Middle East

An Iranian destroyer accidentally shot and sank an Iranian naval ship during a naval training exercise in the Persian Gulf. There are reports that...

After an unprecedented price war that led to the oil prices plummeting to zero, Saudi Arabia might be on a brink of collapse. It...

As tensions between the US and Saudi Arabia escalates, Washington plans to remove four Patriot missile batteries and dozens of troops stationed in the...

The coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout may rewrite the security as well as the political and economic map of the Middle East. The crisis will probably color Gulf attitudes towards the region’s major external players: the United States, China, and Russia. Yet, Gulf states are likely to discover that their ability to shape the region’s map has significantly diminished.

Saudi Arabia has banned capital punishment for minors, its state-backed Human Rights Commission said in a statement. The decision of ending capital punishment comes...