Under normal circumstances, the Gulf monarchies are at pains to project an image of calm, cohesion and predictability.

Saudi Arabia expands its diplomatic options with Russia, Iran, China, and Turkey as Washington weighs confrontation with ...

Growing tensions between Saudi Arabia and the UAE reflect shifting Gulf alliances, with implications for Israel and the US ...

In 2015 Saudi Arabia and the UAE intervened as coalition partners in Yemen’s civil war against Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who ...

Saudi Arabia has publicly accused the United Arab Emirates – a fellow Gulf Arab state and former partner in the Yemen war – of undermining its national security, an unusually blunt charge that exposes ...

The Gulf neighbours have turned from friends to foes, fighting proxy wars across the region and forcing global powers to pick ...

A closer look at competing ambitions over trade routes, ports, regional influence and changing alliances in the Middle East.

On Dec. 30, 2025, Saudi Arabian jets bombed southern Yemeni forces at the port city of Mukalla. Saudi officials said they ...

Saudi Arabia is moving to end the role of the United Arab Emirates in Yemen and diminish its neighbor’s influence in other arenas, including the Red Sea, as tensions rise in the longstanding rivalry ...

Yemeni politicians have met in Saudi Arabia's capital for the first time since a sourthern separatist group was disbanded.

Trump designates Saudi Arabia a “major non-NATO ally,” marking a dramatic turnaround from years of strained relations marked by an oil price war and diplomatic freezes. In return, Washington expects ...

From this perspective, Saudi Arabia's stance on key global and Middle Eastern issues can be understood. For instance, despite ...