Yusuf Mansour, Author at House of Saud

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GCC foreign ministers seated at a round-table meeting in Saudi Arabia — Secretary Kerry and FM Saud al-Faisal of Saudi Arabia with Gulf counterparts, March 2015, illustrating the diplomatic format Riyadh seeks to revive for Gulf-Iran reconciliation

Riyadh Calls the Summit — Iran Has No One to Send

July 6, 2026July 9, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia is preparing to host a formal Gulf-Iran reconciliation summit — and cannot name a single confirmed participant from

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President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at bilateral meeting, White House, November 18, 2025

Riyadh Pledged the Billion — Beijing Got the Visit

July 2, 2026July 2, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

RIYADH — In April, a senior American official named Aryeh Lightstone flew to Riyadh with a single task: persuade Saudi Foreign Minister

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Israeli Air Force F-35I Adir stealth fighter in flight, showing Star of David markings — the aircraft type used in Israel's June 8, 2026 strikes on Iran

Israel Strikes Iran After Trump Asked Netanyahu Not To Retaliate

June 8, 2026June 9, 2026
Iran War

RIYADH — Israel struck military targets across western and central Iran on June 8, 2026 — Day 100 of the war —

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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan participates in a joint press availability at a ministerial meeting in Riyadh, June 2023

Saudi Arabia Condemned the Dual-Capital Salvo. It Did Nothing Else.

June 6, 2026June 10, 2026
Iran War

Table of Contents What Saudi Arabia Said on June 6 What Saudi Arabia Did Not Do How Does the GCC Response Compare?

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OPEC headquarters building in Vienna, Austria — the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries where the UAE participated as a founding member for 59 years before its April 28, 2026 exit

The UAE Did Not Consult Saudi Arabia

April 28, 2026May 4, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

{“content”: “ JEDDAH u2014 The UAE quit OPEC on the morning of April 28, effective May 1, without consulting Saudi Arabia u2014

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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud signs a document at a bilateral meeting with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw

Prince Faisal’s Three Calls Built a Mediation Architecture Washington Won’t Offer Saudi Arabia

April 27, 2026April 29, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

JEDDAH — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held phone calls on April 27 with the foreign ministers of Iran, Bahrain,

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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets Supreme Leader Khamenei in Tehran, part of Pakistan's ceasefire shuttle diplomacy — April 2026. Photo: Khamenei.ir / CC BY 4.0

Sharif Brings Iran’s Answer to Jeddah

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026
Diplomacy & Geopolitics

JEDDAH — Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah on April 15-16 for a two-hour

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