US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan deliver remarks to reporters before meeting at the State Department in Washington DC on 14 October 2021. Of late, the US-Saudi Arabia alliance has hit its lowest points in decades as it is at risk over disagreements regarding oil production levels, security concerns and the Ukraine war. Photo: Jonathan Ernst / POOL / AFP.

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