U.S. airstrikes on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps positions on Sept. 1 were aimed at preempting possible Iranian attacks on undersea communications cables in the Strait of Hormuz, the Saudi ...
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World leaders are gathering in New York this week for the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly as a series of crises — from the U.S.-Israeli confrontation with Iran and the war in ...
China has become one of Iraq’s most important economic partners. It buys Iraq’s oil, helps build its infrastructure, and sells heaps of electronics and other consumer goods to its citizens.
A sharp escalation by the Houthis against Saudi Arabia, coupled with their advance toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, prompted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to ask President Donald Trump ...
Congressional Democrats are challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to sell $2.8 billion in heavy bombs to Israel, largely at the expense of American taxpayers, saying that his ...
The Iraqi government is moving to restrict the activities of foreign military advisers, including Iranian officers, after Sept. 30, a date that Baghdad considers an important milestone in ...
The Houthis have shocked the world with the speed and scale of their offensive to seize control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Equally surprising, however, was the restrained American reaction: The ...
An attack on a Saudi oil pipeline was carried out by small armed groups that recently broke away from established Iraqi factions aligned with Tehran, Iraqis familiar with the matter told MBN. An ...
Satellite imagery showed a black smoke plume at Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline after being attacked on Thursday, prompting the kingdom to shut the line down. A senior Saudi official said ...
Since the outbreak of the Iran war this year, Saudi Arabia has built new military alliances, deepened diplomatic engagement with Iran and diversified oil export routes to shield itself from the ...