NEOM — Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is preparing to drop five of the fifteen stadiums it proposed for the 2034 FIFA World Cup, including the $2.5 billion NEOM venue that was
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RIYADH — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked at least three tankers in or near the Strait of Hormuz between Sunday and
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco has not confirmed, denied, or acknowledged Houthi claims that its Shedgum gas plant and Tanajib oil facility were
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RIYADH — The Houthis struck King Khalid International Airport for the second time in twenty-four hours on 11 October, killing a Pakistani
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DHAHRAN — On October 11, Yemen’s Houthi forces claimed their missiles and drones struck Saudi Aramco facilities at Shedgum and Tanajib —
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BRUSSELS — The twenty-seven heads of state and government of the European Union are scheduled to fly to Riyadh on October 24
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said the October 8 attack was the first on King Khalid International
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said a Houthi missile destroyed a Saudia Airbus A320 at the gate
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RIYADH — On October 7, two administration officials told The Atlantic that the White House had asked the Pentagon to develop options
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article dated to October 8 a Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport
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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump stood inside a Maryland shipyard on October 6 and framed the war with Iran as something to be
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said King Salman condemned the targeting of Mecca in a UN General
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said Saudi Arabia sent 100,000 troops to Yemen. The October 4 offensive
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article understated oil prices during the war, saying Brent was “briefly elevated” and
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said the Strait of Hormuz had been continuously closed for 213 days;
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said Iranian missiles struck Saudi territory during the congressional review period; the
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article attributed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio a September 23 statement about
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said Houthi forces struck the East-West pipeline on September 10; Saudi Arabia
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said Saudi crude exports recovered to 6 million barrels per day in
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WASHINGTON — The State Department notified Congress on September 17 of a proposed $24.3 billion sale of forty-eight F-35A stealth fighters to
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said Iran’s foreign minister presented a written sixty-day ceasefire road map to
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JEDDAH — King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, ninety years old and largely absent from daily governance, chaired a cabinet meeting on
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Correction, October 12, 2026: This article has been corrected. An earlier version said Saudi Arabia grounded all 43 US warplanes at Prince
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