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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia this week is a turning point in the relationship between the US president and the Saudi leadership. In 2020, Biden vowed to render Saudi Arabia a “pariah.” That harsh language has now softened, and his upcoming trip confirms that the US administration’s anger with the Kingdom has dissipated. Two issues largely contributed to the negative global image of Saudi Arabia: the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident journalist, in 2018, and a destructive military campaign in Yemen since 2015. The war in Yemen created what is known today as the world’…