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Abdul Mohammed

Abdul Mohammed is a Contributing Editor at House of Saud, focusing on Vision 2030, Saudi economic policy, defence procurement, and the Kingdom's international relations. His background in Middle Eastern affairs provides critical context for understanding Saudi Arabia's transformation from an oil-dependent economy to a diversified global player. Abdul's analysis of Saudi defence partnerships, PIF investment strategy, and economic reform has become essential reading for professionals and analysts tracking the Kingdom's evolution under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

GCC leaders and US President Biden at the Jeddah Security and Development Summit, 2022, held in the same city as the April 2026 Decisiveness Summit

The GCC’s “Decisiveness Summit” Declared Collective Defence. The UAE’s President Didn’t Show Up.

April 29, 2026May 4, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

{“content”: “ JEDDAH u2014 Mohammed bin Salman chaired the GCC’s first wartime summit on April 28, secured a collective-defense declaration that formally

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NASA satellite image of Qeshm Island and the Qeshm-Larak corridor in the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow 5-nautical-mile channel inside Iranian territorial waters where the IRGC redirected authorized commercial vessels

Iran Just Authorized a Japanese Tanker Carrying Saudi Crude Through Hormuz — and That Permission Is the Entire Point

April 28, 2026April 29, 2026
Energy & Oil

DUBAI — On April 28, 2026, the Panama-flagged VLCC Idemitsu Maru — loaded with roughly two million barrels of Saudi crude from

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United Nations Security Council chamber, New York — the horseshoe table where the April 7 Hormuz veto was cast

Russia and China’s UNSC Double Veto on Hormuz Closes the Multilateral Pressure Track Permanently

April 28, 2026April 29, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

Table of Contents The Vote That Closed the Door Why Did Russia and China Veto a Resolution They Had Already Weakened? Kostyukov

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Strait of Hormuz and Musandam Peninsula, NASA MODIS satellite image December 2018 — the narrow passage between Iran and Oman through which a third of global seaborne oil normally transits

Iran’s Regular Army Tells the World the War Is Still On — While Araghchi Files His Third Islamabad Draft

April 28, 2026April 28, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

TEHRAN — Iran’s regular army told the world on Tuesday that the war is still on. Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia, spokesperson for

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Construction of Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant II reactor containment dome, Rosatom, Russia

Russia as Iran’s Nuclear Custodian — Moscow’s Rosatom Bid Rewires Every Leverage Calculation From Washington to Riyadh

April 28, 2026April 28, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin sat across from Abbas Araghchi in St. Petersburg on April 27 and listened to the Iranian foreign minister

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Abu Dhabi Corniche skyline with ADNOC headquarters tower on the left, UAE

UAE Quits OPEC After 59 Years, Citing Gulf Solidarity Failure in Iran War

April 28, 2026April 29, 2026
Energy & Oil

ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates announced on Monday that it will withdraw from OPEC and OPEC+ effective May 1, 2026,

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Oil tanker loading crude oil at the Al Basrah Oil Terminal in the Persian Gulf, with loading arms and offshore infrastructure visible

Physical Crude at $150 While Futures Say $97: The Market’s Verdict on Hormuz Is Already In

April 28, 2026April 29, 2026
Energy & Oil

DHAHRAN — Physical crude oil hit $148.87 a barrel on April 13 while Brent futures traded at $97. That $47 gap is

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Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder multirole fighter aircraft takes off at Paris Air Show 2015

MBS Sent Pakistan $3 Billion and Froze $5.5 Billion in the Same Week

April 28, 2026April 29, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

ISLAMABAD — Saudi Arabia transferred $3 billion to Pakistan in five days last week, preventing Islamabad from defaulting on $3.45 billion in

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NASA MODIS satellite image of the Strait of Hormuz showing the narrow waterway between Iran and the Musandam Peninsula, December 2020

Rubio Calls Iran’s Hormuz Offer Extortion, Closing the US Negotiating Window

April 28, 2026April 29, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday rejected Iran’s Hormuz-for-blockade offer in language no diplomatic interlocutor recovers from quickly, telling

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Oil pump jack operating in a remote field, representing OPEC crude oil production capacity

OPEC Voted to Add 206,000 Barrels a Day. The Market Didn’t Even Blink.

April 28, 2026April 29, 2026
Energy & Oil

DHAHRAN — OPEC+ voted on April 5 to raise its May production quota by 206,000 barrels per day — a figure that

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USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group in formation at sea, 2026, with escorting destroyers and supply vessel

Three Carriers, Zero Consultation — What It Costs to Be America’s Indispensable Host

April 28, 2026May 2, 2026
Defence & Security

RIYADH — Three American aircraft carriers are now operating inside Central Command’s area of responsibility for the first time since the 2003

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PAC-3 Patriot missile launches from its battery during live-fire exercise, showing the interceptor in flight above the launcher

Saudi Arabia’s 51% Procurement Milestone Masks a 24.89% Defense Gap — and 400 Interceptors Left

April 28, 2026May 2, 2026
Defence & Security

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia announced this month that government-wide local procurement has crossed 51 per cent, up from 28 per cent when

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E-3G Sentry AWACS aircrew disembark at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, March 2020 — the same aircraft type destroyed by Iranian strikes in 2026

