# Middle East Dispatch newsletter: An unintended Saudi road trip

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1 outlet covering · First listed: The Economist, Nov 11, 2026, 4:33 AM · Read it: <https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/11/11/middle-east-dispatch-newsletter-an-unintended-saudi-road-trip>

Gregg Carlstrom, our Middle East correspondent, recounts how his car journey across the Gulf offered him a different perspective on the war

## Who's covering it

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- Nov 11, 2026, 4:33 AM: [Middle East Dispatch newsletter: An unintended Saudi road trip](<https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/11/11/middle-east-dispatch-newsletter-an-unintended-saudi-road-trip>) — The Economist (Magazine, United Kingdom)
  Gregg Carlstrom, our Middle East correspondent, recounts how his car journey across the Gulf offered him a different perspective on the war
