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The Gulf as the world's press has framed it — a wall of clippings on oil, water, labour, diplomacy and power across Arabia. Tap any cutting to read the original piece.

Internazionale — Alla scoperta di una sconosciuta antichissima Arabia

Internazionale · 2020

Alla scoperta di una sconosciuta antichissima Arabia

The Guardian — Saudi Arabia to open itself up to foreign tourists for the first time

The Guardian · 2019

Saudi Arabia to open itself up to foreign tourists for the first time

The Guardian — Salvator Mundi, Saudi Arabia and the saga of the missing masterpiece

The Guardian · 2024

Salvator Mundi, Saudi Arabia and the saga of the missing masterpiece

The Guardian — How Qatar bought up Britain

The Guardian · 2022

How Qatar bought up Britain

The Guardian — Saudi Arabia has spent at least $1.5bn on 'sportswashing', report reveals

The Guardian · 2021

Saudi Arabia has spent at least $1.5bn on 'sportswashing', report reveals

The Guardian — How many migrant workers have died in Qatar? The human cost of the 2022 World Cup

The Guardian · 2022

How many migrant workers have died in Qatar? The human cost of the 2022 World Cup

The Guardian — Revealed: 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since World Cup awarded

The Guardian · 2021

Revealed: 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since World Cup awarded

The Guardian — 'We're treated as children': Qatari women tell rights group

The Guardian · 2021

'We're treated as children': Qatari women tell rights group

The Guardian — Kenyan single mothers 'trapped' in Saudi Arabia as exit visas denied to children born outside marriage

The Guardian · 2024

Kenyan single mothers 'trapped' in Saudi Arabia as exit visas denied to children born outside marriage

The Guardian — Saudi Arabia executing 'horrifying' number of foreigners for drug crimes

The Guardian · 2025

Saudi Arabia executing 'horrifying' number of foreigners for drug crimes

The Guardian — Saudi women's rights activists go on trial in Riyadh

The Guardian · 2019

Saudi women's rights activists go on trial in Riyadh

The Guardian — Saudi Arabia is rebranding itself as a moderate country — just ask our female activists

The Guardian · 2024

Saudi Arabia is rebranding itself as a moderate country — just ask our female activists

The Guardian — Why is Qatar often a mediator and what is its role in the Israel-Hamas war?

The Guardian · 2023

Why is Qatar often a mediator and what is its role in the Israel-Hamas war?

The Guardian — Caught in the crossfire, Qatar again finds itself Middle East peace broker

The Guardian · 2025

Caught in the crossfire, Qatar again finds itself Middle East peace broker

The Guardian — Iran and US talks upbeat despite disagreement over uranium enrichment

The Guardian · 2025

Iran and US talks upbeat despite disagreement over uranium enrichment

The Guardian — Iran proposes partnership with UAE and Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium

The Guardian · 2025

Iran proposes partnership with UAE and Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium

The Guardian — $170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action

The Guardian · 2025

$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action

Internazionale — Riyadh bombarda il sud dello Yemen, il capo dei separatisti accusato di tradimento

Internazionale · 2026

Riyadh bombarda il sud dello Yemen, il capo dei separatisti accusato di tradimento

The Guardian — Saudi Arabia says UAE helped Yemeni separatist leader flee as crisis deepens

The Guardian · 2026

Saudi Arabia says UAE helped Yemeni separatist leader flee as crisis deepens

Le Monde — La nouvelle rivalité entre l'Arabie saoudite et les Émirats arabes unis

Le Monde · 2026

La nouvelle rivalité entre l'Arabie saoudite et les Émirats arabes unis

Le Monde — Yémen : les Émirats arabes unis démentent avoir livré des armes aux séparatistes

Le Monde · 2025

Yémen : les Émirats arabes unis démentent avoir livré des armes aux séparatistes

The Guardian — The Guardian view on Saudi Arabia and the UAE: as former allies clash, others are likely to pay

The Guardian · 2026

The Guardian view on Saudi Arabia and the UAE: as former allies clash, others are likely to pay