Recent weeks have seen the rei-gnition of intense discussions regarding US efforts to negotiate a Saudi-Israel normalisation deal (Image: Shutterstock, lunopark)
Saudi-Israel deal progress?/ Israel and Erdogan’s Turkey
Update 06/23 #01   This Update deals with...
Anti-Houthi demonstrations in Taiz, Yemen, 2014
Yemen’s Future: Partition, Hezbollisation or Talibanisation?
Saudi Arabia has been trying to extricate itself...
IAEA Director General Emmanuel Grossi: Snap visit to Teheran (Image: Lev Radin/ Shutterstock)
Behind the News – April 2023
ROCKET AND TERROR REPORT One rocket was fired...
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Misunderstanding the Middle East in the wake of the Iran-Saudi deal
The recent announcement of a deal, brokered under...
Chinese diplomat Wang Yi (middle), Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (right), and Saudi Minister of State Musaad bin Mohammed Al Aiban announce the normlisation deal in Beijing on March 10 (Image: Xinhua)
What’s behind the Riyadh-Teheran reconciliation?
The March 10 announcement by Saudi Arabia and...
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The implications of the Iran-Saudi deal
03/23 #03 Last weekend, Iran and Saudi Arabia...
The pace, scope, and content of Saudi Arabia’s ongoing transformation are impressive, as visitors to the country can see for themselves (Image: Shutterstock)
Essay: To Kingdom Come
The View From Inside Saudi Arabia   Washington...
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AIJAC’s Ran Porat interviewed about the Israeli election and its potential implications on 2GB radio
AIJAC's Ran Porat discusses the upcoming Israeli election...
Reports say Israeli-Saudi links continue developing behind the scenes (Image: Shutterstock)
Behind the News – August 2022
ROCKET AND TERROR REPORT On July 16, four...
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) receiving US President Joe Biden, at al-Salman Palace in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on Friday, July 15, 2022. (Image: Saudi press Agency/UPI/Alamy Live News)
A Middle Eastern NATO?
The Middle East is experiencing a geostrategic earthquake,...
(Top) L-R: Oman’s Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations Asaad bin Tariq al-Said, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa, US President Joe Biden, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Kuwait’s Crown Prince Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, and Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the ‘Security and Development Summit’ in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 16 (Image: Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM/AAP); (Bottom) L-R: Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a three-way summit in Teheran, Iran, July 19 (Image: SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM/AAP).
Editorial: Two Mideast Visits
In mid-July, US President Joe Biden visited Israel...
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) receiving US President Joe Biden, at al-Salman Palace in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on Friday, July 15, 2022. (Image: Saudi press Agency/UPI/Alamy Live News)
Assessing Biden’s Mideast trip
07/22 #03 This Update follows up on last...