RIYADH — The International Monetary Fund’s October 2026 World Economic Outlook projects Saudi Arabia’s GDP will contract 3.3 percent in 2026, a 5.0-percentage-point downgrade from the 1.7 percent growth forecast issued in
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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 said Pakistan had deployed 30,000 to 40,000 troops to Saudi Arabia; Reuters
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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 Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called President Trump twice on September
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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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Correction, October 12, 2026: This article has been corrected. An earlier version described the CNN report as the first on-record Pentagon acknowledgment
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article, headlined “Rubio Defended the Deal — His Own Bill Would Have Blocked
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said five tankers reversed course after the Houthi warning; LSEG shipping data
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WASHINGTON — The United States signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia on July 22 that is expected to run
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JEDDAH — Two tankers carrying Saudi crude reversed course in the Red Sea on Tuesday, July 21, the day after the Houthis
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MANAMA — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed on July 21 that it struck and destroyed Amazon Web Services’ data center in
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