RIYADH — Mohsen Rezaei, the longest-serving commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ history and formal military adviser to a Supreme Leader
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MUSCAT — The Sultanate of Oman on July 17 issued the first formal “condemnation and denunciation” it has ever directed at the
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DOHA — Iran struck Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar overnight on July 16-17, wounding four people including a child with interception
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RIYADH — On July 16, the State Department approved $1.96 billion in laser-guided rockets for Saudi Arabia — 20,000 APKWS-II kits manufactured
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RIYADH — Saudi aviation authorities issued a coordinated NOTAM sequence on the evening of July 13, 2026, closing four southern civilian airports
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RIYADH — Donald Trump said on July 14 that he would consider seizing Kharg Island — the terminal through which 90 to
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DUBAI — US Central Command struck Greater Tunb Island on Wednesday in a 90-minute wave of airstrikes that destroyed cruise missile storage
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That truce termination was confirmed the same day when Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation closed all four southern civilian airports
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DHAHRAN — Donald Trump declared the United States the “Guardian of the Strait of Hormuz” on July 13 and announced a 20
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ABU DHABI — The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Iran on July 12 for “renewed hostile missile and drone attacks” targeting
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MUSCAT — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck the Port of Duqm and Musandam Governorate in Oman on July 12, less than
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Jordan issued a joint condemnation of Iranian attacks on tankers in the Strait of
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TEHRAN — Mojtaba Khamenei released a written revenge declaration on July 11, pledging to avenge his father’s death — his seventh statement
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RIYADH — Fitch affirmed Saudi Arabia’s sovereign credit rating at A+ with a Stable Outlook on July 11 and, in the same
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia restored all three diplomatic channels with Washington in under twenty-four hours — ambassador, foreign minister, and crown prince
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RIYADH — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called President Donald Trump on Saturday, upgrading the US-Saudi diplomatic channel from ambassador level
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JEDDAH — When Mohammed bin Salman picked up the phone to Donald Trump on the morning of July 11, 2026 — the
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DHAHRAN — Trump threatened to seize Kharg Island at the NATO summit in Ankara on July 8. The island sits twenty miles
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ABU DHABI — Since February 28, 2026, the United Arab Emirates has absorbed 2,819 discrete Iranian strikes — 537 ballistic missiles intercepted,
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RIYADH — The International Monetary Fund cut Saudi Arabia’s 2026 real GDP growth forecast to 1.7 percent on July 8 — the
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WASHINGTON — Princess Reema bint Bandar met Secretary Rubio on July 10, 2026, and the readout said everything diplomats say when the
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A crude oil tanker underway in open water, 2026. The Wedyan — a 319,990-deadweight-ton VLCC owned by Saudi Arabia’s state-controlled Bahri —
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