Riyadh has placed transfers to the Emirates under the kind of scrutiny reserved for jurisdictions considered dangerous for illicit money flows.
Middle East
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.
Discreet departures by Russian diplomatic staff from Israel, flights routed without fanfare, motorcades that drew no cameras. What does it all mean?