Sean Mathews

Riyadh has plans to tap a tourist mar­ket be­yond re­li­gious pil­grims as part of eco­nom­ic di­ver­si­fi­ca­tion ef­forts.

Af­ter a dif­fi­cult re­la­tion­ship with Don­ald Trump, Jor­dan’s king has a warmer rap­port with Biden.

New Sau­di im­port rules and a pub­lic dis­agree­ment over how to un­wind OPEC pro­duc­tion cuts have strained UAE-Sau­di ties.

Yair Lapid be­came the first Is­raeli min­is­ter in his­to­ry to of­fi­cial­ly vis­it the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates on Tues­day.

Bassem Awadal­lah is the most se­nior gov­ern­ment of­fi­cial in Jor­dan to ever ap­pear in court on such charges.

Oman un­rest is har­bin­ger for oth­er Gulf pet­rostates that need to di­ver­si­fy to cre­ate jobs for le­gions of young peo­ple.

De­spite Bei­jing styling it­self as a sup­port­er of Pales­tine, Chi­na and Is­rael have built a close eco­nom­ic re­la­tion­ship.

Turk­ish for­eign min­is­ter’s vis­it to Greece marks a small vic­to­ry af­ter a year of ten­sions in the East­ern Mediter­ranean.

Khalid al-Mishri says hold­ing a suc­cess­ful vote and rid­ding the coun­try of for­eign fight­ers are key for Libya’s fu­ture.

Gaza vi­o­lence has cast the Abra­ham Ac­cords in a poor light, but many see Is­rael-UAE re­la­tions stay­ing on track.