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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.

The Saudi Ministry of Interior building in Riyadh — the distinctive saucer-shaped complex where Saudi security and diplomatic decisions are coordinated

Saudi Arabia Summons Iraqi Ambassador Over Drone Attacks From Iraqi Territory

April 13, 2026April 13, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia summoned Iraqi Ambassador Safia Taleb al-Suhail on Sunday to formally protest drone and missile attacks launched from Iraqi

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A US Navy F-14D Tomcat conducts a maritime security mission over an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf at sunset, 2005

Russian VLCC Arhimeda Caught in US Hormuz Blockade Zone as Moscow’s Shadow Fleet Collides With Its UNSC Veto

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026

LONDON — A Russian-flagged supertanker formerly sanctioned by the US Treasury for shipping Iranian crude sailed through the Strait of Hormuz toward

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NASA MODIS satellite image of the Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait region showing the Persian Gulf, December 2017

Saudi Arabia’s Iraq Summons Is an Article 51 Dossier in Real Time

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia summoned Iraq’s ambassador on Saturday and handed her a formal note of protest over drone attacks launched from

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Popular Mobilization Forces fighters with Iranian Revolutionary Guard advisor during Hawija offensive, Iraq 2017

Saudi Arabia Summons Iraq’s Ambassador as Islamabad Collapses — The Proxy Corridor Riyadh Refused to Name in 2019

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia summoned Iraq’s ambassador on April 12, 2026 — the first time Riyadh has formally held Baghdad accountable for

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Armed US Navy sailor stands watch aboard a guided-missile destroyer transiting the Strait of Hormuz, May 2023

Trump Signals Naval Blockade of Iran After Islamabad Talks Collapse

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026
Iran War

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on April 12, 2026, shared a Just the News article on Truth Social advocating a US naval

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Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder Block III fighter jet on tarmac — the aircraft at the centre of the $2 billion debt-for-jets swap proposed in Islamabad’s security negotiations with Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia and Qatar Paid $5 Billion for Pakistan’s Military Deployment, Not Its Mediation

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

ISLAMABAD — Saudi Arabia and Qatar jointly pledged $5 billion to Pakistan on April 12, the morning after the first direct US-Iran

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi at agency headquarters in Vienna — diplomatic talks that prefigure the Islamabad framework Iran brought to US negotiations in April 2026

Vance Declares Final Offer After 21 Hours. Iran Lists Four Conditions He Cannot Accept.

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

ISLAMABAD — Vice President JD Vance stood at a lectern inside the Serena Hotel on Saturday, spoke for four minutes, declared the

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US Department of State building Washington DC, 23rd Street entrance — headquarters of American diplomacy hosting Lebanon-Israel talks

Washington Lebanon Talks Open Second Track With Eight Days to Deadline

April 11, 2026April 11, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

Table of Contents Two Tracks, No Synchronization What Does Lebanon Mean to Iran? The Washington Meeting That Cannot Agree on Its Own

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Azadi Tower illuminated at night in Tehran, Iran — the symbolic heart of the Islamic Republic that Mojtaba Khamenei now directs by audio relay

Khamenei Is Not Incapacitated — He Is Directing Iran’s Islamabad Delegation by Audio Relay

April 11, 2026April 11, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

Tehran’s Azadi Tower at night — the Islamic Republic’s most recognisable monument, in the capital where Mojtaba Khamenei has directed Iran’s ceasefire

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SATORP joint refinery at Jubail Industrial City, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia — one of eight energy facilities struck by IRGC drone and missile attacks in April 2026

IRGC Strikes Eight Saudi Energy Facilities During Islamabad Talks Opening as Kuwait Becomes First GCC State to Name Iran

April 11, 2026April 11, 2026
Defence & Security/Iran War

ISLAMABAD — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck at least eight Saudi energy facilities across a 48-hour window ending April 10, killing

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PAC-3 Patriot missile launches from a mobile launcher during a US Army test fire at White Sands, a plume of fire and smoke illuminating the desert at dusk

The $7 Billion PAC-3 Mobilization Arrives in 2028. Saudi Arabia’s 400 Rounds Must Last Until Then.

April 11, 2026April 12, 2026
Defence & Security

WASHINGTON — Three overlapping US defense contracts worth more than $7 billion will triple PAC-3 MSE interceptor production — but not until

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United States Capitol building, Washington D.C. — the War Powers Resolution of 1973 gives Congress authority to compel troop withdrawals after 60 days, a clock that expires April 29 for US forces operating PAC-3 batteries in Saudi Arabia.

The War Powers Clock Expires April 29. Saudi Arabia’s Air Defense Expires With It.

