WASHINGTON — On the same week that a $24.3 billion F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia sat in congressional review, the United States
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RIYADH — The Saudi-led coalition said on 15 October that Houthi forces had attacked King Khalid International Airport twenty times since 1
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NEW YORK — The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on 15 October to affirm Saudi Arabia’s “inherent right” to self-defense against
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DOHA — Qatar told Saudi Arabia on October 13 that “the Kingdom’s security and the security of the countries of the GCC
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The Warning and Its Real Audience RIYADH — On 13 October, as smoke still hung over King Khalid International Airport and Riyadh
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DHAHRAN — A ballistic missile struck the nerve centre of Saudi Aramco — the tower housing the operations centre that oversees every
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RIYADH — On September 20, at a US military facility within range of Yemen, American ground crews were loading ordnance onto strike
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TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan on the night of October 11–12 and
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ANKARA — Turkey’s foreign minister ruled out offensive military operations under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement on 8 October, five days before
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said Pakistan had deployed 30,000 to 40,000 troops to Saudi Arabia; Reuters
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called President Trump twice on September
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said the Strait of Hormuz had been continuously closed for 213 days;
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said Iranian missiles struck Saudi territory during the congressional review period; the
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said Saudi crude exports recovered to 6 million barrels per day in
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WASHINGTON — The State Department notified Congress on September 17 of a proposed $24.3 billion sale of forty-eight F-35A stealth fighters to
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said five tankers reversed course after the Houthi warning; LSEG shipping data
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WASHINGTON — The United States signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia on July 22 that is expected to run
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MANAMA — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed on July 21 that it struck and destroyed Amazon Web Services’ data center in
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NEW DELHI — Ajit Doval met Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Riyadh on July 20, his second reported visit
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Correction, October 12, 2026: Correction: An earlier version of this article said CENTCOM launched a second same-day wave of strikes on Iran
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Correction, October 12, 2026: This article has been corrected. An earlier version said the Houthis closed four Saudi airports by NOTAM on
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said Iranian missiles struck Prince Sultan Air Base on July 18, 2026,
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Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said Iran had not closed the Strait of Hormuz and was keeping
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KUWAIT CITY — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hit the US Navy’s fuel pier at Kuwait’s Mina Al-Ahmadi port and the AR-327
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TEHRAN — Mohsen Rezaei’s seventy-two-hour ultimatum expires on July 19 with American bombers still flying, and the man who issued it does
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