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Saudi Arabia’s only official alcohol shop has run short of supplies ranging from beer and wine to tequila, as ⁠the disruption caused by the Iran war has delayed shipments, visitors to the store said.

Situated in Riyadh’s diplomatic district, the shop, which has no name ‌and no sign, opened in 2024 to serve non-Muslim diplomats and last year expanded to cater for wealthy non-Muslim foreign ‌residents.

Officially Saudi Arabia’s 1952 blanket ban on alcohol remains in ‌place, ⁠but the ultra-conservative kingdom has allowed one licensed shop as ⁠it tries to lure more expatriates.

For now, however, the shelves are mostly bare, with only expensive or little-known brands on offer, five people who have visited the Riyadh shop in recent days ‌said.

One Western diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there was no white wine and “only a few bottles of super expensive red”.

-AFP