Très intéressant article sur l’état des relations entre les États-Unis et l’Arabie séoudite : tensions, mais business as usual. Saudi-US Relations : Between Tension and Profit
Je note cette remarque concernant la récente mise hors la loi (avec peine de prison à la clé) pour les séoudiens qui iraient combattre à l’étranger.
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/saudi-us-relations-between-tension-and-profit
For Ibrahim, the dispute was directly linked to Saudi’s role in fermenting fundamentalist armed groups in places like Syria.
“That is why the Americans waited first for the Saudi King to issue his decree that says Saudis fighting abroad will be jailed, before announcing Obama’s visit,” he said. “It was only a few hours after the decree was made that the Americans announced the visit.
“It shows you how sensitive the matter was and the amount of US pressure on the Saudi monarchy.”