Saudi Arabia

2016

Saudis 'prepare to fight in Syria' 
Invasion plan modelled on German military disaster (17 February 2016)

Oral hygiene: key to Saudi prosperity? 
Plan to nationalise 'Islamic toothbrush' trade (11 January 2016) 

The clown prince 
Muhammad bin Salman's plans for Saudi Arabia (9 January 2016)

2015

Five face trial in Mecca crane disaster (16 December 2015)

Doubts about membership of Saudi coalition (16 December 2015)

Saudis ridiculed over 'anti-terror' coalition (15 December 2015)

Magna Carta, Philip Hammond and the Saudi businessman (1 December 2015)

A kingdom in blinkers (26 November 2015)

Poet 'sentenced to death' in Saudi (20 November 2015)

Saudi Arabia is worried – and not just about its king (30 September 2015)

Only 22% of Saudi voters are women (24 September 2015)

Fact and fiction in the Mecca crane disaster (15 September 2015)

Disaster in Mecca: what went wrong? (13 September 2015)

Female voters slow to register in Saudi Arabia (3 September 2015)

First female voters register in Saudi Arabia (26 August 2015)

Defending obscurantism (27 July 2015) 

Saudi Arabia tackles rainbow peril (20 July 2015) 

Cracks in the Saudi system (5 July 2015) 

Civil society in Saudi Arabia (29 May 2015) 

Saudi king's absurd speech (21 May 2015) 

Obama and the Gulf states (13 May 2015) 

Detained migrants abused by Saudis – report (10 May 2015) 

Saudis denounce offensive hajj question (5 May 2015) 

Nepotism in disguise (4 May 2015) 

Hajj 2015: the Shia question (2 May 2015) 

Saudis step up hajj sectarianism (1 May 2015) 

Yemen and Saudi Arabia's royal reshuffle (29 April 2015)

Cat and mouse in the Red Sea (21 April 2015) 

A UN-backed solution for Yemen? (10 April 2015) 

Yemen and Pakistan: a question of sects (7 April 2015) 

Yemen and Saudi Arabia (25 March 2015) 

Fighting extremism with extremism (20 March 2015) 

Dust-up in the desert (19 March 2015) 

Grovelling in Riyadh (24 January 2014)

Trading with tyranny (20 January 2014)

Britain's counter-terrorism muddle (15 January 2014)

Britain and its poisonous friends (12 January 2014)

Dealing with blasphemy, the Saudi way (9 January 2014)

2014

Saudis combat atheism with 'certainty' (17 December 2014)

Popcorn revolution in Saudi Arabia? (11 November 2014)

Global gender gap (29 October 2014)

Dictators in debt (4 October 2014)

Islamic Kingdom versus Islamic State (3 October 2014)

ISIS, the Middle East's do-gooders (29 September 2014) 

Obama's unholy alliance (25 September 2014)

A day in the life of Saudi Arabia (17 September 2014) 

Women in the workforce (7 August 2014)

It's the men, stupid (19 July 2014)

Atheism equals terrorism in Saudi Arabia (28 March 2014)

The Gulf's employment crisis (6) (24 February 2014)

The Gulf's employment crisis (5) (23 February 2014)

The Gulf's employment crisis (4) (20 February 2014)

The Gulf's employment crisis (3) (19 February 2014)

The Gulf's employment crisis (2) (17 February 2014)

The Gulf's employment crisis (1) (16 February 2014)

Saudi Arabia: buses for women? (10 February 2014)

Fake jobs boost Saudi employment figures (8 February 2014)

Saudi Arabia: a nation of entrepreneurs? (4 February 2014)

2013

We're all terrorists now (28 December 2013)

Saudi activist faces new execution threat (26 December 2013)

Can Saudi women join 'morality' police? (5 December 2013)

Defending slavery in Saudi Arabia (2 December 2013)

Missing the story in Saudi Arabia (1 December 2013)

Saudi deportations top 71,000 (28 November 2013)

Keeping out the foreigners (26 November 2013)

Floundering in a mire of its own creation (19 November 2013)

Saudi crackdown hits food supplies (14 November 2013)

Saudi Arabia's double standards (12 November 2013)

Saudi round-up of migrants tops 33,000 (12 November 2013)

Saudi Arabia's self-inflicted crisis (10 November 2013)