April 10, 2026April 10, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

WASHINGTON — The War Powers Resolution gives the president 60 days to wage war without Congressional authorization. President Trump filed his notification

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Satellite image of Khurais Oil Processing Facility, Saudi Arabia, showing black smoke plume over the desert complex

Saudi Arabia Discloses 1.3 Million bpd War Damage — 48 Hours Late, One Day Before Islamabad

April 10, 2026April 12, 2026
Energy & Oil

DHAHRAN — Saudi Arabia officially quantified its war damage for the first time on Wednesday, disclosing through state news agency SPA that

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi in Vienna during nuclear negotiations

Iran Accuses US of Three Ceasefire Violations as Islamabad Talks Begin

April 9, 2026April 10, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

ISLAMABAD — Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, accused the United States of three violations of the April 7 ceasefire agreement within

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Pakistan Parliament Building in Islamabad at dusk, Pakistani flag flying above the main entrance

Pakistan Brokered the Iran Ceasefire. It Cannot Enforce It.

April 9, 2026April 13, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

ISLAMABAD — The ceasefire between Iran and the United States now runs through one man’s phone. Field Marshal Asim Munir — Pakistan’s

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Strait of Hormuz satellite photograph from NASA Space Shuttle showing narrow shipping lanes between Iran and Oman

Saudi Arabia Asked for an Open Hormuz. Iran Gave It One.

April 8, 2026April 10, 2026
Energy & Oil

DHAHRAN — Saudi Arabia asked for the Strait of Hormuz to be opened, and Iran obliged — by installing a tollbooth. The

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Iranian Sassan oil platform burns during Operation Praying Mantis 1988, Persian Gulf

Who Struck Lavan Island — and Why No One Will Say

April 8, 2026April 8, 2026
Iran War

TEHRAN — Explosions struck Iran’s Lavan Island oil refinery and Sirri Island crude export facilities at approximately 06:30 GMT on April 8,

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Trump speaks during bilateral meeting with Saudi Crown Prince MBS at the White House, November 18, 2025

Trump Called Iran’s 10-Point Plan ‘Workable’ — Every Point Is a Direct Threat to Saudi Arabia’s Security Architecture

April 8, 2026April 9, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics/Iran War

RIYADH — For 35 days, Mohammed bin Salman lobbied Donald Trump to destroy Iran’s military capacity, urged him to send ground troops

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UN Security Council chamber during vote with all 15 member delegations at the horseshoe table, China nameplate visible in foreground

Russia and China Veto the Hormuz Resolution 11-2 — Saudi Arabia’s Article 51 Architecture Is Now the Only Framework Left

April 7, 2026April 9, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

UNITED NATIONS — Russia and China vetoed the United Nations Security Council resolution on the Strait of Hormuz on April 7, killing

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Patriot PAC-3 missile system live-fire launch — Romania, 2023. Saudi Arabia fields approximately 108 M902 Patriot launchers but its PAC-3 MSE stockpile has fallen to roughly 400 rounds after 38 days of war with Iran.

Jubail SABIC Fire Proves Saudi Arabia Cannot Defend Its Industrial Heartland From Missile Debris

April 7, 2026April 13, 2026
Iran War

“ DHAHRAN u2014 Iranian ballistic missile debris struck SABIC’s petrochemical complex at Jubail Industrial City on April 7, igniting a fire at

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Aerial panorama of Qom city Iran — the Islamic Republic holy city where Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is reportedly incapacitated and under IRGC security cordon

The IRGC Commands Iran Alone Tonight. No One Else Can.

April 7, 2026April 13, 2026
Iran War

TEHRAN — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is tonight the sole functioning command authority in Iran, operating without civilian oversight or constitutional

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USAF F-15E Strike Eagle performs flare check over desert, March 2025 — the same aircraft type downed over Iran on April 3, 2026, triggering a 155-aircraft rescue mission

Trump Says Iran Can Be “Taken Out in One Night” — the 155-Aircraft Math That Tells a Different Story

April 6, 2026April 6, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

WASHINGTON — It took 155 aircraft — four bombers, 64 fighters, 48 aerial refueling tankers, 13 rescue planes, and 26 intelligence and

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US Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft over the USCENTCOM area of responsibility, February 2021

Iran Claims 12 US Aircraft Destroyed — the Real Number, and the Lie Doing the Work

April 6, 2026April 6, 2026
Defence & Security

RIYADH — Iran’s state media declared on April 6 that its forces had destroyed 12 US aircraft since April 3 — a

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The LNG carrier Shahamah underway in the Uraga Channel, Japan, showing the characteristic spherical Moss-type cryogenic tanks of a Q-class gas carrier

Iran Opens the Gas Lane and Keeps the Crude Lane Shut

April 6, 2026April 8, 2026
Energy & Oil

DOHA — Two laden Qatar LNG tankers, the Al Daayen and the Rasheeda, are pushing toward the Hormuz exit right now —

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Crude oil supertanker AbQaiq approaches offshore loading terminal in the Persian Gulf

Washington Licenses Iranian Crude It Is Bombing Iranian Bases to Degrade

April 5, 2026April 12, 2026
Energy & Oil

DHAHRAN — The United States is bombing Iranian military infrastructure with B-2s while licensing the sale of Iranian crude whose revenues fund

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