Saudi Arabia used to pursue a behind-the-scenes foreign policy, deploying its oil wealth as a carrot. Now Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is ready to wield it like a stick
Saudi-Canada dispute
Canada
Canada seeks help from allies to help resolve Saudi row
Government source says Canada is quietly working back channels to prod allies including Germany and Sweden to resolve spat with Saudi Arabia
Canada
How Saudi-Canada spat could end the dreams of many students
Students tell of concerns of not being able to earn their degrees after Saudi Arabia suspends all scholarships to Canada as part of dispute
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Canada-Saudi dispute to have limited trade impact
Two-way trade between the two countries is tiny – around 0.4 percent of Canada’s total trade in 2017.
Adel al-Jubeir
Saudi Arabia mulls more measures against Canada as dispute rumbles on
Reports suggest Saudi Arabia plans to unload its holdings of Canadian stocks and bonds as a dispute over women’s rights activists intensifies
Adel al-Jubeir
US refuses to pick sides in Canada-Saudi dispute
Canada has reportedly reached out to the UAE and UK to help resolve its ongoing diplomatic dispute with Saudi Arabia
diplomatic crisis
Saudi-controlled Canadian grain trader says it’s ‘business as usual’
Winnipeg, Manitoba-based G3 continues to buy and sell grain and prepare for harvest, spokesman Peter Chura said Tuesday.
Adel al-Jubeir
Saudi Arabia seeks to silence foreign critics as Canada row erupts
Analysts say diplomatic rupture with Canada underscores the kingdom’s newly combative foreign policy to tame international criticism after a crackdown on domestic critics
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
State airline Saudia suspends Toronto flights
The move is the latest in a series of measures Saudi Arabia has taken since its diplomatic row with Canada
Arab League
UAE, Arab League voice support for Saudi Arabia in Canada dispute
A number of regional organisations have condemned what they have termed as Canadian “interference” in Saudi Arabia’s domestic affairs.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Saudi Arabia to relocate students from Canada to UK, US, says official
Plans to relocate 7,000 students and their families in Canada to other countries, with Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore also on the list of potential destination countries
Canada
Canada ‘seriously concerned’ over Saudi ambassador expulsion
Canadian ambassador in Saudi Arabia declared persona non grata following Ottawa’s vigorous demands for the release of jailed activists