[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to ap@jadaliyya.com by Monday night of every week.]
Regional and International Relations
Abu Dhabi-owned City merely a pawn in sheikhs’ game of self-protection Are rich Gulf shaykhs buying football clubs in Europe for national rebranding or is it merely a show of power and unimaginable wealth?
Saudi Arabia makes plea for Britain not to ban arms sales In light of UN claims that British weapons were used to conduct indiscriminate attacks in Yemen, the Saudi foreign minister has urged British MPs not to ban UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
Canadian Woman Was Jailed In Abu Dhabi Over Trace Amounts Of Weed In Her Bag Heather Augustyn was arrested and detained at Al Wathba Prison, where the 27-year-old teacher was asked to sign a statement in that she could not understand.
Gulf states condemn law letting 9/11 families sue Saudi Arabia The US House of Representatives passed the "Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act," but the White House has threatened to veto it.
Revealed: the £1bn of weapons flowing from Europe to Middle East Authorities have identified a new pipeline funnelling arms from the Balkans to the Arabian Peninsula and countries bordering Syria.
Kuwait warns citizens on carrying extremist materials to US Kuwaiti news outlets reported that three Kuwaitis were refused entry to the United States earlier this year.
Obama to veto 9/11 victims bill Victims of the 11 September 2001 attacks will not be allowed to sue Saudi Arabia.
Qatar announces biggest loss of life so far in Yemen war Three Qatari soldiers have been killed in Yemen since Qatar joined the Saudi-led coalition in September 2015. According to the United Nations, more than 10,000 people have been killed in Yemen since last year.
Saudi, Iran hike oil production before talks on output freeze In the last week of September, OPEC and other producers will hold an informal meeting in Algeria.
Saudi prince warns Iran against using force to pursue rivalry Mecca governor Prince Khalid al-Faisal urged Iran to end “wrong attitudes” toward Arabs and warned against any use of force against the kingdom.
Amina Al-Jeffery: Deadline to return 'locked up' woman A British judge has ordered the return of Amina Al-Jeffery. Aged 22, she was born and brought up in Swansea and was taken against her will to Jeddah in 2012 by her father.
Obama administration offered $115bn in weapons to Saudi Arabia: report The report has been issued at a critical period regarding the United Kingdom’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia and their implication in potential war crimes in Yemen.
Headscarf emoji proposed by 15-year-old Saudi girl Rayouf Alhumedhi’s proposal comes with discrimination increasing across Europe against the Muslim headscarf.
Top Saudi cleric 'to skip annual hajj sermon for health reasons' Abdul Aziz al-Shaykh, who was appointed Grand Mufti in 1999, announced recently that Iranians are "not Muslims".
Reports and Opinions
How many Yemenis need to die before we stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia? What will it take for politicians in the United Kingdom to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia?
9/11 families could sue Saudi Arabia soon — unless Obama stops them A small investigative online newspaper in Broward County, Florida continues to press for the release of documents that they claim may point to the possible Saudi role in the September 11 attacks.
Saudi Oger faces huge debt restructuring as rescue talks collapse Oger, the construction giant owned by former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, is now facing the prospect of a multi-billion-dollar debt restructuring to stave off collapse.
Hillary Clinton Oversaw US Arms Deals to Clinton Foundation Donors Saudi Arabia contributed $10 million to the Clinton Foundation. The list of donors includes the authoritarian regimes of Qatar, Algeria, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman.
Crisis in Yemen
UN Says Airstrikes on Yemen Water Well Reportedly Kill 30 The victims of Saudi-led airstrikes on the eve of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha included first responders and children.
UK Government refuses to give MPs a vote on arms sales to Saudi Arabia as US Senate discusses boycott Saudi Arabia managed to buy £3.3 billion worth of arms from the United Kingdom since the war began, despite accusations of war crimes in Yemen, where it has bombed schools, hospitals, and wedding parties.
Inside Saudi Arabia’s Yemen war rooms While calls to stop the Saudi-led war on Yemen increase, concerns are nowhere to be seen in Saudi Arabia, where the line is that the war is for, not against, the Yemeni people.
It’s Not the Bullets Forcing Yemeni Troops Off the Battlefield. It’s the Pay Yemeni soldiers are walking off the job for lack of salaries and payment.
Tankers seized in Yemen port, risking deeper import crisis Reuters reports that with the humanitarian emergency already critical in Yemen, this dispute may prevent other ships from landing.
Western capitals (in the name of capitalism) accessories to murder in Yemen There are signs of change regarding media coverage of Yemen.
Shocking images of starved kid show horrors of Yemen’s civil war UNICEF estimates 320,000 children facing starvation, while over two million need urgent assistance.
Yemen’s rebels say they captured post inside Saudi Arabia According to military officials, Houthi rebel forces have captured a Saudi military post in the border region of Jizan.
Human Rights
Punishing Dissent in Bahrain Charges against Nabeel Rajab illustrate how far the Gulf nation’s leaders are willing to go to crush dissent.
A Call From Beyond the Prison Walls: Support the Bahraini People’s Demand For Equality And Social Justice One of Bahrain’s most prominent prisoners of conscience Shaykh Ali Salman addressed the 33rd Session of the Human Rights Council being held in Geneva.
Human rights groups urge countries to call for Nabeel Rajab's release Human rights groups urged fifty states to call on the Bahraini authorities to release Nabeel Rajab, who is facing fifteen years in jail for comments he made on Twitter.
Torture victim loses fight to bring Bahrain attorney general before court Jaafar Al-Hasabi suffered electric shocks, prolonged sleep deprivation, beatings on the soles of his feet, and other attacks while imprisoned in Bahrain.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, Calls on the Bahraini Government for Compliance with the Human Rights Mechanisms He also criticised the Bahraini legislation that enables the revocation of citizenship.
Bahraini Authorities Sentence More Activists to Prison Terms for Criticising the King Bahraini authorities convicted social media users for the crime of insulting the King of Bahrain or the Kingdom’s authorities.
Event in Geneva: Closing Civil Society, Religious & Political Space in Bahrain Sectarian discrimination against Bahrain’s majority Shi‘a community continues to be a key dimension of Bahrain’s governing strategy.
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