On the spot. Qatar’s ruler Sheikh Tamim will find it hard to satisfy Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies Kuwait has presented Qatar a list of demands from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt, the four Arab nations that…
Month: June 2017
Saudi Arabia keeps Interior Ministry in the Bin Naif family
All in the Bin Naif family The late crown prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz (left) was interior minister from 1975 until his death in 2012; his eldest son Prince Saud Bin Naif is now governor of the Eastern province and his…
The GCC split was inevitable, it won’t last and Saudi Arabia will come out on top
Three things can be said about the extraordinary action taken this week against Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain. The confrontation — which has been brewing for more than two decades and involves dozens of points of friction…