Gulf States

From Bahrain To The UAE: Gulf States Expand Anti-Shia Crackdowns

May 15, 2026 Robert Inlakesh, Mintpress News. Educate! Gulf States, Shia, State Repression, West Asia

The Bahraini authorities have launched a draconian crackdown targeting Shia Muslims under the guise of combating “Iranian networks” and “terrorist plots” following suit from neighbouring Gulf State amid the US-Israeli war against Iran. While portraying their actions as self defense, the facts paint a rather different story- one of antagonism and direct participation in a war that violates the UN Charter. Over the weekend, Manama launched a wave of raids, arresting 41 Bahraini Shia clerics in 72 hours, using the initial justification that they maintained ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

US Military Partners In The Gulf Crack Down On Journalism During Iran War

April 19, 2026 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. Educate! Gulf States, Iran, Journalists, Press Freedom, Wars and Militarism

Kuwait is considered a “vital” partner of the United States military. Prior to the war on Iran, the Persian Gulf state hosted around 13,500 U.S. forces at Camp Arifjan and Ali al-Salem Air Base. “Only Germany, Japan, and South Korea host more U.S. forces than Kuwait does,” according to the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs for the U.S. State Department. Now, the Gulf state has arrested and charged Kuwaiti American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin with violating one of the country’s censorship laws. The State Department could easily demand Shihab-Eldin’s release, and the monarchy that rules Kuwait would set him free.

Iran Warns United States Of ‘More Destructive Phase’

April 5, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! False Flag, Gulf States, Infrastructure, Iran, Oil and Gas, Retaliation, Wars and Militarism

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for several strikes targeting US-linked energy and petrochemical sites in the Gulf, following US-Israeli attacks on major Iranian infrastructure. The IRGC said it attacked US gas facilities linked to ExxonMobil and Chevron in the UAE. It also said it launched “a missile attack on US petrochemical facilities producing fuel materials for the US armed forces and military products for the Israeli entity in Al-Ruwais, UAE, causing a widespread fire.” It also confirmed that Tehran was behind drone attacks on US-linked petrochemical sites in Sitra, Bahrain, including the Bapco refinery, as well as in southern Kuwait’s Shuaiba.

How States Import Labor To Delegitimize Revolt

March 25, 2026 Ritaj Ibrahim, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Gulf States, Immigrants, State Repression, Worker Rights

Migration policies do not solely determine how a state receives foreign workers. They also shape how labor is structured, how different rights are assigned, and how states react to the demands of labor. A combination of temporary visas, employer-sponsored immigration, rotation contracts, and restrictions on permanent residency can construct a labor system that normalizes political exclusion. The Gulf Cooperation Council states, particularly the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar, are extreme cases of this phenomenon. In these countries, a large number of the economically active population are migrants, and they perform the majority of the productive work, yet are still politically excluded.

US Demands Trillions In ‘War Ransom’ From GCC Allies

March 21, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Gulf States, Iran, Trump Administration, Wars and Militarism, West Asia

US President Donald Trump is trying to extort Gulf allies for trillions of dollars to wage a war on Iran, allegedly on their behalf, according to an Omani journalist speaking to BBC Arabic on 20 March. The BBC presenter asked Omani journalist and international affairs researcher Salem Al-Jahouri to comment on reports that the White House was “putting pressure” on Gulf states to participate more broadly in the war against Iran. “This is absolutely true. The Gulf Cooperation Council states are facing pressure, both military and financial pressure,” Jahouri responded.

Anger In The GCC Spreads As Iran Retaliates Over US-Israeli Strikes

March 21, 2026 Mitchell Plitnick, Mondoweiss. Educate! Gulf States, Iran, National Security, United States, Wars and Militarism, West Asia

As a collection of foreign ministers from GCC and other nearby countries gathered in Riyadh on Wednesday to discuss the war Israel and the United States launched against Iran and its attendant economic fallout, four Iranian missiles were intercepted by Saudi defenses over the outer edge of the city. Saudi Arabia was visibly angered at the latest attack, deeming it an intentional display of force at a time ministers from so many countries would be there to see it. Iran also infuriated Qatar by attacking a major natural gas facility in that country. Qatar expelled two Iranian diplomats in response, a major step for a country that prides itself on its status as a mediator of conflicts.

Iran Tells Saudi Arabia, Qatar And UAE To Evacuate Energy Facilities

March 18, 2026 Alex MacDonald, Middle East Eye. Educate! Energy, Fossil Fuels, Gulf States, Iran, Wars and Militarism

Iran has ordered Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE to evacuate their petrochemical facilities, implying an impending attack. The warning, issued from state media, comes shortly after a US-Israeli attack on the South Pars gas field in Iran. It said the facilities would be targeted by strikes "in the coming hours" and would target Saudi Arabia's Samref Refinery and Jubail Petrochemical Complex, the UAE's Al Hosn Gas Field, and Qatar's Mesaieed Petrochemical Complex, Mesaieed Holding Company and Ras Laffan Refinery. "These centres have become direct and legitimate targets and will be targeted in the coming hours.

The War On Iran Is Forcing Gulf States To Reconsider Regional Strategy

March 7, 2026 Mitchell Plitnick, Mondoweiss. Educate! Gulf States, Iran, Wars and Militarism, West Asia

On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump told Jake Tapper of CNN that Iran having retaliated for the unprovoked war launched by him and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by striking Arab states in the Persian Gulf region “was probably the biggest surprise” of the war so far. It was a stunning statement that reflects the utter lack of thought and preparation that went into launching this war of choice. Iran had demonstrated in the past that hitting the global energy supply was how it would respond to American attacks. More than that, it’s an obvious tactic.

How Iran War May Accelerate The Fall Of US Empire

March 5, 2026 Soumaya Ghannoushi, Middle East Eye. Educate! colonization, Greater Israel, Gulf States, Iran, Trump Administration, US Empire, Wars and Militarism

For more than two decades, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been circling a single horizon. He has warned about it, lobbied for it, and dramatised it at podiums from Washington to the United Nations. Now it is here. The war he long argued was inevitable has arrived: a direct clash with Iran, carried not by Israel alone, but by the full military weight of the United States. This is neither a limited strike nor a calibrated show of force. It is the most dangerous and reckless confrontation of its kind; a war not born of American necessity, not compelled by imminent threat, not sanctioned by Congress or the United Nations, but driven by an Israeli vision of regional remaking.

Taliban Takeover Alarms The Gulf

August 28, 2021 As`ad Abukhalil, Consortium News. Educate! Afghanistan, Gulf States, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is being treated with great alarm in Arab capitals in the Gulf. The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are instigating their media (which dominates Arab discourse) to portray as horrors the U.S. defeat and resumption of Taliban rule. Ironically, when the Taliban first came to power in 1996 they obtained recognition from just three regimes in the world: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The rise of the Taliban could not have been possible without direct Saudi and UAE (and Qatari) military and financial investment. Then head of Saudi intelligence (who mysteriously left his post only days before Sep. 11), Prince Turki, was one of the few foreign leaders who actually met Mullah Omar and negotiated with him.

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