The intensive protests in Jordan against the war in Gaza are a source of concern for the Gulf states, which regard them as an attempt by Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) movement and Iran to agitate the masses and ultimately overthrow the Jordanian regime, as well as other regimes in the region.[1] Since Hamas' October 7, 2023 terror attack in southern Israel and the
The international Saudi press (i.e., the Saudi press published outside the kingdom) has been increasingly critical lately of the Biden administration's policy toward Iran and its militias in the region. Against the backdrop of the war in Gaza, Iran and the militias affiliated with it have renewed their attacks on the U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria.[1] At the same time, the
Hamas' October 7, 2023 large-scale terror attack in southern Israel, in which some 1,300 people were murdered and about 200 were abducted, sparked extensive reactions in the Saudi papers, both those published in the kingdom and those published in London. Alongside many articles that came out against Israel and blamed the events on its policy towards the Palestinians and its
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia s request that the United States provide the Sunni Gulf country with ironclad security guarantees and civilian nuclear aid in exchange for normalizing relations with Israel is casting a new light on Washington s ability to
Riyadh is following the lead of other Sunni Arab countries in its effort to secure concessions from Washington to boost its security in exchange for a regional peace agreement.