#weareallmohammedbinsalman – The Milli Chronicle https://millichronicle.com Factual Version of a Story Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:43:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://media.millichronicle.com/2018/11/12122950/logo-m-01-150x150.png #weareallmohammedbinsalman – The Milli Chronicle https://millichronicle.com 32 32 Saudi Arabia tops “most trusted governments” in the world: 2021 Trust Barometer https://millichronicle.com/2021/03/saudi-arabia-tops-most-trusted-governments-in-the-world-2021-trust-barometer.html Sun, 28 Mar 2021 07:24:27 +0000 https://millichronicle.com/2021/03/saudi-arabia-tops-most-trusted-governments-in-the-world-2021-trust-barometer/ Riyadh – Government of Saudi Arabia is ranked as one of the most trusted governments in the world for the second year in a row, according to Edelman’s 2021 Trust Barometer report.

The report stated that Kingdom increased the levels of confidence from 78% in January 2020 to 82% in January 2021.

The 4% increase in the balance qualified the Kingdom in the top index of 28 countries.

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s brotherly country United Arab Emirates (UAE) stood at third position with 80%.

According to the report, the Government of Saudi Arabia remains the most trusted entity, compared to the other categories like businesses which is at 73%, NGOs at 61%, and the media at 60%.

Kingdom gained highest ranking internationally for handling the COVID-19 pandemic situation, by providing medical care, coronavirus detection devices and vaccines to citizens and residents for free.

Saudi leadership was applauded by the international community in the areas of developing vaccines, and supporting medical research and experiments.

The research was powered by research firm Edelman Data & Intelligence (DxI). The 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer online survey sampled more than 33,000 respondents, which includes 1,150 general population respondents across 28 countries and 200 informed public respondents in each country, except China and United States.

]]> Don’t bully Riyadh, Saudi columnists tell Biden administration https://millichronicle.com/2021/02/dont-bully-riyadh-saudi-columnists-tell-biden-administration.html Sun, 28 Feb 2021 09:09:14 +0000 https://millichronicle.com/?p=18519 Dubai (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s sovereignty is a red line, Saudi columnists said on Sunday, ramping up rhetoric in defense of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after a U.S. intelligence report implicated him in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Prince Mohammed, ruler of the U.S.-allied Gulf powerhouse, has denied any involvement in the 2018 murder of Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

The U.S. administration on Friday imposed sanctions on some of those involved, but spared the prince. Washington released an intelligence report saying the crown prince had approved an operation to capture or kill Khashoggi.

“America does not have the right to bully a strategic regional ally and it is not in its interest to let domestic differences harm its regional interests and those of its partners,” Khaled al-Malik wrote in local Al Jazirah newspaper.

President Joe Biden’s decision to publish the report withheld by his Republican predecessor Donald Trump, who enjoyed strong ties with Prince Mohammed, brings with it a refocusing of Washington’s stance on dealing with the kingdom, on its human rights record, and on its lucrative arms purchases.

Malik said Saudi Arabia, which has relied on the United States for its defence including during the first Gulf War and after 2019 attacks on its massive oil infrastructure, could look to China and Russia for weapons.

“But the kingdom prefers America due to their historic and strategic ties and common goals,” he said, referring to Iran.

Biden, who has ordered a review of Saudi arms sales, said his administration would make an announcement on Saudi Arabia on Monday.

Abdullah al-Otaibi, writing in London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper which is Saudi-owned, said the kingdom, Washington’s oldest Arab ally, was “not a banana republic to be shaken by threats”.

The Saudi government has repeated previous statements that Khashoggi’s killing was a heinous crime by a rogue group, for which a Saudi court jailed eight people last year.

“We want to strengthen deep-rooted ties (with the U.S.) but not at the expense of our sovereignty. Our judiciary and our decisions are a red line,” Fahim al-Hamid wrote in Okaz newspaper.

Since the U.S. report was released, many Saudis have flooded Twitter with the hashtag “We are all Mohammed bin Salman”.

Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority issued a statement on Sunday rejecting the report as “false and unacceptable”. The head of the kingdom’s morality police tweeted that it was a duty under Islam to defend the kingdom and its leaders.

]]> ‘We are all Mohammed bin Salman’ and ‘All of us MBS’ hashtags trend to dismiss U.S. report https://millichronicle.com/2021/02/we-are-all-mohammed-bin-salman-and-all-of-us-mbs-hashtags-trend-to-dismiss-u-s-report.html Sat, 27 Feb 2021 04:44:28 +0000 https://millichronicle.com/?p=18504 Riyadh – Many Saudis and non-Saudis flooded Twitter with the hashtag saying, “We are all Mohammed bin Salman” and “All of us MBS”, a few minutes after the false U.S. intelligence report on Jamal Khashoggi was released.

Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry officially dismissed what it called the “negative, false and unacceptable assessment in the report pertaining to the kingdom’s leadership”.

The ministry added that those responsible for the “heinous murder” had been tried in Saudi courts and that “justice was served.”

Kingdom has firmly denied any involvement by the crown prince, also known as MbS.

Political commentators and activists took to the social media to defend the crown prince, King Salman’s son.

Ali Shihabi, former head of the Arabia Foundation in Washington said, there was nothing in the report that had not been said before and “absolutely no smoking gun.”

“Extraordinary that all this hype is made about this document… This thin ‘report’ is actually evidence that no hard proof exists against MBS,” Shihabi tweeted.

Abdulrahman al-Rashed, a Saudi columnist said “… and it is stated in the report: It is not certain that the accused team was on a journey to get rid of Khashoggi.”

He too said there was “no smoking gun.”

Saudi Arabia’s semi-official newspaper published, “The nation is fortified”, on the front page of its weekend edition, with a large picture of the crown prince smiling.

“The Biden administration will soon realize that the complex issues of the region will not find a solution, except through a new and exceptional agreement with its partners in the region that includes holding Tehran accountable,” Okaz said.

Khashoggi was murdered on October 2, 2018 in a rogue operation in Istanbul when he entered Saudi Consulate for a formal paper-work.

The left groups implicated that Saudi crown prince was personally involved in the murder. However, Khashoggi’s son Salah Khashoggi tweeted on September 20, 2019 that enemies of Saudi Arabia in the east and west are exploiting his father’s death in order to undermine Saudi Arabia and its leadership.

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