How the UAE-Saudi Arabia alliance ruptured
Relationship between the Gulf’s heavyweights has developed into open confrontation
Relationship between the Gulf’s heavyweights has developed into open confrontation

After putting on a united front during the Iran war, the Gulf’s most consequential rivalry has burst into the open again

UAE’s departure leaves Saudi Arabia trying to hold together a fractious cartel

The highly globalised UAE has felt the impact of conflict more than insular Saudi Arabia

Exit represents a rejection of the production-control system dominated in recent years by Saudi Arabia

Emirati withdrawal comes after Riyadh said it bombed UAE weapons shipment

Crisis has laid bare the increasingly fraught relations between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi