Mohammed Omar

RIYADH — The Gulf Cooperation Council is splitting along a fault line its own charter has no mechanism to address. On one

RIYADH — The United States launched a naval blockade of Iranian ports on April 13 without a coalition, without a United Nations

MUSCAT — The United States declared a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on April 12, 2026. Within hours, Oman’s foreign

ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates has formally committed naval forces to the US-led multinational coalition tasked with reopening the Strait

RIYADH — The United States declared a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on April 12, 2026. Saudi Arabia said nothing.

{“content”: “ n RIYADH u2014 The Islamabad talks collapsed after twenty-one hours on April 12, and no one scheduled a next round.

JEDDAH — The 750,000 pilgrims now inside Saudi Arabia for Hajj 2026 have become the only functioning constraint on military escalation between

FOUND: True COUNT: 1 {“content”: “ TEHRAN u2014 The IRGC Navy has declared “full authority” over the Strait of Hormuz while Iran’s

Table of Contents The Claim and the Denial Where Did the $6 Billion Come From? Who Is Iran Actually Talking To? Why

ISLAMABAD — Iran’s state broadcaster declared Hormuz sovereignty and a Lebanon ceasefire as non-negotiable preconditions for talks with the United States on

MATCH FOUND ISLAMABAD — US Vice President JD Vance and Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf sat in the same building in

ISLAMABAD — The man who designed Iran’s strategy for closing the Strait of Hormuz is now sitting across the table from the