MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin received Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the Kremlin on April 27 for the highest-level Russia-Iran
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JEDDAH — Iranian-backed Houthi forces fired three anti-ship ballistic missiles at two commercial vessels southwest of Mokha on April 26, striking the
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Table of Contents From Paris Communiqué to Northwood War Room How Did Western Allies Go from Refusal to Planning? The Two French
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MANAMA — Bahrain submitted a draft Security Council resolution on April 6 demanding Iran cease all interference with transit passage through the
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MUSCAT — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met Sultan Haitham bin Tariq in Muscat on April 26, 2026, securing a head-of-state audience
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{“content”: “ {“content”: “ n DUBAI u2014 Only five ships transited the Strait of Hormuz in the 24 hours ending April 24,
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia’s $13.1 billion reconstruction commitment to Syria is not charity — it is infrastructure positioning for a world in
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NEW DELHI — India’s claim to strategic neutrality in the Iran-Saudi war expired at 12:01 AM on April 19, 2026 — the
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia blocked a $1.5 billion Pakistani arms deal with Sudan and withdrew its financing commitment in March 2026, forcing
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JEDDAH — The US Overseas Security Advisory Council issued a formal advisory on April 7, 2026, telling American citizens to “reconsider participating
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco cut the Official Selling Price for Arab Light crude to Asia by $0.40 per barrel for July loading,
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TEHRAN — Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi cannot open the Strait of Hormuz. Not because he lacks the will — his April
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco is forecast to report a 57% quarter-on-quarter profit surge for Q1 2026 — $29.01 billion in net income,
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WASHINGTON — The US Treasury on Friday designated Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co., Ltd., a Fortune Global 500 company and China’s second-largest
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JEDDAH — More than 48,000 foreign pilgrims had arrived in Saudi Arabia by April 24 for Hajj 2026, according to aggregated figures
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NICOSIA — Saudi Arabia was not in the room when the European Union convened Arab leaders at Cyprus’s Filoxenia Conference Centre on
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon told the House Armed Services Committee on April 22 that clearing Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz
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DUBAI — A US-sanctioned supertanker loaded with two million barrels of Iranian crude halted near Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz
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LONDON — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps did not seize a random container ship on April 22. By targeting MSC Francesca —
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ISLAMABAD — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi landed in Islamabad late Friday with what IRNA described as a “small delegation” — his
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia engineered the three-week Lebanon ceasefire extension announced on April 23 without appearing in the room where it was
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump faces a May 1 deadline under the War Powers Resolution to either obtain congressional authorization for the
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Contents Three Ships in Five Days What Is the Dark Fleet — and Why Can’t a Ceasefire Touch It? The Tifani and
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MANAMA — The Gulf Cooperation Council’s military coordination apparatus met in Bahrain on April 24 — not as a six-nation summit but
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WASHINGTON — The United States has deployed Ukrainian-built counter-drone technology and Ukrainian military trainers at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia,
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