Saudi Arabia
Explore our coverage of Saudi Arabia’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
Culture
Time for LIV, golf’s Saudi-funded rebel tour, to drift into obscurity
As a golfing experiment it has failed
Briefing
What Hamas misunderstood about the Middle East
A war meant to draw in the militant group’s allies has instead left them battered
Culture
Can Saudi Arabia become a premier tourist hotspot?
It has sun, sea and (lots of) sand. But people are wary of visiting the kingdom
Middle East & Africa
The deadly journey to the Gulf
Migrants from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia risk drowning, extortion and violence
Business
How Saudi Aramco plans to win the oil endgame
The world’s biggest energy firm is the linchpin of the kingdom’s ambitions
Middle East & Africa
A death, an illness, and an uncertain Middle East
The region could be on the cusp of real change
Finance & economics
Saudi Arabia’s investment fund has been set an impossible task
It must earn eye-watering returns while speeding the shift to a post-oil economy
Middle East & Africa
Bar culture has arrived in Saudi Arabia, albeit without the booze
And the kingdom’s first liquor store has residents wondering if more will follow
Britain
Football attracts Saudi investment to England’s north-east
It can do for Newcastle what the UAE did for Manchester—for good and ill
Middle East & Africa
The Houthis have survived worse than America’s and Britain’s strikes
The Iran-backed group has been hardened by its long war with Saudi Arabia
Business
Saudi Arabia wants to be the Saudi Arabia of minerals
The kingdom plans to be digging up plenty more than oil
Business
Saudi Arabia has an unlikely solar star
ACWA Power has green ambitions beyond its desert home
Leaders
Can India, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia be the next great economies?
Several countries are making bold—and risky—bets on growth
Middle East & Africa
Attacks on shipping threaten to upend peace talks in Yemen
The Saudis want to end their war with the Houthis, even as America may fight them
Finance & economics
An unruly OPEC is causing problems for Russia and Saudi Arabia
The cartel is failing to drive up oil prices