Trump Says Iran Can Be “Taken Out in One Night” — the 155-Aircraft Math That Tells a Different Story
WASHINGTON — It took 155 aircraft — four bombers, 64 fighters, 48 aerial refueling tankers, 13 rescue planes, and 26 intelligence and
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Table of Contents Ten Points Against Fifteen: The Written Exchange What Did Trump Actually Say at the Easter Egg Roll? The Phase
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DHAHRAN — Aramco priced May-loading Arab Light crude to Asia at +$19.50 per barrel over the Oman/Dubai average — the highest official
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ASALUYEH — Israel struck the South Pars petrochemical complex at Asaluyeh on April 6, 2026, at approximately 2:10 p.m. local time, killing
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RIYADH — The Public Investment Fund released its 2026-2030 strategy during the week Saudi exports through the Strait of Hormuz fell to
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RIYADH — Iran’s state media declared on April 6 that its forces had destroyed 12 US aircraft since April 3 — a
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s decision to open King Fahd Air Base in Taif to American offensive strike operations has done what thirty-eight
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates activated air defenses simultaneously against Iranian missile and drone barrages on April
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Iran Rejects Trump’s Hormuz Deadline Because No One Inside Tehran Can Accept It TEHRAN — Iran’s rejection of the Trump administration’s Hormuz
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DUBAI — The Qatari LNG tanker Al Daayen was at 26.10°N / 55.77°E inside the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday morning, moving
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DOHA — Two laden Qatar LNG tankers, the Al Daayen and the Rasheeda, are pushing toward the Hormuz exit right now —
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MUSCAT — US and Iranian mediators are circulating a two-phase, 45-day ceasefire framework — the first structured proposal since Steve Witkoff’s direct-talks
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DHAHRAN — The United States is bombing Iranian military infrastructure with B-2s while licensing the sale of Iranian crude whose revenues fund
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared on Truth Social early Easter Sunday that Tuesday would be “Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day,
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s non-oil private sector contracted in March for the first time since the COVID-19 lockdowns of August 2020, with
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MUSCAT — Oman and Iran held deputy foreign minister-level talks in Muscat on Saturday to draft the terms of a new Hormuz
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Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar (left, facing camera) chairs a formal bilateral delegation meeting in 2025 —
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Table of Contents The Back-Channel: What MBS Asked For Did Saudi Arabia Deny It? The Public Posture: Ceasefire Calls and Diplomatic Choreography
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TEHRAN — Iran is not blockading the Strait of Hormuz. It is franchising it. The announcement on April 4 that “brotherly Iraq”
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WASHINGTON — Poland has publicly rejected a US request to transfer one of its two operational Patriot PAC-3 batteries to the Middle
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ISLAMABAD — The United States and Iran came within hours of holding their first direct meeting since the war began, and then
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ABU DHABI — UAE air defenses intercepted every incoming Iranian missile over the Ruwais Industrial Complex at 6:44 AM on Saturday, April
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia is pumping 7 million barrels per day through the East-West Pipeline to Yanbu, bypassing the closed Strait of
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KUWAIT CITY — Iranian drones struck the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation headquarters in the Shuwaikh Oil Sector Complex early on Saturday, April 5
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RIYADH — On April 2, 2026, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held telephone calls with Russia’s Sergey Lavrov, China’s Wang
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