Gulf Tensions

GCC

Saudi Arabia tightens rules on financial transfers to UAE

Move appears to be latest sign of rising tensions between two Gulf nations
Diplomacy
Why Egypt held back from joining Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan's defence pact
Gulf Tensions
Business executives making 'contingency plans' for UAE-Saudi Arabia feud
Gulf Tensions
Businesses report blocked payments from Saudi Arabia to the UAE, raising fears of worsening ties
War on Iran
Trump's war on Iran is a Suez moment - but not in the way you might think
Dan Glazebrook
Israel normalisation deals
Why Netanyahu leaked his secret wartime visit to the UAE
Ali Bakir
War on Iran
Trump went to Beijing to talk Iran. He came back empty-handed
Marco Carnelos
International law
The UAE cannot invoke international law while violating it
Ziyad Motala
Arms Trade
Gulf turns to Turkey for air defence systems amid Iran threats
Gulf Tensions
UAE's Opec exit seeks to hit Saudi Arabia where it hurts
Mohamad Elmasry
War on Iran
Iran ready to seize Bahrain and UAE coastlines if US 'makes a mistake', Iranian expert warns
Gulf Tensions
Qatar and the Gulf crisis: How it's dividing Yemen
Gulf Tensions
Saudi coalition scrambles to sooth US firms over Qatar boycott
Gulf Tensions
Kuwait arrests 12 men convicted in 2015 Iran spy case
Gulf Tensions
Saudi Arabia tried to host Taliban office, says former mujahidin
Gulf Tensions
Qatar waives visas for 80 nationalities amid Gulf boycott
Gulf Tensions
Gulf crisis: How autocrats use religious scholars against Qatar
Usaama al-Azami
Gulf Tensions
UK-GCC trade talks halted following Gulf crisis
Gulf Tensions
Dubai banking hub at risk because of Gulf crisis, bank CEO says
Gulf Tensions
Gulf diplomatic war with Qatar opens front in US media
Gulf Tensions
British Airways urged to ditch Qatar alliance over rights abuse
Gulf Tensions
For Qatar the Gulf crisis is a human rights opportunity
Sarah Leah Whitson
Gulf Tensions
Qatar's foreign minister seals $6bn warship deal with Italy