RIYADH — In twelve days of war with Iran, Saudi Arabia has signed, activated, or accelerated defense agreements with Ukraine, China, South Korea, Pakistan, and Turkey — a purchasing spree that amounts
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WASHINGTON — The United States designated the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity on March 9, 2026, and
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RIYADH — The 2026 Iran war is the first major Middle Eastern conflict in more than half a century to unfold entirely
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RIYADH — The King Salman Park Foundation secured more than $3.8 billion in new private-sector investment commitments at the MIPIM 2026 real
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has signed an initial contract for Ukrainian-made interceptor missiles and is negotiating a separate, larger arms deal with
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RIYADH — Oil prices plunged more than 17 percent on Tuesday after United States Energy Secretary Chris Wright posted and then deleted
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LONDON — The Strait of Hormuz did not close because Iran mined it. The strait closed because five insurance companies in London,
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MANAMA — The United States military destroyed 16 Iranian minelaying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, U.S. Central Command confirmed,
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RIYADH — The war that was supposed to pave the road to Saudi-Israeli normalization has instead demolished it. Eleven days into the
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NEW YORK — Gulf Cooperation Council states circulated a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on Sunday demanding that Iran “immediately and
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RIYADH — The Iran war has turned the global defence industry into the most profitable sector on the planet. In eleven days
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RIYADH — Three years to the day after Saudi and Iranian officials signed the China-brokered agreement that restored diplomatic relations between the
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s multibillion-dollar missile defense network has intercepted hundreds of Iranian ballistic missiles and drones since the war began on
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened Iran with “death, fire, and fury” if Tehran continues to block oil shipments through
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MUSCAT — Eleven days into the most destructive military confrontation the Persian Gulf has witnessed in a generation, the only telephone line
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WASHINGTON — Senator Lindsey Graham threatened on Monday to withdraw support for a long-sought United States-Saudi Arabia mutual defense agreement unless the
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RIYADH — Iran’s simultaneous missile and drone attacks on all six Gulf Cooperation Council states in late February 2026 accomplished something that
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KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait closed its airspace, slashed oil production, and declared force majeure on petroleum exports after Iranian drone strikes damaged
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RIYADH — The war between the United States, Israel, and Iran has killed a Supreme Leader, shattered oil markets, and sent drones
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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday that the United States would carry out its most intense day of strikes
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia poured more than $100 billion into the most ambitious aviation transformation in modern history. The Kingdom ordered 182
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RIYADH — Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared on March 8 that Tehran will not accept a ceasefire or negotiate with the
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RIYADH — The Iran war has cost Saudi Arabia far more than the official narrative suggests, and the gap between the oil
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AL-KHARJ — Army Sergeant Benjamin Pennington, 26, of Glendale, Kentucky, died on March 8 from wounds sustained during an Iranian ballistic missile
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter adjusted profit of $25.1 billion and announced a $3 billion share buyback programme, delivering
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RIYADH — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps pledged on Monday to launch only missiles carrying warheads weighing at least one ton, a
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