Asharq Al-Awsat appoints Badr Al-Qahtani as Gulf Affairs Senior Editor

London: Asharq Al-Awsat has announced the appointment of Saudi journalist Badr Alqahtani the Gulf affairs Senior Editor, responsible for managing and developing the news coverage of the gulf region and Yemen across various platforms at the newspaper’s headquarters in London.

Badr Al-Qahtani previously worked on the establishment and management of Asharq Al-Awsat’s podcast news service titled ‘Ijaz’, meaning brief in Arabic, as part of SRMG’s new strategy to offer digital media services.

In 2015, Alqahtani founded and managed ‘Alekhbariya Net’ with SBA, and the new digital media outlet was met with positive feedback within the Saudi journalism scene as a high-quality professional project in cooperation with an official media channel.

The career spanning over 14 years with Asharq Al-Awsat began when Alqahtani first worked as a reporter in Jeddah then Riyadh before moving to London as editor of Saudi local news.

The work of the Saudi Journalist stood out during the Yemeni crisis, after breaking many news on the crisis, covering its political implications, holding many interviews with stakeholders, and publishing in-depth reports and analyses.

Being an expert on the Yemeni crisis, Alqahtani is a regular guest who appears on various satellite tv channels including Asharq, Al-Arabiya, BBC Arabic, and France 24. He also spoke in several seminars held by think tanks such as Chatham House and King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, as well as Yemeni research institutes such as the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies and DeepRoot Consulting.