WASHINGTON — Fifty-two days before Mohammed bin Salman spent the largest single unit of Saudi political capital since the founding of the
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RIYADH — Saudi state television channel Al-Hadath reported on May 19 that “agreements have reportedly been reached regarding easing the blockade in
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RIYADH — “I have been asked by the Emir of Qatar, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, and the President of the
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RIYADH — Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency, which has documented editorial links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported on May 18
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BAGHDAD — Three drones crossed from Iraqi airspace into Saudi Arabia on May 17. The same week, the Popular Mobilization Forces deployed
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Saudi Arabia Spent Its Annual Deficit in Ninety Days RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s first-quarter 2026 budget deficit of SAR 125.7 billion ($33.5
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WASHINGTON — The National Security Council convenes Tuesday in the Situation Room with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia’s moon-sighting committee confirmed the crescent of Dhul Hijjah on the evening of May 17, fixing the Day of
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ABU DHABI — A drone struck an electrical generator on the perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant on Sunday — the
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s “Operation Sledgehammer” exists primarily as a legal device. According to NBC News reporting confirmed May 12, the rename
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia grounded a declared US military operation in under 36 hours. On May 4, Donald Trump announced “Project Freedom”
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TEHRAN — On May 15, Iran’s foreign minister told reporters at a BRICS meeting in New Delhi that nuclear talks with the
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How the Iran War Ended Saudi Arabia’s Gulf Monopoly ABU DHABI — The 2026 Iran war has permanently fractured the Saudi-led Gulf
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TEHRAN — Donald Trump sent Iran a new nuclear proposal on May 16, 2026, warning that Tehran must “move quickly, or something
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TEHRAN — Iran’s most visible response to President Trump’s May 16, 2026 nuclear ultimatum is a year-old television interview with a man
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Table of Contents The 90 Percent That Wasn’t Swept How Many Mines Are Actually in the Strait? One Ship, Zero Helicopters, and
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s non-oil purchasing managers’ index fell to 48.8 in March 2026, breaching the contraction threshold for the first time
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DHAHRAN — The Trump-Xi crude oil agreement is political theater with structural consequences. There is no volume commitment, no pricing mechanism, and
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HORMUZ STRAIT — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deployed more than 340 fast-attack boats across five monitored zones of the Strait of
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TEHRAN — On May 14, 2026, Vice President JD Vance told reporters at the White House that the United States is “making
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BEIJING — A COSCO supertanker crossed the Larak Island threshold in the Strait of Hormuz on May 13, toll-free and fully loaded,
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DOHA — Donald Trump landed in Qatar on May 14 carrying $243.5 billion in signed economic deals and a $38 billion commitment
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TEHRAN — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared a 500-kilometer operational crescent on May 12, stretching from Jask in the Gulf of
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TEHRAN — Iran is actively preparing for a resumption of hostilities with the United States and Israel while simultaneously seeking to dictate
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WASHINGTON — The central problem in the Iran nuclear negotiations is no longer enrichment thresholds, moratorium durations, or third-country custodianship. It is
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