RIYADH — The ceasefire Mohammed bin Salman spent fifty-two days building — which persuaded Donald Trump to cancel strikes on May 19, which is supposed to protect 860,000 foreign pilgrims inside Saudi
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet issued a formal security warning on May 19, declaring the Kingdom “will never hesitate to take all
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RIYADH — Gulf officials told the Wall Street Journal on May 19 that they had no idea a US strike on Iran
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WASHINGTON — The National Security Council convened in the White House Situation Room on May 19 to review strike options against Iran
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WASHINGTON — Fifty-two days before Mohammed bin Salman spent the largest single unit of Saudi political capital since the founding of the
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ISTANBUL — Iran sent deputy foreign ministers to negotiate with Europe in Istanbul this week while simultaneously routing a revised nuclear proposal
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JEDDAH — India’s last Hajj charter flight departs today, May 19, closing the outbound airlift for 175,025 Indian pilgrims — while Indonesia’s
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RIYADH — Saudi state television channel Al-Hadath reported on May 19 that “agreements have reportedly been reached regarding easing the blockade in
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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump threatened to annihilate Iran on Saturday night and offered to lift oil sanctions on Sunday morning, and the
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Trump and MBS at the White House on November 18, 2025 — the same diplomatic channel through which MBS transmitted the request
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RIYADH — Pakistan has deployed approximately 8,000 combat troops, 16 JF-17 Block III fighters, two drone squadrons, and a Chinese-built HQ-9 air-defense
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RIYADH — Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency, which has documented editorial links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported on May 18
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BAGHDAD — Three drones crossed from Iraqi airspace into Saudi Arabia on May 17. The same week, the Popular Mobilization Forces deployed
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WASHINGTON — Trump’s National Security Council meets on Monday to hear CENTCOM commanders present operational plans to physically seize part of the
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Saudi Arabia Spent Its Annual Deficit in Ninety Days RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s first-quarter 2026 budget deficit of SAR 125.7 billion ($33.5
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WASHINGTON — Iran has restored 30 of 33 IRGC missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz to operational status, according to US
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WASHINGTON — The National Security Council convenes Tuesday in the Situation Room with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and
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RIYADH — Amin Nasser, the man who runs the company that is Saudi Arabia’s treasury, told an earnings call on May 11
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RIYADH — Brigadier General Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters — the apex joint command coordinating both the Islamic
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RIYADH — On Saturday, Tom Barrack sat in Damascus telling Syria’s president that his country was “a laboratory for a new regional
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First VP Aref declares sovereignty “established and closed.” Parliament security chief Azizi says the fee system will be “unveiled soon.” Iranian state
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia’s moon-sighting committee confirmed the crescent of Dhul Hijjah on the evening of May 17, fixing the Day of
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RIYADH — Operation Project Freedom lasted thirty-six hours before a phone call from Riyadh killed it. On May 4, two US Navy
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TEHRAN — On or around May 10, Major General Ali Abdollahi walked into a meeting with Mojtaba Khamenei and delivered a full
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