Saudi Arabia

  • May 31, 2019
  • 2 min read

Washington and partners prepare renewed anti-Iran push

Bolton says evidence of Iran’s involvement in a tanker attack to be shown at the UN as King Salman hosts Arab summits

United States
  • May 30, 2019
  • 7 min read

Saudi-Iraqi rapprochement will proceed gradually

Riyadh has recently sought to expand its economic and political ties with Baghdad, which were frozen for decades

Iraq
  • May 30, 2019
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Saudi leaders will use clerics to push social reform

A gathering of Muslim clerics has urged moderation and a senior imam has publicly questioned gender segregation

Saudi Arabia
  • May 30, 2019
  • 2 min read

Qatar will balance interests at Saudi talks

The Qatari prime minister is in Saudi Arabia, despite the latter’s ongoing boycott of Doha, to attend regional summits

Qatar
  • May 28, 2019
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Gulf states’ room for manoeuvre on Iran may narrow

Qatar has been added to the list of invitees to summits in Mecca as Iran’s diplomats look to shore up regional support

Iran
  • May 17, 2019
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Uptick in Yemen violence stretches truce deal’s limits

The coalition launched airstrikes on Sana’a and there were clashes in Hodeida after a Huthi attack on a Saudi pipeline

Yemen
  • May 16, 2019
  • 2 min read

Saudi visa reforms’ success may rely on wider change

The kingdom has announced plans to allow foreign nationals to become permanent residents for the first time

Saudi Arabia
  • May 15, 2019
  • 2 min read

Huthi pipeline attack will concern Saudi Arabia

Yemen’s Huthis, backed by Iran, appear to have launched a drone attack on two pumping stations west of Riyadh

Saudi Arabia