On the U.S. Elections
Source: Reddit Sebastian Castelier of Al-Monitor has a good roundup of different reactions from a few Saudi commentators. Abdulrahman...
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Popular Boycott of Turkish Goods
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 Interview (10/2020)
Bandar bin Sultan with George W Bush, 2002 (White House photo) A recent media interview by Prince Bandar bin Sultan has attracted...
The Abraham Accord
Emirati Presidential Palace, Abu Dhabi Gulf/Saudi reactions to the “Abraham accord” normalizing relations between the UAE and Israel – my...
Football, Yemen and More
Newcastle United Football Club flag. Source. Newcastle Deal Last week the efforts of the Public Investment Fund to participate in the...
Libya & Turkey
Libya and Turkey. Wikimedia Commons. As tensions cool (slightly) v-a-v Iran, Saudi commentary has shifted to focus more on Turkey’s...
Omnibus (May and June 2020)
Saudi Flag on mountainside, author photo, Ad-Dayr, Jazan, KSA (Oct. 2019) It’s been more difficult than I thought to keep up with this,...
Workers, Finance woes, and Israel (May 1-7)
Foreign workers Saudi papers and media outlets have seen an uptick in discussions of foreign workers – probably concerns over Saudi...
Coronavirus II
COVID-19, 3D Medical animation (Wikimedia commons) It’s getting a bit tricky to keep this updated with everything else going on –...
Coronavirus
COVID-19 (U.S. Department of State) Government Reactions and Commentary [Update] The government has announced a wave of flight...
The Deal of the Century
The Palestinian Issue Through the (Very Recent) Ages First, check out Ian Black’s excellent review of GCC-Israel ties. Now, a look back...
Qassem Suleimani
[To be updated] Official and Semi-official: Restraint The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs was guarded in its official statement,...
The Return of Dhari
This holiday week saw the effective return, or at least rehabilitation, of Saud al-Qahtani, once deemed “the loudest and most visible...
بينساكولا وعزل الرئيس الأمريكي ألخ
بينساكولا اشتباك سعودي مع مدرب. تواصل هيئة التحقيقات الفدرالية إجراء المقابلات مع الجميع في قاعدة بنساكولا البحرية الجوية التي ربما تكون...
Aramco, Pensacola, Etc.
” Maj. Gen. Terrence J. McKenrick, US Army Central deputy commanding and Gen. Dhafer bin Ali Al-Shehri, Royal Saudi Land Forces northwest...
Iran, Aramco, and Other Things
“How do we attack Saudi Arabia?” – Fahad al-Khamisi, Al-Eqtisadiah, 11.19.2019 Iran Iran has been a consistent topic of discussion in...
Riyadh Agreement and Aramco IPO (11/4 to 11/11)
Riyadh Agreement One of the top stories for local media and commentary was the signing of the Riyadh Agreement, which “ended a...
الرئيس ترامب وموقع تويتر
الرئيس ترامب وموقع تويتر لم أقدم شيئا باللغة العربية منذ فترة ولكني ظننت أن السلسلة التحقيقة المقدمة من صحيفة النيو يورك تايمز حول...
Lebanon, al-Baghdadi, Other Items
Protests in Lebanon A number of Saudi op-eds over the past two weeks have focused on the ongoing protests in Lebanon – mainly focused on...
Russia, Turkey, L. Paul Bremer III
President Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, 2018. Source. Saudi-Russia Ties A fair bit of commentary in Okaz on the...
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