RIYADH — Iran’s simultaneous missile and drone attacks on all six Gulf Cooperation Council states in late February 2026 accomplished something that
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KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait closed its airspace, slashed oil production, and declared force majeure on petroleum exports after Iranian drone strikes damaged
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RIYADH — The war between the United States, Israel, and Iran has killed a Supreme Leader, shattered oil markets, and sent drones
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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday that the United States would carry out its most intense day of strikes
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia poured more than $100 billion into the most ambitious aviation transformation in modern history. The Kingdom ordered 182
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RIYADH — Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared on March 8 that Tehran will not accept a ceasefire or negotiate with the
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RIYADH — The Iran war has cost Saudi Arabia far more than the official narrative suggests, and the gap between the oil
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AL-KHARJ — Army Sergeant Benjamin Pennington, 26, of Glendale, Kentucky, died on March 8 from wounds sustained during an Iranian ballistic missile
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter adjusted profit of $25.1 billion and announced a $3 billion share buyback programme, delivering
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RIYADH — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps pledged on Monday to launch only missiles carrying warheads weighing at least one ton, a
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RIYADH — Ten days of Iranian missiles, drone swarms, and retaliatory airstrikes have killed dozens and pushed oil past $110 a barrel.
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CAIRO — Arab foreign ministers convened an emergency session of the Arab League Council on March 8 and issued a 16-point statement
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RIYADH — Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, has spent the past eleven days conducting what may be
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared the war against Iran “very complete” in a CBS News interview broadcast Sunday, telling the network
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RIYADH — Ten days into the most sustained aerial bombardment the Arabian Peninsula has faced in modern history, Saudi Arabia confronts a
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RIYADH — Ten days into the most dangerous military confrontation the Kingdom has faced since its founding, the missiles and drones striking
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WASHINGTON — When Israeli warplanes struck Kharg Island in the early hours of March 8, turning Iran’s largest oil export terminal into
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The Iran war moved into a more dangerous phase on Sunday, March 8, as the conflict spread beyond military bases, oil installations
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Wars are often narrated as contests over territory, ideology or military prestige. For Saudi Arabia, the Iran war is already something else
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Update, March 14: Formula 1 confirmed the cancellation of both the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix, as the Iran war grounds
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Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf entered Sunday, March 8, still absorbing the aftershocks of another intense 24 hours in the expanding
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LONDON — Britain is sending warships, fighter jets, and intelligence assets to defend Saudi Arabia from Iranian missile and drone strikes, marking
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CAIRO — As Iranian ballistic missiles streak across Gulf skies and Saudi air defenses intercept drones over Riyadh, the largest Arab military
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s multi-layered air defense network has intercepted dozens of Iranian ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and attack drones since Tehran
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MANAMA — At 4:17 a.m. on February 28, 2026, Iranian ballistic missiles struck Naval Support Activity Bahrain, damaging the radar facility that
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