Middle East
Riyadh has placed transfers to the Emirates under the kind of scrutiny reserved for jurisdictions considered dangerous for illicit money flows.
Let us begin with today’s first topic: the Mecca Pact. The mutual defense agreement between Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia was signed in Mecca
Five weeks into the U.S.- Israeli military campaign against Iran, the Gulf Cooperation Council finds itself caught between two fires: the Iranian missiles overhead and an economy fracturing beneath its feet.

