F Hadid

F Hadid is an external analyst with experience across Gulf security, Saudi foreign policy, and regional geopolitics. Drawing on years of professional engagement with the Gulf region, Hadid contributes analysis on Saudi bilateral relationships, Gulf Cooperation Council dynamics, and the strategic dimensions of the Kingdom's foreign policy.

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What Iran’s Target List Tells The World About Its War Strategy

April 3, 2026

Iran War

DOHA — On Tuesday, the IRGC designated 18 American companies as “legitimate military targets,” gave employees until 8pm Tehran time on Wednesday

MIM-104 Patriot missile launched at Talisman Sabre 21 exercise in Queensland Australia July 2021

MBS Is Building Air Defense That Doesn’t Need Washington’s Permission

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026

Defence & Security

JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia and Ukraine signed a 10-year defense cooperation pact on March 27 before President Zelensky had even sat down

F Hadid

What Iran’s Target List Tells The World About Its War Strategy

MBS Is Building Air Defense That Doesn’t Need Washington’s Permission

Saudi Arabia’s Ukraine Defense Deal Is a Hedge Against Washington, Not a Supplement to It

Iran Strikes Kuwait Desalination Plant in Second Water Attack in Four Days

Saudi Arabia Caught in Double Compression: Hormuz Blocks the Volume, Tariffs Kill the Price

Iran War Update: Day 35 — Trump Destroys Tehran’s Biggest Bridge, Threatens “Bridges Next, Then Power Plants”

What Iran’s Target List Tells The World About Its War Strategy

Half of Iran’s Missile Launchers Survived Five Weeks of US and Israeli Strikes, US Intelligence Assesses

MBS Is Building Air Defense That Doesn’t Need Washington’s Permission

Hormuz Resolution Loses Chapter VII as UNSC Delays Vote to Saturday

Iran’s Hormuz Sovereignty Demand Makes Ceasefire Structurally Impossible Before Trump’s April 6 Deadline

Forty-One Nations Want to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi Arabia and the United States Are Not Among Them.