بعض الملاحظات من الصحف الأمريكية حول الشأن السعودي وقضايا ذات الصلة السياسات والسياس Save translation فيضان جدة هرع عمال البلدية في مدينة...

Looking back at 43 months of articles on the Qatar Crisis from Al-Sharq al-Aawsat‘s Abdelrahman al-Rashed, a few quick takeaways (and, if...

Symbol used for the “Boycott Turkish Goods” campaign on Twitter This all kicked off with a speech from Turkey’s President Erdogan to the...

Bandar bin Sultan with George W Bush, 2002 (White House photo) A recent media interview by Prince Bandar bin Sultan has attracted...

Foreign workers Saudi papers and media outlets have seen an uptick in discussions of foreign workers – probably concerns over Saudi...

COVID-19 (U.S. Department of State) Government Reactions and Commentary [Update] The government has announced a wave of flight...

The Palestinian Issue Through the (Very Recent) Ages First, check out Ian Black’s excellent review of GCC-Israel ties. Now, a look back...

[To be updated] Official and Semi-official: Restraint The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs was guarded in its official statement,...

” Maj. Gen. Terrence J. McKenrick, US Army Central deputy commanding and Gen. Dhafer bin Ali Al-Shehri, Royal Saudi Land Forces northwest...

Riyadh Agreement One of the top stories for local media and commentary was the signing of the Riyadh Agreement, which “ended a...

President Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, 2018. Source. Saudi-Russia Ties A fair bit of commentary in Okaz on the...

Kurais oil facility, one of two sites hit by attacks last weekend, in 2017 (Source: Planet Labs, Inc.) Given the demands of other work I...

UAE pilot, US-UAE joint exercises, 2012: Air Combat Command The anti-Houthi coalition has witnessed layers of recriminations over the...

The latest flare-up of KSA-UAE tensions regarding Yemen appears to have come to something of a close with Dubai police chief Dhahi...

Saudi Arabia and the UAE A range of reporting and analysis (Tim Lister for CNN, Alex Stark at FP, Taylor Luck for CSM) has focused on the...