US-SAUDI ARABIA RELATIONS: BUSINESS AS USUAL?
By Raphael Cohen-AlmagorAccording to the Pentagon's recent quarterly report on US military personnel, the number of US soldiers and civilians working for the Department of Defense in the Middle East is 54,180; up from 40,517 during the first two quarters of 2017. The report indicates that American troops are deployed to 14 Middle Eastern and North African countries: Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Bahrain. Read more.. […]