22 March 2018: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis tells Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman there is an urgent need to find a political solution to Yemen’s war
22 March 2018: Air India makes an historic journey from New Delhi to Tel Aviv, Israel, over Saudi airspace in the first such flight of its kind
21 March 2018: An outgoing minister in the government of the internationally-backed Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi accuses the Saudi-led coalition of obstructing the authority’s work to restore life to the liberated areas in Yemen and withholding support for it
20 March 2018: Saudi Crown Price Mohammed Bin Salman begins a three-week official visit to the US where he is to discuss arms agreements, unrest in the Middle East including the situation in Yemen and the boycott of Qatar and Iran
20 March 2018: French arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE could breach international law if these weapons are being used in the ongoing war in Yemen, a report commissioned by Amnesty has found
15 March 2018: Saudi Arabia will develop a nuclear bomb if Iran does, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman warns
15 March 2018: A French judge issues an international arrest warrant for the daughter of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz in relation to an attack by her bodyguard against a worker in her Parisian flat, a source says
15 March 2018: The Saudi government is expected to take a 35 per cent stake in construction giant Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) as part of a financial settlement with state authorities, sources say
15 March 2018: Saudi Arabia is holding secret talks with Yemen’s Houthi group to end the three year war in the country
15 March 2018: Saudi Arabia signs an agreement in Riyadh to deposit $2 billion in the Central Bank of Yemen, Saudi Press Agency says
15 March 2018: Saudi Arabia denies claims that Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has imprisoned his mother offering NBC News a chance to interview her personally
14 March 2018: NBC News reports that 14 current and former senior US officials have said that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has kept his mother away from his father for the past two years ‘concerned she may oppose his plans for a power grab’
12 March 2018: New information surrounding the mysterious death of Saudi military officer, Ali bin Abdullah Al-Jarash Al-Qahtani, who was arrested on corruption charges, reveal that the royal brigadier died from a broken neck and torture
07 March 2018: The Saudi Shura Council calls on the General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta to review fatwas published on its official website in an effort to remove those which are based on the country’s interests which have changed including fatwas which ban the building of cinemas
7 March 2018: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman describes Turkey as part of a ‘triangle of evil’ along with Iran and hardline Islamist groups
7 March 2018: A Labour MP calls on the British Parliament to carry out an investigation into possible Saudi influence on UK politics
As the UK Government welcomes the Saudi Crown Prince’s first official visit to London, Save the Children has unveiled a life-size statue of a child outside Parliament. The bronze-like statue is a reminder of the dangers that Yemeni children face every day and the risks of British-made bombs fuelling the violence [Save The Children]
7 March 2018: Protests greet the Saudi Crown Prince as begins his official visit to the UK. Save the Children set up a statue of a child outside Parliament calling for the end to the bombing of innocent civilians in Yemen
7 March 2018: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman begins a three-day official visit to the UK where he is set to meet the Queen, Prime Minister Theresa May and hold trade talks regarding weapons trade and the planned floating of Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest private company
6 March 2018: Air India has denied the claim by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Saudi Arabia has agreed to allow the carrier use its airspace for flights to Tel Aviv
6 March 2018: Forbes magazine announces that there are no Saudis on its Rich List this year following Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s purge on the Kingdom’s wealthiest businessmen and his subsequent takeover of their companies and personal wealth
6 March 2018: Saudi hosts its first fashion show for women in the Muslim holy city of Madina causing anger
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