crises in the region and this approach, whether ...