More: Saudi Arabia
Criticism of Saudi leadership seeps through cracks as report questions kingdom’s utility for Britain
Signs of opposition to policies of Saudi King Salman and his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and potentially increased domestic polarization have in...
The long shadow of the Gulf crisis: Qatar emerges as key player in Gaza crisis
Dug in for the long haul in its increasingly bitter dispute with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, Qatar is emerging as a...
All sides in Yemen conflict could be guilty of war crimes
Parties on both sides of the conflict in Yemen have perpetrated – and continue to perpetrate – possible war crimes and other violations with...
Playing politics with religion: Imran Khan puts himself between a rock and a hard place
Less than a week in office, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has made blasphemy one of his first issues, empowering militants and initiating international...
Regional players manoeuvre to reengineer the Israeli Palestinian landscape
A possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, is proving to be much more than an effort...
Amid ethnic protests, Iran warns of foreign meddling
Iran has raised the spectre of a US-Saudi effort to destabilize the country by exploiting economic grievances against the backdrop of circumstantial evidence that...
Yemen war challenges Saudi moral authority
Saudi conduct of its ill-fated war in Yemen coupled with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s alignment with the Trump administration and Israel, and his...
Decoding of UN silence on Yemen
The release of bitter and shocking news related to the mercenary martyrdom of 57 Yemeni students and the wounding of 77 people in Saudi...
Saudi Arabia and Iran woo incoming Pakistani prime minister
An offer by a Saudi-backed bank to lend financially strapped Pakistan US$4 billion is likely intended to bolster Saudi influence when former international cricket...
Multiple diplomatic spats raise questions about Saudi concept of sovereignty
The failure of Western allies to rally around Canada in its dispute with Saudi Arabia risks luring the kingdom into a false belief that...