US-Saudi nuclear deal status uncertain after new Israel demand

The status of a multibillion-dollar civilian nuclear deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia has come into question after a new demand from President Trump, according to Al Jazeera. The agreement, reached in recent days after months of negotiation, covers civilian nuclear cooperation between Washington and Riyadh.

Trump has reportedly linked further progress on the deal to Saudi normalization of relations with Israel, a step Riyadh has so far resisted amid broader Middle East diplomacy. The demand, introduced late in the process, has complicated an already sensitive negotiation and raised fresh questions about whether the deal can proceed as originally structured, or whether it will need to be reshaped entirely.

It remains unclear whether Saudi Arabia will accept the added condition or whether the nuclear agreement will instead be delayed, renegotiated or move forward largely unchanged. Officials on both sides have not indicated publicly how, or when, the impasse might be resolved, leaving the deal's ultimate fate an open question.