Saudi crackdown brings more turmoil (9 November 2013)

Saudi officials sweep the streets (8 November 2013)

Saudis round up 28,000 migrants in three days (7 November 2013)

Thousands more arrested in Saudi Arabia (6 November 2013)

Saudis arrest 5,000 foreigners in crackdown (5 November 2013)

Saudi Arabia: expulsions resume (4 November 2013)

Subverting Saudi Arabia through song (31 October 2013)

Saudi games in Geneva (28 October 2013)

No Woman, No Drive (27 October 2013)

Resisting revolution -- with sectarianism (23 October 2013)

Saudi Arabia mocks the UN -- again (20 October 2013)

Saudi Arabia and the Security Council (19 October 2013)

Kafka in Saudi Arabia (2 August 2013)  

Can the private sector save Gulf monarchies? (6 August 2013) 

Jail and flogging for Saudi who mocked religious extremists (31 July 2013) 

Partying with the devil in Saudi Arabia (17 June 2013) 

Day of rest or day of house arrest? (11 June 2013) 

Saudi chaos over expatriate workers (2 June 2013) 

Saudi Arabia steps up executions (22 May 2013) 

Growing criticism of Saudi deportations (5 April 2013) 

Saudi deportations total 775,000 (4 April 2013) 

Mass expulsions from Saudi Arabia (3 April 2013)

Saudis threaten to block Skype and WhatsApp (25 March 2013)

A royal welcome for Saudi tweeters? (4 March 2013)

Saudi Valentine's Day is looking rosy (14 February 2013)

Meritocracy, Riyadh style (5 February 2013)

Saudi Arabia: a question of identity (3 February 2013)

Saudi Arabia: subversion by stealth (24 January 2013)

Saudi apostasy case dropped (23 January 2013)

Saudi Shoura Council: no hanky-panky, please (16 January 2013)

2012

Saudi Arabia's soccer republic (26 December 2012)

Saudi writer Turki al-Hamad arrested over tweets (25 December 2012)

Saudi crackdown on 'fake' muftis (10 December 2012)

Saudi 'torture' girl's father detained (13 November 2012)

Saudi preacher said to have tortured five-year-old daughter to death (12 November 2012)

Saudis face 'seeds of discord' trial (11 November 2012)

Saudi Arabia: 'good' protesters, 'bad' protesters (28 October 2012)

Motorbikes: a moral dilemma for Saudi Arabia (31 October 2012)

Syria and Saudi Arabia: tyranny versus tyranny (6 August 2012)

Saudi Arabia: a bauble for the king (29 April 2012)

Reforming the Saudi religious police (24 January 2012)

A change of underwear in Saudi Arabia (5 January 2012)

2011 (July-December)

Saudi Arabia may avoid Olympic ban (22 November 2011)

'Obscene party' raided in Saudi Arabia (18 November 2011)

Saudi Arabia: imitation versus innovation (7 November 2011)

Hailing the next Saudi king (30 October 2010)

Two arrested in Saudi over poverty video (19 October 2010)

Rioting in Saudi Arabia (5 October 2010)

A watershed moment for Saudi women ( September 2011)

Saleh 'tricked Saudis' over return to Yemen ( September 2011)

Saudi women get the right to vote ( September 2011)

Election victory for Saudi men (22 September 2011)

Man shot near Saudi prince's palace (6 August 2011)

Misery of the housemaids (29 July 2011)

Saudi citizenship campaign (20 July 2011)

Saudis challenge 'closure for prayer' rule (4 July 2011)

2011 (January-June)

Saudi Arabia: reclaiming the roads (17 June 2011)

Rise of the Muslim Sisterhood? (16 June 2011)

A bird’s-eye view of Saudi Arabian theatre (2 June 2011)

A road to change in Saudi Arabia? (30 May 2011)

Saudi woman arrested for driving (22 May 2011)

Licensed to discuss literature (9 May 2011)

Saudi Arabia's crazy new media rules (30 April 2011)

Foul play in Saudi Arabia (10 April 2011)

Revolutionary updates: 24 March (24 March 2011)

The Gulf dinosaurs battle on (19 March 2011)

The price of 'traditional values' (16 March 2011)

Women in Saudi jails 'almost all' foreigners (13 March 2011)

Saudis' day of inaction (12 March 2011)

