In Washington DC senior White House officials are close to both Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in Riyadh and President Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ) in Abu Dhabi...

After a brief pause during the United States-Iran war regional competition between Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ) is rising again focusing in the escalating war in Sudan...

Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el Sisi have made it clear that neither the UAE nor Turkey is welcome on the shores of the Red Sea...

Saudi escalationAs relations were deteriorating between the Saudi Arabian and Emirati leaders Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud visited United States President Donald Trump in Washington DC in November winning his approval for the purchase of F-35 fighter jets perhaps as many as 48 planes in a multi-billion-dollar deal that would make Saudi Arabia the first Arab nation to get such advanced military technology...

Trump is also aware of the deepening hostility between the UAE's Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan who lobbied for Somaliland and Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman al Saud who vehemently opposes breaking up Somalia...

Fédération Internationale de Football (Fifa) President Giovanni Infantino the presiding (critics say ‘evil') genius was more than reassured that Morocco's co-hosting of the 2030 Fifa World Cup along with Spain and Portugal would be a triumph for a resurgent Al Andalus – to be followed in 2034 by his friend and an even more powerful monarch Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud...

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) signed a logistics hub deal in Djibouti last year and has shown interest in developing Assab...

RISING GULF POWERS MULL WASHINGTON'S LINE Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud has stayed silent on Sudan for months but he has clear interests in the conflict and its implications for the balance of power in the region...

He did not meet Mohammed bin Salman although Saudi Arabia's Ambassador in Port Sudan had tried to arrange this...

In response to Trump's speech Saudi Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman mentioned the Sudan civil war and stated his intention to restart the Jeddah process...

Differences between the UAE's Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahayan (MBZ) and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) have sharpened in recent years...