A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace shows Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (R) and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during an official welcome ceremony in Abu Dhabi, on Dec. 7, 2021. (Credit: Bandar al-Jaloud/Saudi Royal Palace /AFP)
The sharpness of the rhetoric reflects Riyadh’s deep sense of grievance: the United Arab Emirates (UAE) “betrays God, His Prophet, and the entire Muslim community,” wrote an article in the Saudi al-Jazirah daily on Jan. 22. For several weeks, the respective supporters of the two Gulf states have been escalating their media campaigns; this rivalry, long kept in the shadows, has recently erupted into the open.“The level of bilateral tension is unprecedented. While officials have largely remained cautious, media outlets on both sides — and especially anonymous social media accounts — have launched aggressive attacks. It is still unclear, however, whether these accounts are genuinely based and operated within the countries or managed by external persons,” said Umar Karim, a PhD student at the University of Birmingham and researcher at the...
The sharpness of the rhetoric reflects Riyadh’s deep sense of grievance: the United Arab Emirates (UAE) “betrays God, His Prophet, and the entire Muslim community,” wrote an article in the Saudi al-Jazirah daily on Jan. 22. For several weeks, the respective supporters of the two Gulf states have been escalating their media campaigns; this rivalry, long kept in the shadows, has recently erupted into the open.“The level of bilateral tension is unprecedented. While officials have largely remained cautious, media outlets on both sides — and especially anonymous social media accounts — have launched aggressive attacks. It is still unclear, however, whether these accounts are genuinely based and operated within the countries or managed by external persons,” said Umar Karim, a PhD student at the University of Birmingham and...
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