Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the United States, gestures as he speaks to the media during a news conference at Tufts University's Fletcher School in Medford, Massachusetts October 23, 2003.
DOHA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Upset at President Barack Obama's policies on Iran and Syria, members of Saudi Arabia's ruling family are threatening a rift with the United States that could take the alliance between Washington and the kingdom to its lowest point in years.
Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief is vowing that the kingdom will make a "major shift" in relations with the United States to protest perceived American inaction over Syria's civil war as well as recent U.S. overtures to Iran, a source close to Saudi policy said on Tuesday.
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