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2026-09-18 · South China Morning Post · Politics

Saudi scrambles to solve ‘humiliating dilemma’ after US rejects Red Sea intervention

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2026-10-27 · South China Morning Post · Politics

Why are Turkey, Pakistan, Qatar and Indonesia joining forces?

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2026-10-25 · South China Morning Post · Economy/Business

Gulf economies accelerate diversification as recession looms over Iran war

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2026-10-12 · South China Morning Post · Politics

‘Inconvenient truth’: Man City case spotlights realities of UK-UAE ties

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2026-10-11 · South China Morning Post · Sports

Can Saudi Arabia’s 2034 Fifa World Cup survive the Middle East’s escalating wars?

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2026-10-06 · South China Morning Post · Politics

Saudi-Iran war risk grows as Riyadh resumes Yemen bombing

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2026-09-11 · South China Morning Post

🔮 Most of the 229 per cent budget increase will fund domestic arms production as Ankara seeks to cut reliance on the West Announcing the plan on Sunday, Vice-President Cevdet Yilmaz said the aim was to ensure Turkey “develops its own technologies in the defence industry, can meet its own needs and produces high added value”. assertive

2026-09-15 · South China Morning Post

🔮 Why the Middle East could be entering a new nuclear age speculative

2026-09-18 · South China Morning Post

🔮 Trump’s belief that all would be “fine and dandy” contrasted starkly with the suspension of Saudi oil exports from the Red Sea the same day, after drone strikes by Iran-allied Iraqi militias badly damaged the east-west pipeline that had enabled the kingdom to bypass Hormuz since the Iran war erupted on February 28. mixed

2026-10-03 · South China Morning Post

🔮 Pakistani troops are expected to take over various defensive functions for Saudi Arabia to enable the Middle East country to fight an all-out war aimed at defeating Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels. mixed

2026-10-06 · South China Morning Post

🔮 Saudi-Iran war risk grows as Riyadh resumes Yemen bombing Backed by Western and regional allies, Riyadh’s renewed campaign against the Houthis threatens to blow Tehran’s proxy war wide open Analysts expect the Houthis to retaliate by intensifying drone and ballistic missile attacks against Saudi Arabia, while Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are expected to supply weapons and targeting intelligence to their partners in so-called Axis of Resistance. Casualties on all sides are also likely to rise as the war widens and draws in more international players. assertive

2026-10-25 · South China Morning Post

🔮 Gulf economies accelerate diversification as recession looms over Iran war Even as the region’s economic downturn is expected to worsen, Gulf states are slated to spend tens of billions of dollars on infrastructure 4-MIN READ4-MIN assertive

2026-10-27 · South China Morning Post

🔮 The four-nation Badr defence pact seeks to shed dependence on Western arms sales and the political strings that come with them Following the signing of the Badr memorandum of understanding in Doha on Wednesday, the four governments separately said they would work towards integrating their defence industries and supply chains to meet military needs. assertive