Correction, October 12, 2026: An earlier version of this article said Iranian ballistic missiles struck Prince Sultan Air Base on July 18,
MoreCorrection, October 12, 2026: Correction: An earlier version of this article said a July 17 Iranian strike on Kuwait’s Shuaiba plant killed
MoreRIYADH — Iran launched three simultaneous attack vectors against Saudi Arabia on July 19 — a ballistic missile at Prince Sultan Air
MoreRIYADH — Iran struck both of Saudi Arabia’s oil export corridors on the same morning. A ballistic missile targeted Prince Sultan Air
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MoreTEHRAN — Iran’s foreign ministry declared the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding operationally dead on July 13 — five days before Mojtaba Khamenei
MoreDUBAI — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed on July 18 to have destroyed two M142 HIMARS missile launchers and their associated
MoreDHAHRAN — The United States Navy disabled a tanker bound for Iran’s principal oil terminal on July 15, firing AGM-114 Hellfire missiles
MoreRIYADH — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s statement on July 18 calling the US president’s signature “worthless” did not kill the Islamabad MOU —
MoreRIYADH — Iranian ballistic missiles struck Prince Sultan Air Base on July 18, wounding at least twelve American service members — two
MoreTEHRAN — Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi declared on July 18 that Tehran has suspended all commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum
MoreRIYADH — Ansarullah’s political bureau has named Saudi Aramco’s oil infrastructure as a target set — oil wells, transmission lines, tankers, refineries,
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Civil Defense activated the National Early Warning Platform for Al-Kharj Governorate and Yanbu on July
MoreKUWAIT CITY — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck the Shuaiba power and desalination complex in Kuwait’s Al Ahmadi Governorate on July
MoreRIYADH — Iran launched missiles and drones at targets in six countries on July 17 — Syria, Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, and
MoreWASHINGTON — Prince Khalid bin Salman arrived at the Pentagon on July 17 to meet Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth carrying a defense
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MoreRIYADH — Iran has asked the Houthi movement to stand ready to close the Bab al-Mandeb strait if the United States strikes
MoreDHAHRAN — Iran has constructed a permission structure for striking Saudi Aramco without ever naming Saudi Arabia as a target. The July
MoreWASHINGTON — The State Department notified Congress on July 15, 2026, of a potential $1.96 billion sale of APKWS II precision-guided munitions
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan called Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty on July 14 to stress “the critical need
MoreABU DHABI — Iranian cruise missiles struck two UAE-flagged tankers — the LNG carrier al-Bahiya and the oil tanker Mombasa — in
Morepost_content SANAA — Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces struck the runway at Sanaa International Airport on July 13, targeting the strip to prevent
MoreWASHINGTON — Lindsey Graham died on July 12 at his Capitol Hill home, hours after returning from Kyiv, and with him died
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