DUBAI — An oil tanker that was sent to a ship-breaking yard in Bangladesh five years ago has reappeared in the Strait
MoreRIYADH — The most consequential weapon deployed in the Iran war is not a ballistic missile, a Shahed drone, or a Patriot
MoreLONDON — Britain announced on Monday that it is deploying short-range air defense systems to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain, and distributing
MoreRIYADH — Eight years ago, Saudi Arabia had zero cinemas, zero public concerts, and a religious police force that shut down restaurants
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have taken concrete steps toward becoming active participants in the war against Iran,
MoreRIYADH — Donald Trump has given himself sixteen days to end the largest military conflict in the Middle East since the 2003
MoreTEHRAN — Mojtaba Khamenei became Iran’s third supreme leader on 9 March 2026, installed by a coerced Assembly of Experts less than
MoreWASHINGTON — Three weeks into Operation Epic Fury, the gap between what artificial intelligence promised and what the battlefield delivered has become
MoreWASHINGTON — Ten anonymous cryptocurrency wallets appeared on the prediction market platform Polymarket on Sunday, wagering a combined $160,000 that the United
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul stock exchange reopens on Tuesday after an eight-day Eid al-Fitr holiday during which the Iran war escalated
MoreRIYADH — The Iran war has closed both of the world’s critical maritime data chokepoints simultaneously for the first time in history,
MoreDUBAI — Iran’s threat to completely seal the Strait of Hormuz if the United States strikes its power grid represents the most
MoreBAGHDAD — Iran-backed Iraqi militias launched 21 separate attacks against United States military installations across Iraq and the wider Gulf region in
MoreDHAHRAN — Twenty-two days of war between Iran and the United States have produced the most severe disruption to global energy markets
MoreDHAHRAN — Saudi Arabia can produce 12 million barrels of oil per day. It has the wells, the processing plants, and the
MoreMIAMI — Saudi Arabia will open the fourth edition of its Future Investment Initiative Priority Summit in Miami on March 25, gathering
MoreRIYADH — The Iran war has produced over 300 documented environmental incidents across twelve countries in just three weeks, contaminated the Persian
MoreJEDDAH — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi completed a whirlwind diplomatic tour of four Gulf capitals in less than 48 hours this
MoreRIYADH — Twenty-three days into the Iran war, the Gulf states have intercepted more than 90 percent of the ballistic missiles and
MoreDHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco, the world’s most valuable energy company, is managing the largest operational crisis in its seven-decade history. Twenty-two days
MoreRIYADH — The Iran war’s most dangerous moment arrived not with a missile launch but with a social media post. President Donald
MoreTEHRAN — Seven children, including a 10-day-old infant, were killed on March 21 when a US-Israeli airstrike struck a residential apartment building
MoreThis cost asymmetry has created what amounts to a conventional form of Mutually Assured Destruction, where both sides hold the other’s critical
MoreRIYADH — The Pentagon has made detailed preparations for the direct deployment of American ground forces into Iran, according to multiple officials
MoreRIYADH — Four foreign ministers gathered in the Saudi capital on March 19, 2026, and the alliance they sketched on hotel stationery
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