RIYADH — Iran’s diplomatic network across the Middle East has collapsed in twenty-six days. The UAE closed its embassy in Tehran on
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DHAHRAN — Brent crude oil settled below $100 per barrel on Tuesday for the first time since the Iran war began on
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RIYADH — Twenty-seven days of sustained Iranian bombardment have delivered the verdict that a decade of Western analysis failed to produce: Saudi
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DHAHRAN — Debris from an intercepted Iranian ballistic missile fell on two residential buildings in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province on Tuesday, marking
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ISLAMABAD — The arithmetic of peace in the Iran war does not work. The United States has published a 15-point plan demanding
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GENEVA — The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution by consensus on March 25 demanding Iran immediately cease all attacks
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RIYADH — The United States now has more than 50,000 troops deployed across the Middle East, two aircraft carrier strike groups patrolling
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ISLAMABAD — The White House is working to arrange Vice President JD Vance’s travel to Pakistan this weekend for what would be
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RIYADH — Twenty-six days into the most destructive conflict the Persian Gulf has witnessed since 1991, Saudi Arabia faces a paradox that
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WASHINGTON — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has privately urged President Donald Trump to deploy American ground troops inside Iran and
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RIYADH — Twenty-six days of war between the United States, Israel, and Iran have triggered the sharpest surge in global defense spending
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RIYADH — Iran on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump’s 15-point ceasefire proposal and issued a five-point counterproposal that demands international recognition of
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has spent more than $300 billion on defense over the past five years, ranking seventh globally and first
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RIYADH — Human Rights Watch accused Iran of committing war crimes in the Strait of Hormuz after documenting deliberate attacks on at
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and Israel have never exchanged ambassadors, never signed a peace treaty, and never publicly acknowledged any form of
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NEW YORK — Bahrain has circulated a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council that would authorize member states to use
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ANKARA — Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan completed a three-day shuttle through Riyadh, Doha, and Abu Dhabi this week with a single
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RIYADH — Twenty-six days into the most destructive conflict the Middle East has witnessed since the Iran-Iraq War, the economic toll has
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KUWAIT CITY — An Iranian drone struck a fuel storage tank at Kuwait International Airport on Wednesday, igniting a fire that sent
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NEW DELHI — India has 9.5 days of strategic oil reserves. Its currency just hit a record low. Ninety per cent of
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RIYADH — Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman received French Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans Catherine Vautrin in Riyadh
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RIYADH — Fifty-one years ago today, a nephew’s bullet ended the life of the king who turned petroleum into a geopolitical weapon.
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TEHRAN — Iran told the United Nations Security Council and the International Maritime Organization on Tuesday that “non-hostile” vessels may transit the
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RIYADH — Twenty-five days into the most sustained aerial bombardment any Gulf state has faced in modern history, Saudi Arabia has intercepted
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Monday ordered approximately 2,000 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division to deploy to the Middle East, marking
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