Saudi Arabia

Turkey moves closer to Saudi troop deployment as parliament approves Mecca defence pact

Ankara must still secure a troop deployment mandate and finalise legal arrangements governing its forces in Saudi Arabia

Inside Saudi Arabia

Houthis launched cross border raids on Saudi military posts, sources say

Syria after Assad

Why is Syria considering joining the Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan defence pact?

Sisi says he will go in 2030. The army will decide who comes next

Hesham Gaafar

Oman calls for Gulf, Iraq and Iran to unite under one security pact

Like Blair and Starmer before him, Burnham has found his Middle East war

Joe Gill

FBI considering espionage case against Saudi OpenAI suspect: Report

Mecca alliance visits Tehran in push to end Israeli-US war and build regional security

Pakistan ratifies Mecca pact as Saudi Arabia faces attacks and Israel holds military drills

US-Iran Tensions

Houthis claim strikes on Riyadh, Yanbu while Saudi coalition says attacks thwarted

Inside Saudi Arabia

Israel seeks US weapons 'compensation' after Saudi F-35 deal

Saudi Arabia cancels oil shipments to European refineries

Gulf-Eurasian energy crunch pushes Europe to the edge of an inflationary crisis

Saudi-Yemen conflict: The notion of an 'American saviour' is dead

Trita Parsi

Houthi leader denies Yemeni group targeted Mecca with drone

Inside Saudi Arabia

US says it will sell up to 48 F-35s to Saudi Arabia

'Few cards to play': Saudi Arabia faces limited options against Houthis with allies out

Trump picks anti-Islam, pro-Israel Republican Wesley Hunt as next ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Iran does not need to beat the Americans militarily. It just needs to outlast them

Marco Carnelos

Taking on the Houthis? Turkey could pay a steep price

Netanyahu 'offers Israeli services' in 'comprehensive war' against Houthis, says report