Pakistan faces its most dangerous decision as the Iran-Saudi war tests the 2025 defence pact, 170 nuclear warheads, and 2.64 million workers
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VIENNA — On March 1, 2026, the OPEC+ alliance of oil-producing nations made what may rank among the most counterintuitive supply decisions
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WASHINGTON — No relationship in twenty-first-century geopolitics has been as nakedly transactional, as stubbornly durable, or as consequential as the one between
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DHAHRAN — The world is watching Iran’s drones hit Saudi oil refineries and counting the cost in barrels. It is asking the
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DHAHRAN — When Iranian drones struck Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura refinery complex on the morning of March 2, 2026, they did more
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RIYADH — In the first weeks of March 2026, as Iranian ballistic missile fragments cooled in the sands of the Eastern Province
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WASHINGTON — In late January 2026, two delegations arrived in Washington within forty-eight hours of each other. Saudi officials led by Prince
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s 13.4 million foreign workers — roughly 44 percent of the Kingdom’s entire population — are trapped in a
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Table of Contents What Is Saudi Arabia’s Air Defense Shield and How Much Did It Cost? How Large Was Iran’s Attack on
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Iranian drones struck three Amazon Web Services data centers across the UAE and Bahrain on Sunday, marking the first time a major
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RIYADH / WASHINGTON — On Sunday, standing before reporters in the White House, President Donald Trump offered a number that should have
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On Saturday, March 1, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement condemning what it called “blatant and cowardly Iranian attacks”
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The $35,000 Drone That Is Bankrupting Missile Defense Iran has discovered the most devastating weapon in its arsenal is not a nuclear
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Iran's Strait of Hormuz blockade has cut maritime traffic 70% and trapped Saudi oil exports. With Houthis threatening Bab el-Mandeb, a double
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Seventy-two hours ago, American B-2 bombers and Israeli F-35s began dismantling Iran’s nuclear infrastructure in what Washington called Operation Epic Fury and
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Iran’s Power Vacuum — Who Replaces Khamenei? The assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has decapitated the Islamic Republic’s command structure. As
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The Day Iran Attacked Saudi Arabia On February 28, 2026, Iranian ballistic missiles struck Saudi Arabian soil for the first time in
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In the early hours of February 28, 2026, the Israeli Air Force executed the most consequential targeted killing in modern warfare —
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Table of Contents What Is NEOM and Why Does It Matter in 2026? What Happened to The Line? The NEOM Viability Matrix:
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A Night of Royal Decrees On February 12, 2026, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud issued a sweeping set of royal decrees
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Table of Contents Saudi Vision 2030 in 2026: The Definitive Progress Report The Vision 2030 Scorecard: Rating Every Pillar What Is Saudi
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Inside the sophisticated digital apparatus that shields the world’s wealthiest ruling dynasty from exposure, exploitation, and scandal in the age of instant
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The Saudi royal family is the wealthiest ruling dynasty on earth. With a combined fortune estimated at $1.4 trillion and direct control
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For decades, the partnership between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates was the load-bearing pillar of Gulf stability. Two wealthy, ambitious
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Introduction: The Kingdom of One As of early 2026, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia stands at a historical precipice, shaped less by
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