Saudi Arabia's turn? (11 March 2011)

More Saudi calls for reform (7 March 2011)

Saudis ban all demonstrations (6 March 2011)

Thuggery at Saudi book fair (3 March 2011)

Saudi Arabia: between heaven and earth (22 February 2011)

Saudis impose new internet rules (2 January 2011)

December 2010

Saudi protests over schoolgirls' sport (22 December 2010)

Hushing up Sunni v Shia clashes (19 December 2010)

Riot in Saudi Arabia (18 December 2010)

Saudi Arabia: the conversion business (14 December 2010)

Saudi court battle over marriage (13 December 2010)

Wikileaks: Partying in Saudi Arabia (8 December 2010)

Saudi professor arrested (7 December 2010)

Ceci n'est pas un cinema (2 December 2010)

November 2010

Cinema returns to Saudi Arabia (20 November 2010)

Saudi Arabia: champion of women? (12 November 2010)

Fatwas and supermarkets (11 November 2010)

Child marriage: a cure for gayness (9 November 2010)

Shortage of Saudi Qur'an teachers (8 November 2010)

Saudi media challenge Grand Mufti (7 November 2010)

Saudi scholars clash with government (3 November 2010)

Date set for maid's execution (3 November 2010)

New fatwa against women cashiers (2 November 2010)

October 2010

Jail and flogging for power-cuts protest (31 October 2010)

Saudi religious police cool off (a bit) (29 October 2010)

Jailed for 'disobeying' father (28 October 2010)

Saudi 'morality queen' (27 October 2010)

Maid faces execution in Saudi Arabia (25 October 2010)

Saudi silence over murder case (20 October 2010)

'Al-Qaeda financier' arrested in Yemen (17 October 2010)

Tackling poverty – by deportation (12 October 2010)

Battle of the fatwas (10 October 2010)

Saudi marriage official's child bride (9 October 2010)

Despotic benevolence (5 October 2010)

'Imminent danger' from multimedia (3 October 2010)

September 2010

Asylum and the 'gay Saudi' (15 September 2010)

Saudi juggling act on homosexuality (13 September 2010)

'Fatwa' websites closed (7 September 2010)

Misery of the housemaids (2 September 2010)

August 2010

King reprimands scholar (27 August 2010)

Saudi king seeks to restrict fatwas (13 August 2010)

Saudis fight sorcery (9 August 2010)

A burqa for the BlackBerry (5 August 2010)

BlackBerry: a crucial battle (3 August 2010)

July 2010

Call to ban Saudi Arabia from Olympics (31 July 2010)

Safety in the heat (2) (27 July 2010)

Saudis and the rule of law (21 July 2010)

Filming in Saudi Arabia (14 July 2010)

June 2010

Misery of the housemaids (13) (24 June 2010)

Partygoers to be jailed and flogged (23 June 2010)

Saudis tackle child brides (2 June 2010)

May 2010

Misery of the housemaids (12) (26 May 2010)

Misery of the housemaids (11) (25 May 2010)

Saudi 'emo' girls arrested (23 May 2010)

1,600 women back gender apartheid (21 May 2010)

'Here were houses' (20 May 2010)

Saudi bulldozers destroy Yemeni village (19 May 2010)

Misery of the housemaids (10) (18 May 2010)

Saudis debate women drivers (16 May 2010)

Saudis debate women drivers (16 May 2010)

Investigating nepotism (10 May 2010)

Double standards in Saudi Arabia (7 May 2010)

Head of religious police dubbed an atheist (2 May 2010)

The king ... with women (1 May 2010)

April 2010

Misery of the housemaids (9) (30 April, 2010)

Apartheid in Saudi Arabia (29 April, 2010)

Death on the roads (23 April, 2010)

Another child marriage scandal (22 April, 2010) 

Crackdown on dangerous ships (21 April, 2010)

'Vote-buying' in poetry contest (19 April, 2010)

Hepatitis man, 65, to wed girl aged 11 (14 April 2010)

Misery of the housemaids (7) (13 April 2010)

Saudi cleric's lady friends (11 April 2010)

Misery of the housemaids (6) (11 April 2010)

Third place for Saudi poetess (8 April 2010)

Writer accused of apostasy (5 April 2010)

Emo shock for Saudis (4 April 2010)

Saudi Arabia, mother of parliaments (3 April 2010)

