Gulf | AW

Gulf

UAE

Foreign Affairs Ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, speaks to the press in Abu Dhabi, March 6. (AFP)

UAE calls for end to escalation in Yemen’s Aden

SABIC

A general view of the headquarters of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation in Riyadh. (AFP)

Saudi petrochemical giant faces challenges

Saudi Arabia

South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz during a meeting in Seoul, South Korea, June 26. (AP)

Saudi Arabia, South Korea expanding trade ties

Morocco

A security guard checks the trunk of a car before embarking on a ferry bound for Tangier at the Algeciras Port. (AFP)

Moroccans shun local tourism for Spain, Turkey and Asia

Muslim Brotherhood

A matter of security. A Kuwaiti man is searched by security members outside a mosque in Kuwait City. (AFP)

Muslim Brotherhood’s strategy in the Gulf is failing

Omar Ali al-Badawi

China

Maritime concerns. The guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul’s visit alongside a Bahraini dhow during routine maritime security operations in the Arabian Gulf. (AFP)

China backs Russian proposal for Gulf security

Yemen

Terror tactics. Soldiers at the scene of a blast after a deadly missile attack on a military parade during a graduation ceremony for newly recruited troopers in Aden, August 1. (Reuters)

Simultaneous attacks in Aden reveal coordination between Iran-backed Houthis and jihadist groups

US

Map locating Prince Sultan Airbase, where US troops will return for the first time since 2003. (AFP)

Saudi, US militaries prepare for contingencies in the Gulf

Mohammed Alkhereiji

Qatar

Legacy of bloodshed. Somali medical workers and relatives help a woman who was wounded in a car bomb in Mogadishu, Somalia, May 14. (AP)

Reported Qatari role in Somalia terror attack draws ‘disturbing’ picture