DHAHRAN — The memo of understanding being negotiated between Washington and Tehran offers a thirty-day window to resolve the conditions under which
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BEIJING — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi landed in Beijing on May 6 for his first face-to-face with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang
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WASHINGTON — Trump told NBC on May 4 that “complete dismantlement” of Iran’s nuclear programme is “all I’d accept” — and the
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TEHRAN — Iran’s “Hormuz first, nuclear later” proposal — formally embedded in the 14-point plan submitted to Washington on May 2 —
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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed on May 5 that
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FUJAIRAH — Iran struck the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone for the second consecutive day on May 5, shutting down the 922,000-barrel-per-day ADNOC
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Saudi Arabia’s Economy Is Recovering. That Is the Problem. RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s non-oil purchasing managers’ index rose to 51.5 in April
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Table of Contents The Numbers That Cannot Be Spoken Aloud How Did Aramco Post Record-Adjacent Profits on 30% Less Oil? Anatomy of
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TEHRAN — Abbas Araghchi’s statement on May 5 contained two propositions that Western correspondents treated as contradictory: Pakistan’s mediation is “making progress,”
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia condemned “in the strongest terms” Iran’s ongoing strikes against the UAE on May 5, with Crown Prince Mohammed
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WASHINGTON — Project Freedom’s first operational day on May 4 produced a military transit and a diplomatic catastrophe in equal measure. Two
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RIYADH — Two competing coalitions are trying to reopen the Strait of Hormuz — the American one with guided-missile destroyers and the
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ABU DHABI — Iran struck the VTTI terminal at Fujairah on May 4, the same morning the US Navy launched Project Freedom
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REPLACED OK DHAHRAN — At $114 per barrel, Brent crude sits three dollars above Saudi Arabia’s fiscal break-even and three dollars below
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DUBAI — Major General Ali Abdollahi, commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, warned on May 4 that “any foreign military force,
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DUBAI — Iran struck an Abu Dhabi state oil company tanker with two drones in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, the
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WASHINGTON — Iran’s first response to Project Freedom was not a missile strike. It was a test — three instruments activated simultaneously
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JEDDAH — Two hundred and sixty Iranian pilgrims entered Saudi Arabia on April 25 via the Jadidat Arar land crossing on the
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s refusal to endorse Project Freedom is not diplomatic hedging. It is the only rational response available to a
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DHAHRAN — Five supertankers transited the Strait of Hormuz overnight May 3–4 under U.S. Navy escort, completing the first convoy of Operation
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TEHRAN — While CENTCOM destroyers steamed toward the Gulf of Oman on Day 1 of Operation Project Freedom, Iran’s parliament was quietly
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RIYADH — Iran’s UN ambassador told the Security Council on May 1 that six Arab states — Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain,
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WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Project Freedom on Saturday — a US Navy convoy to escort neutral merchant ships through the Strait
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JEDDAH — The United States government has never, in the 44-year history of the Overseas Security Advisory Council, told American citizens to
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Table of Contents Bessent’s ‘Suffocating’ Declaration What Does the 49-Vessel Redirect Figure Mean? Can the IRGC Actually Pay Its Soldiers? Iran’s Overland
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TEHRAN — Iran submitted a 14-point counterproposal to the United States via Pakistani mediators on May 2, demanding the end of the
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