WASHINGTON — The United States withheld deliveries of PAC-3 and THAAD interceptors from Saudi Arabia in May 2026, using the kingdom’s depleted
MoreKUWAIT CITY — Iran’s regular army — the Artesh, not the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — announced on July 9 that it
MoreRIYADH — Mohammed bin Salman privately urged Donald Trump to send American ground forces into Iran to seize the country’s energy infrastructure
MoreAMMAN — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired ten ballistic missiles at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in eastern Jordan on July 9,
MoreMANAMA — IRGC missiles and drones struck four American military bases across Kuwait and Bahrain on July 8 — the first external
MoreANKARA — NATO’s Ankara summit placed Hormuz in the Alliance’s communiqué for the first time this week, calling on Iran to “fully
MoreWASHINGTON — The dual IRGC strikes on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on July 7 present the Trump administration with
MoreDOHA — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard struck the Al Rekayyat, a Qatari state-owned LNG tanker, with a missile inside the Strait of Hormuz
MoreADEN — The Houthis sank two commercial vessels in forty-eight hours this week — the Liberian-flagged Magic Seas on July 6 and
MoreADEN — On July 4, 2026, Saudi coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki named four targets — Hodeidah port, Ras Isa oil terminal, As-Salif,
MoreDHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco on Sunday set its August Arab Light official selling price to Asia at a $1.50-per-barrel discount to the
MoreRIYADH — The Saudi-led coalition named four strike targets on July 4 — Hodeidah port, Ras Isa oil terminal, As-Salif port, Sanaa
MoreWASHINGTON — The United States is weighing a punitive reduction of its military presence at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia,
MoreTEHRAN — Mojtaba Khamenei’s conditional approval of the US–Iran memorandum of understanding — issued June 18, one day after the deal was
MoreJEDDAH — Saudi coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki threatened “unprecedented determination and force” against Hodeidah, Ras Isa, As-Salif, and Sanaa Airport on July
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MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia grounded 43 American warplanes at Prince Sultan Air Base for four days in May 2026, shutting down the
MoreBEIJING — Iran’s ambassador to China told the World Peace Forum on July 4 that Hormuz transit fees are “definite,” then named
MoreTEHRAN — King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent condolences for the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader through Deputy Foreign
Morepost_content RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s coalition named Hodeidah port, the Ras Isa oil terminal, as-Salif port, and Sanaa International Airport as potential
MoreISLAMABAD — The United States and Iran will resume negotiations on July 11 in Islamabad with nuclear issues explicitly on the agenda
MoreDHAHRAN — OPEC+ is set to approve a fifth consecutive monthly output hike on July 5, adding approximately 188,000 barrels per day
MoreTEHRAN — Donald Trump stood at Mount Rushmore on the Fourth of July and told a cheering crowd that Iran was “dying
MoreDHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco cut its July Arab Light official selling price to Asia by six dollars per barrel while OPEC+ prepares
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia sent Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed El-Khereiji to the state funeral of Ali Khamenei in Tehran on July 3–4
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