Abdul Mohammed

BEIJING / RIYADH — Chinese President Xi Jinping told Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on April 20 that “the normal passage through

JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia has killed a $1.5 billion Pakistani arms sale to Sudan by withdrawing the financing that made it possible,

LONDON — Thirty nations sent military planners to Northwood on Tuesday, the first time a non-NATO command structure has been used to

RIYADH — Saudi Transport Minister Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser spent the week of April 16-22, 2026, holding back-to-back virtual meetings with his

JEDDAH — Ali Akbar Velayati, the man who has advised Iran’s Supreme Leader for three decades, announced on April 20 that the

WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran were, by multiple accounts from officials on both sides, within reach of a preliminary nuclear

JEDDAH — Indonesia launched its 2026 Hajj airlift on Tuesday morning, sending 391 pilgrims from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport’s dedicated Terminal 2F aboard

RIYADH — Iran fired more than 150 missiles and 500 drones at the United Arab Emirates in the first days of the

Table of Contents Twice in Eleven Years, the Same Architecture What Is Actually on the Table at Islamabad — and Who Is

Table of Contents “Delays” Is Not De-Escalation — The Tasnim Headline as Countdown Clock What Happened to the MV Touska on April

ISLAMABAD — The United States announced on April 19 that Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff, and senior adviser Jared

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has no seat at the Iran ceasefire table, and that may be exactly how Mohammed bin Salman wants

JEDDAH — Mohammed bin Salman called Donald Trump the day before the April 16 ceasefire announcement and told him a Lebanon truce

ISLAMABAD — President Donald Trump told Fox News on April 19 that Iran will get “blown up” if it refuses to sign

TEHRAN — On April 18, the captain of the Indian-flagged tanker Sanmar Herald did something no maritime officer had done in the