WASHINGTON — Two United States Navy guided-missile destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz on April 11, 2026, crossing east-to-west into the Persian Gulf and returning to the Arabian Sea — the first
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ISLAMABAD — The man who designed Iran’s strategy for closing the Strait of Hormuz is now sitting across the table from the
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Table of Contents Ambassador-Level Talks at Foggy Bottom What Did Israel Actually Agree To? Iran’s Lebanon Precondition and the Islamabad Bind Can
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ISLAMABAD — On the same day JD Vance departed Washington for Islamabad to negotiate a ceasefire Pakistan is hosting, two Pakistani Air
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BEIRUT — Hezbollah fired missiles at the Israeli naval base in the port of Ashdod on April 10, 2026, striking approximately 90
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WASHINGTON — The War Powers Resolution gives the president 60 days to wage war without Congressional authorization. President Trump filed his notification
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ISLAMABAD — Senior IRGC commanders publicly declared Iran’s ballistic missile program off-limits to negotiators on April 8 and 9, constraining the mandate
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Table of Contents The Declaration and Its Timing What Did the IRGC Actually Announce on April 10? Four Independent Legal Bases for
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MATCH FOUND DHAHRAN — Brent crude has fallen roughly 10 percent from its pre-ceasefire peak of $120 per barrel to trade near
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia helped build the ceasefire architecture that is now draining its treasury at a rate of roughly $78 million
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Arabia officially quantified its war damage for the first time on Wednesday, disclosing through state news agency SPA that
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RIYADH — The $9 billion PAC-3 MSE sale approved by the State Department on January 30, 2026, will not deliver a single
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DUBAI — A Gabon-flagged tanker carrying 7,000 tonnes of Emirati fuel oil became the first confirmed non-Iranian commercial vessel to transit the
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ISLAMABAD — Iran did not bring one proposal to the Islamabad talks. It brought at least three, and the versions contradict each
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Table of Contents What Kuwait Said — and What It Cited Wave 95: The Strikes Iran Says Did Not Happen Why Did
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia’s survival thesis since February 28 has rested on a single pipeline: the 1,201-km East-West Petroline from Abqaiq to
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ISLAMABAD — Iran’s state media on April 10 categorically denied that any Iranian negotiating team had arrived in Pakistan for scheduled ceasefire
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JEDDAH — Keir Starmer stood on Saudi soil on April 9 and said what Saudi Arabia cannot say: Israeli strikes in Lebanon
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ISLAMABAD — Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, accused the United States of three violations of the April 7 ceasefire agreement within
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DHAHRAN — Sadara Chemical Company, the $20 billion Aramco-Dow joint venture that was once the largest project finance deal in Middle Eastern
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WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on April 9 that he had instructed his ambassador to begin direct negotiations with
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JEDDAH — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan spoke by telephone with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on April 9, 2026
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RIYADH — President Donald Trump threatened Iran with “lethal prosecution and destruction” on Truth Social late Wednesday while his vice president was
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ISLAMABAD — The ceasefire between Iran and the United States now runs through one man’s phone. Field Marshal Asim Munir — Pakistan’s
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ABU DHABI — ADNOC chief executive Sultan Al Jaber declared on April 9 that 230 loaded oil tankers are sitting outside the
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Hajj 2026 Under Ceasefire: Saudi Arabia’s April 18 Permit Cordon Creates a Deadline MBS Cannot Defer
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia’s Hajj pilgrim arrival window opens April 18 — four days before the Iran ceasefire expires on April 22,
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