The Economist

The Gulf war makes devastating oil spills more likely

D uring the first Gulf war in 1991, Iraqi troops occupying Kuwait deliberately opened the taps of oil tankers, terminals and ...
WESA

Gulf States Taking Heat For Not Resettling Syrian Refugees

For Syrian refugees, trying to find safety and building a new life in the one of the wealthy Arab Gulf states would seem logical: no harrowing sea journeys, and a familiar language, religion and ...
Reuters

Ai Weiwei calls on Gulf states to do more to help Syrian refugees

DOHA (Reuters) - Chinese artist Ai Weiwei called on wealthy Gulf Arab states to take in more Syrians displaced by six years of civil war, saying the surge of refugees fleeing conflict in the Middle ...
Foreign Affairs

Avoiding the Next Gulf War

Israel and the United States may have launched the war on Iran. But it is the Gulf Arab states that have borne the brunt of Tehran’s response. Since February 28, the Islamic Republic has rained down ...
Reuters

In rich Gulf Arab states, some feel shamed by refugee response

DUBAI (Reuters) - When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, fellow Gulf states raced to shelter thousands of displaced Kuwaitis. Fast forward 25 years, and the homeless from Syria's nearby war have found ...

How severe has the economic impact of the Iran war been for the Gulf states?

The US and Israel’s war on Iran has cast a long shadow over the Gulf. It has placed many of the economies that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) regional grouping – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, ...