Iran’s $5 Billion in US Base Damage Is Not the Story — The Opacity Is

April 28, 2026April 28, 2026
Defence & Security

WASHINGTON — Iranian strikes across eleven US military installations in seven countries have caused up to $5 billion in infrastructure damage —

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Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi meets IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi at IAEA headquarters in Vienna, May 2021 — Araghchi, then Deputy FM, led Iran nuclear access negotiations that now define the 2026 HEU custody dispute at the centre of Russia co-guarantor talks

Russia Is Running the Astana Playbook on Saudi Arabia’s Existential Crisis — and Riyadh Is Not at the Table

April 27, 2026April 28, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

ST. PETERSBURG — Abbas Araghchi did not fly to Russia to brief Vladimir Putin. He flew to St. Petersburg on April 27

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General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan of Sudan receives a senior foreign delegation in a formal bilateral meeting — the same protocol setting in which MBS hosted Burhan in Jeddah on April 21, 2026

Saudi Arabia Froze Sudan’s Arms Deal to Buy Port Sudan’s Red Sea Access

April 27, 2026April 29, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

JEDDAH — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hosted Sudan’s General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Jeddah on April 21, three weeks after

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US Air Force personnel and aircraft at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia — F-16s and a helicopter on the apron beneath the Saudi flag

The Six-Country Sky Over Saudi Arabia: Ukraine’s Sky Map Lands at PSAB Six Weeks After Trump Said No

April 27, 2026April 28, 2026
Defence & Security

JEDDAH — Six weeks before a Ukrainian military team arrived at a Saudi air base to train American soldiers on how to

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NASA MODIS satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz and Musandam Peninsula, December 2018

Trump and Starmer Agreed Hormuz Must Reopen. Iran Is in Moscow Building the Architecture That Prevents It.

April 27, 2026April 28, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

LONDON — Donald Trump and Keir Starmer spoke by phone on April 26 and agreed on what Downing Street called “the urgent

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USS Pioneer (MCM-9) and USS Patriot (MCM-7) Avenger-class minesweepers underway in open ocean, US Navy

The Navy Has Four Ships to Clear a Strait That Carries 20 Percent of Global Oil

April 27, 2026April 27, 2026
Defence & Security

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon told the House Armed Services Committee on April 22 that clearing Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz

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Shahid Rajaei port container cranes and cargo ship at Bandar Abbas, Iran — the port handles 85-90% of Iran's container traffic

Rocket Fuel in a Mislabelled Box: The Explosion That Broke Iran’s Last Gulf Gateway

April 27, 2026April 27, 2026
Iran War

BANDAR ABBAS — An explosion ripped through the Sina Port container yard at Shahid Rajaei port at 12:20 local time on April

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Roberta Metsola, European Parliament President, meets GCC Secretary-General Jasem Al-Budaiwi in Abu Dhabi, 2025, with EU and GCC flags on the table

The GCC Used Europe to Harden the Terms Washington Was Ready to Drop

April 27, 2026April 28, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

NICOSIA — The GCC Secretary-General flew to Cyprus last week and, over an informal working lunch with Ursula von der Leyen and

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The United Nations Security Council chamber during a meeting on nuclear non-proliferation, showing the circular P5+1 table format from which Gulf states hold no permanent seat

Saudi Arabia Bears the War’s Highest Cost and Has No Seat at the Table

April 26, 2026April 28, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia is absorbing 83% of Iran’s missile and drone strikes, bleeding 3.15 million barrels per day in lost oil

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Strait of Hormuz and Musandam Peninsula satellite view — NASA MODIS December 2018, showing the 33km-wide choke point through which 20% of global oil supply transited before the war

Goldman’s “Sloppy Peace” Is Saudi Arabia’s Fiscal Trap, Not Its Exit

April 26, 2026April 28, 2026
Energy & Oil

DHAHRAN — Goldman Sachs has given Saudi Arabia’s nightmare a name, and it sounds almost reassuring. Jared Cohen, co-head of the bank’s

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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan signs a bilateral agreement with Polish FM Radoslaw Sikorski at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 2026

Faisal Called Four Capitals on a Sunday Because Monday Was Too Late

April 26, 2026April 27, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

Saudi FM Prince Faisal bin Farhan signs a bilateral agreement with Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in Warsaw, January 2026 — his

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Xi Jinping and US President Biden shake hands at their bilateral meeting before the G20 Summit in Bali, November 2022, with the Chinese and American flags behind them

Xi Called MBS About Hormuz Thirteen Days After Vetoing the Only Resolution That Could Reopen It

April 26, 2026April 26, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

BEIJING — Xi Jinping’s April 20 phone call with Mohammed bin Salman — in which the Chinese president called for “normal passage

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Riyadh skyline at sunset showing the Kingdom Tower and King Abdullah Financial District towers under construction — the physical embodiment of Vision 2030 capital investment in the Saudi non-oil economy.

Vision 2030 Turned Ten the Same Week the Blockade Was Confirmed

April 26, 2026April 27, 2026
Vision 2030 & Economy

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia published its Vision 2030 Annual Report on April 25, 2026 — the plan’s tenth anniversary — claiming 93%

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