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Gulf Tensions

UAE's Opec exit seeks to hit Saudi Arabia where it hurts

Diverging alignments over Israel and the war on Iran are driving a deeper rift, as Abu Dhabi uses oil policy to challenge the regional influence of the bloc's most powerful member
War on Iran
How the war on Iran is rewriting regional trade routes
Ahmed Alqarout
War on Iran
Trump administration pitching US companies to rebuild Gulf infrastructure hit by Iran
War on Iran
War on Iran: Why Egypt cannot afford to take sides
Saif Alislam Eid
Energy
'Pipe dream': Turkey's plan to redraw Middle East energy routes after Iran
War on Iran
Trump's blockade of Hormuz is another own goal in the war on Iran
David Hearst
War on Iran
Could the Islamabad talks end 48 years of hostility between the US and Iran?
Seyed Hossein Mousavian
War on Iran
'Ceasefire not holding': US and Iran may have to talk 'as guns are firing'
War on Iran
Trump's 'Apocalypse Now' is a busted flush. Iran has proved it and China knows it
David Hearst
Inside Iran
'Islamic bomb': The secret Pakistani scheme to make Iran a nuclear power
UK Politics
Starmer hopes to establish key diplomatic role for Britain as he heads to the Gulf
Diplomacy
How Trump, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and others reacted to Israeli recognition of Somaliland
Israel normalisation deals
Why Arab normalisation with Israel means more colonisation
Joseph Massad
US Politics
Arrogance, hubris and ideology: How 2025 capped a quarter century of US failures
David Hearst
Diplomacy
Trump administration reviewing Israel's 'military edge' as it eyes Gulf arms deals, sources say
Politics
How the Middle East can escape the cycle of conflict in 2026
Seyed Hossein Mousavian
Inside Qatar
Qatar in talks with US about buying F-35 warplanes: Report
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Nickolay Mladenov: The Balkan diplomat who could be UAE's man in Gaza
Inside Qatar
Qatari failure to pay contractors leaves migrant workers unpaid, says report
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Will anyone stop Israel and the UAE sowing chaos across the region in 2026?
Mohamad Elmasry
France
France Unbowed 'has become a target' of the UAE, Melenchon says
Diplomacy
Five things we learnt at the Doha Forum
Sport
At the Arab Cup, Palestinian football is uniting what politics has divided
Khaled Hroub