US president’s low-key arrival and assembly with King Salman underscores tension that has deepened over US policy towards Iran and the war in SyriaBarack Obama arrived to a noticeably low-key reception in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday against a background of mutual irritation in a relationship tested by a turbulent Middle East,plummeting oil prices and economic and political uncertainty.
The US president was greeted at the airport by the governor of Riyadh, Prince Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud, and the event was not broadcast live on Saudi TV,as is routine with visiting heads of state – quickly generating talk of a snub.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com