RIYADH — The alliances Mohammed bin Salman spent a decade constructing were designed for a world that no longer exists. The Beijing-brokered
MoreBEIRUT — Israeli forces destroyed the Qasmiyeh Bridge and at least two other crossings over the Litani River in southern Lebanon on
MoreNEW DELHI — Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 21, 2026, urging India to use its
MoreRIYADH — The 1,201-kilometre pipeline running beneath the Saudi desert from the Eastern Province to the Red Sea port of Yanbu now
MoreRIYADH — Asian stock markets suffered their steepest single-day losses since the Iran war began on Monday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 plunging
MoreRIYADH — Iraqi militias struck American bases twenty-one times in a single day last week, acting on no discernible order from Tehran.
MoreRIYADH — Iran issued at least five contradictory official statements within 24 hours of President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to reopen the Strait
MoreRIYADH — The United States and Israel have killed at least sixteen of Iran’s most senior military and political leaders since February
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia recorded 254 flight delays and 39 cancellations across its four busiest airports on Saturday as the Iran war’s
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s air defenses intercepted three ballistic missiles targeting Riyadh Province and shot down nearly sixty Iranian drones across the
MoreWASHINGTON — Three weeks into the deadliest maritime crisis since the Second World War, the Trump administration’s signature policy response to the
MoreMUSCAT — India and Pakistan have independently deployed warships to the Gulf of Oman to escort their nationally flagged oil and gas
MoreRIYADH — The Iran war crossed into nuclear territory on Saturday when US and Israeli forces struck Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment complex
MoreThe resulting dynamic mirrors Cold War deterrence theory, with Iran’s oil infrastructure threats and Trump’s power grid ultimatum locking both sides into
MoreMANAMA — Bahrain’s armed forces have now intercepted 143 missiles and 242 drones fired by Iran since the war began on February
MoreRIYADH — Iran’s top military spokesperson warned on Friday that “parks, recreational areas and tourist destinations” worldwide would no longer be safe
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia expelled five Iranian diplomats on March 21, 2026, declaring the Islamic Republic’s military attaché and four embassy staff
MoreBAGHDAD — Iraq declared force majeure on all foreign-operated oil fields on Thursday, formally suspending contractual obligations with some of the world’s
MoreISLAMABAD — Pakistan signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia six months ago pledging that an attack on one would
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia has agreed to open King Fahd Air Base in Taif to American military forces for operations against Iran,
MoreRIYADH — Three weeks into the 2026 Iran war, at least twelve nations and international actors have offered to broker a ceasefire
MoreWASHINGTON — The head of United States Central Command said Saturday that Iran’s ability to threaten the Strait of Hormuz has been
MoreBRUSSELS — Three European nations have soldiers, warplanes, and missile batteries in the Gulf. A French warrant officer is dead. A Greek
MoreTOKYO — Iran announced on Friday that it is prepared to allow Japanese ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz, offering Tokyo
MoreBEIJING — Three years ago, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stood between the top diplomats of Saudi Arabia and Iran as they
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