Gulf media coverage of the U.S.-Israeli War on Iran has revealed a distinctly one-sided approach, with reporting across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Kuwait, closely mirroring official narratives and government positions.

As Iranian strikes expanded beyond U.S. bases in the Gulf and official threats of military retaliation mounted, questions intensified over whether the Gulf states might be drawn—against their will—into the fire of war.

Tensions between Iran and the Gulf states have spiked sharply in the wake of a GCC summit in Manama, where member countries renewed their call for Tehran to end its “occupation” of the three Emirati islands.

Two years after its launch, Iraq’s Development Road project has yet to see any real progress on the ground, despite its major strategic importance in connecting Asia and Europe through Iraq and Turkiye.

Iraqi leaders have appealed the annulment of the 2013 maritime agreement with Kuwait amid rising tensions before the 2025 Arab League Summit.