Saudi Arabia

Sudan war

Defected Sudanese RSF commander Savannah performs Hajj in Mecca

Ali Rizqallah appears among pilgrims days after leaving paramilitary group accused of waging genocide in Darfur
War on Iran
Why Trump is using Iran talks to revive the Abraham Accords
Occupation
UAE and Bahrain fail to join GCC condemnation of Somaliland opening embassy in Jerusalem
War on Iran
Trump calls for 'mandatory' adherence to Abraham Accords in Iran ceasefire talks
War on Iran
Iran has won the war. Trump and Netanyahu now face a reckoning
David Hearst
War on Iran
Hajj pilgrims press on despite Iran war uncertainty
Heritage
The Renewal of Islam: An Oxford academic's antidote to bigoted narratives
Israel normalisation deals
Why Netanyahu leaked his secret wartime visit to the UAE
Ali Bakir
Inside Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia freezes work for western consultants, even as oil revenue rises
Sudan war
Exclusive: Sudan’s Burhan open to talks with UAE but ceasefire not imminent
War on Iran
How the Iran war shattered the illusions of the UAE as a rising power
Andreas Krieg
Gulf Tensions
Qatar blockade: Saudi crown prince embraces Qatari emir as GCC summit begins
GCC
Saudi Arabia agrees to end blockade on Qatar, opens airspace and land border
Arab Spring
The Arab Spring's foreign spoilers
Christopher Phillips
Yemen War
'Think of the children': Pope Francis shares worries for Yemen in New Year message
Human Rights
‘Killed slowly: Son of Saudi scholar Salman al-Odah says his father’s life at risk in detention
Inside Saudi Arabia
Saudi preacher Yousef al-Ahmad sentenced to four years in prison
Media
Protests, a pandemic and Palestinian mothers: Middle East Eye's picks of 2020
Inside Saudi Arabia
US greenlights $290m in bombs to Saudi Arabia
Yemen War
Deadly attack on Aden airport after new Yemeni government flies in
Diplomacy
British diplomats probed Kissinger on possible use of force against Saudis
Variety
MEE's 2020 quiz: How much can you remember from this year to forget?
Media
Iraq world’s second-deadliest country for journalists in 2020, report finds