Source: Reddit Sebastian Castelier of Al-Monitor has a good roundup of different reactions from a few Saudi commentators. Abdulrahman...

Symbol used for the “Boycott Turkish Goods” campaign on Twitter This all kicked off with a speech from Turkey’s President Erdogan to the...

Bandar bin Sultan with George W Bush, 2002 (White House photo) A recent media interview by Prince Bandar bin Sultan has attracted...

Emirati Presidential Palace, Abu Dhabi Gulf/Saudi reactions to the “Abraham accord” normalizing relations between the UAE and Israel – my...

Newcastle United Football Club flag. Source. Newcastle Deal Last week the efforts of the Public Investment Fund to participate in the...

Libya and Turkey. Wikimedia Commons. As tensions cool (slightly) v-a-v Iran, Saudi commentary has shifted to focus more on Turkey’s...

Saudi Flag on mountainside, author photo, Ad-Dayr, Jazan, KSA (Oct. 2019) It’s been more difficult than I thought to keep up with this,...

Foreign workers Saudi papers and media outlets have seen an uptick in discussions of foreign workers – probably concerns over Saudi...

COVID-19, 3D Medical animation (Wikimedia commons) It’s getting a bit tricky to keep this updated with everything else going on –...

COVID-19 (U.S. Department of State) Government Reactions and Commentary [Update] The government has announced a wave of flight...

The Palestinian Issue Through the (Very Recent) Ages First, check out Ian Black’s excellent review of GCC-Israel ties. Now, a look back...

[To be updated] Official and Semi-official: Restraint The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs was guarded in its official statement,...

This holiday week saw the effective return, or at least rehabilitation, of Saud al-Qahtani, once deemed “the loudest and most visible...

بينساكولا اشتباك سعودي مع مدرب. تواصل هيئة التحقيقات الفدرالية إجراء المقابلات مع الجميع في قاعدة بنساكولا البحرية الجوية التي ربما تكون...

” Maj. Gen. Terrence J. McKenrick, US Army Central deputy commanding and Gen. Dhafer bin Ali Al-Shehri, Royal Saudi Land Forces northwest...

“How do we attack Saudi Arabia?” – Fahad al-Khamisi, Al-Eqtisadiah, 11.19.2019 Iran Iran has been a consistent topic of discussion in...

Riyadh Agreement One of the top stories for local media and commentary was the signing of the Riyadh Agreement, which “ended a...

الرئيس ترامب وموقع تويتر لم أقدم شيئا باللغة العربية منذ فترة ولكني ظننت أن السلسلة التحقيقة المقدمة من صحيفة النيو يورك تايمز حول...

Protests in Lebanon A number of Saudi op-eds over the past two weeks have focused on the ongoing protests in Lebanon – mainly focused on...

President Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, 2018. Source. Saudi-Russia Ties A fair bit of commentary in Okaz on the...