TEHRAN — The most consequential document to emerge from the Strait of Hormuz crisis in April was not a threat. It was,

RIYADH — President Trump reviewed a 45-minute CENTCOM briefing on April 30 that included a ground and amphibious seizure of the Strait

RIYADH — Admiral Brad Cooper and General Dan Caine briefed Donald Trump on April 30 on three options for restarting the Iran

RIYADH — Iran’s 14-point Hormuz proposal, transmitted to Washington via Pakistan on the night of May 1, is not a peace offer.

TEHRAN — On the evening of May 1, Iran submitted a revised 14-point peace proposal to the United States via Pakistan offering

RIYADH — Marco Rubio told Fox News on Monday that Iran’s revised nuclear proposal was “better than what we thought they were

Contents What Does Qatar Mean by “Frozen Conflict”? The Decisiveness Summit That Decided Nothing Why Can Qatar Survive a Frozen Hormuz and

JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia blocked Pakistan’s $1.5 billion arms deal with Sudan’s military government on April 20, withdrawing the financing that made

JEDDAH — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan took a phone call from UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday, April 29

TEHRAN — Iran does not have a functioning supreme leader. It has three men — Hossein Taeb, Mohsen Rezaei, and Mohammad Bagher

Table of Contents The Two-Day Gap That Could Define the War’s Legality What Does “State of Collapse” Actually Mean? Six Votes, One

{“content”: “ JEDDAH u2014 Mohammed bin Salman chaired the GCC’s first wartime summit on April 28, secured a collective-defense declaration that formally

TEHRAN — When Vladimir Putin told Araghchi on April 27 that he had “received a message from the Supreme Leader of Iran,”