NEOM — Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is preparing to drop five of the fifteen stadiums it proposed for the 2034 FIFA
More{“content”: “ RIYADH u2014 The International Monetary Fund’s October 2026 World Economic Outlook projects Saudi Arabia’s GDP will contract 3.3 percent in
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia has no military response available that it has not already tried, and the promised answer that its Energy
MoreDHAHRAN — On October 11, Yemen’s Houthi forces claimed their missiles and drones struck Saudi Aramco facilities at Shedgum and Tanajib —
MoreCorrection, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said the October 8 attack was the first on King Khalid International
MoreCorrection, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said a Houthi missile destroyed a Saudia Airbus A320 at the gate
MoreRIYADH — On October 7, two administration officials told The Atlantic that the White House had asked the Pentagon to develop options
MoreCorrection, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article dated to October 8 a Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport
MoreWASHINGTON — Donald Trump stood inside a Maryland shipyard on October 6 and framed the war with Iran as something to be
MoreCorrection, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said King Salman condemned the targeting of Mecca in a UN General
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Q1 2026 GDP release looks like vindication for Vision 2030: non-oil activity up 2.8% year-on-year while the oil
MoreDHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser has given the oil market a date: if the Strait of Hormuz does not reopen
MoreMUSCAT — On May 13, a delegation led by Abbas Baqerpour, director general for International Legal Affairs at Iran’s Foreign Ministry, sat
MoreISTANBUL — Iran sent deputy foreign ministers to negotiate with Europe in Istanbul this week while simultaneously routing a revised nuclear proposal
MoreTEHRAN — On or around May 10, Major General Ali Abdollahi walked into a meeting with Mojtaba Khamenei and delivered a full
MoreMUSCAT — Four days before Donald Trump lands in Riyadh to sign a civil nuclear energy deal that does not expressly forbid
MoreTEHRAN — When Mohammad Mokhber, identified across Mehr News Agency’s May 8 broadcast as an adviser to Supreme Leader Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei,
MoreCHANGED {“content”: “ RIYADH u2014 Saudi Arabia stopped Project Freedom on May 5, killed it inside thirty-six hours, and watched on May
MoreCHANGED: True {“content”: “ WASHINGTON u2014 Operation Epic Fury struck Iran’s enrichment facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and the Isfahan metallurgy complex beginning
MoreRIYADH — Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself carrying an assault rifle at 4 AM on April 29, captioned “NO
MoreContents What Does Qatar Mean by “Frozen Conflict”? The Decisiveness Summit That Decided Nothing Why Can Qatar Survive a Frozen Hormuz and
MoreKUWAIT CITY — Two fiber-optic wire-guided explosive drones launched from Iraqi territory struck two of Kuwait’s northern land border posts on April
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 turned ten on April 25 with a report card that would satisfy any boardroom — 93%
MoreWASHINGTON — The War Powers Resolution clock expires on May 1 — five days from now — and the man with the
MoreTEHRAN — Iran’s Deputy Parliament Speaker Hamidreza Hajibabaei announced on April 23 that the first revenues collected under the Strait of Hormuz
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