Not praying in vain ... (2 April 2010)

TV fortune-teller to be beheaded (1 April 2010)

Corruption news (1 April 2010)

March 2010

Saudi prince's drugs arrest (30 March 2010)

Saudi writer accused of blasphemy (19 March 2010)

Saudi jailed and flogged for gay video (11 March 2010)

Saudis to block BlackBerry? (7 March 2010)

But is it fiction? (3 March 2010)

February 2010

Misery of the housemaids (4) (28 February 2010)

Misery of the housemaids (3) (24 February 2010)

Breakthrough for female lawyers (21 February 2010)

Mutawa man had six wives (18 February 2010)

Saudi underwear boycott (16 February 2010)

Resisting the Valentine ban (14 February 2010) 

Shop early for Valentine's Day (12 February 2010)

Saudis 'torture Houthi rebels' (5 February 2010)

New elections in Saudi Arabia? (4 February 2010)

January 2010

Saudi couple get their marriage back (31 January 2010)

End of the Saudi-Houthi war? (29 January 2010)

'Rape victim' jailed in Saudi Arabia (22 January 2010)

Prince Bandar disappears (21 January 2010)

Riot in Saudi women's prison (20 January 2010)

Saudi man, 80, weds girl aged 12 (19 January 2010)

Saudi internet censorship (16 January 2010)

Saudi move to end child marriages (13 January 2010)

The prince of R&B (8 January 2010)

December 2009

Dozens questioned over Jeddah floods (29 December 2009)

Mission accomplished? (23 December 2009)

Mixing the sexes: Saudi Arabia's great debate (17 December 2009)

A fight to the finish? (14 December 2009)

Return of Prince Sultan (12 December 2009)

The shock of accountability (7 December 2009)

Saudi floods: now the inquest (5 December 2009)

Saudis destroy border communities (3 December 2009)

Dancing in the rain (2 December 2009)

November 2009

God or government? (30 November 2009)

Yemen 'dragged Saudis into war' (29 November 2009)

Doing the hajj in style (27 November 2009)

Saudi witch hunt (25 November 2009)

Saudi troops 'enter Yemen' (23 November 2009)

Rebels kill three Saudi soldiers (23 November 2009)

Saudi Arabia's border clear-out (22 November 2009)

Saudis fanning the flames (20 November 2009)

Clashes in southern Yemen (20 November 2009)

Clearing out civilians (17 November 2009)

After the meal ... jail and flogging (16 November 2009)

Lining up against the Shia (12 November 2009)

Rebels' challenge to Saudi state (11 November 2009)

Saudis admit attacks in Yemen (10 November 2009)

Video of 'captured Saudi' (10 November 2009)

Saudis deport 3,000 to Yemen (8 November 2009)

Saudis continue battle with Yemeni rebels (7 November 2009)

Saudi Arabia joins the war (5 November 2009)

October 2009

Saudi TV woman escapes flogging (27 October 2009)

Undermining the climate talks (23 October 2009)

Yemen rebels 'clash with Saudis' (23 October 2009)

Saudi gun restrictions to be relaxed (19 October 2009)

Father 'sold' disabled daughter (13 October 2009)

The right way to shave (12 October 2009)

Aid convoy from Saudi Arabia (10 October 2009)

'Jeddah Casanova' sentenced (8 October 2009)

Saudi fashion news (4 October 2009)

100 arrests at Saudi party (1 October 2009)

September 2009

'Jeddah Casanova' in court (29 September 2009)

A bridge ... or a ghetto? (16 September 2009)

Saudis close Shia mosque (5 September 2009)

Plight of the Saudi Shia (4 September 2009)

August 2009

Saudi hegemony in Yemen? (30 August 2009)

Saudi war on low-slung jeans (26 August 2009)

Saudis get heavy with metal fans (6 August 2009)

War on the home front (5 August 2009)

Casanova and the prince (5 August 2009)

The devil's work in Riyadh (1 August 2009)

Pilgrims' progress (1 August 2009)

July 2009

Fun time in Riyadh (28 July 2009)

The flesh-pots of Jeddah (24 July 2009)

Cut! The film festival is stopped (20 July 2009)

Undercover investigation (13 July 2009)

Double 'honour' killing in Saudi (12 July 2009)

Sex news (10 July 2009)