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Diplomatic anchor or strategic space for Iran: Saudi airspace becomes new challenge for Trump

US President Donald Trump’s announcement of Operation Project Freedom angered Riyadh, leading Saudi Arabia to inform the US that it would not allow the US military to fly through Saudi airspace.

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman look at portraits at the "Presidential Walk of Fame" in the Colonnade at the White House in Washington, DC, November 18, 2025.
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Middle East realignment: Turkey, Egypt, and Pakistan are reshaping US-Iran relations - opinion

Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attend an exercise in southern Iran, in this handout image obtained on February 16, 2026; illustrative.

IRGC issues evacuation warning for civilians close to US forces in Gulf States

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in July 2025. A 2023 deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran was marketed as a diplomatic masterstroke, but in light of recent events is collapsing.

Saudi Arabia expelling Iran's military attaché brings Riyadh-Tehran normalization into question


Saudi court resumes women activists' trial that has angered West

Three dozen countries, including all 28 EU members, Canada and Australia, have called on Riyadh to free the activists.

Cars drive past the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 18, 2018

Riyadh is looking to ease entry for foreign nationals

Policy is part of a wider plan to open Saudi Arabia to tourism.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi air defenses intercept missiles above capital, coalition says

"We know that this is not going to affect the civilian life in Riyadh or other parts of the kingdom. We know that the Houthis are acting unpredictably," a Saudi official said.

People check the damage after debris from ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Houthi militia fell onto a house in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 26, 2018

Saudi Arabia stops new business with Germany over its pro-Iran policy

Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman is “deeply offended” by the German government and froze new business with the Federal Republic, wrote Der Spiegel.

SAUDI ARABIA Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi Arabia frees nine Iranian fishermen detained two years ago

Saudi authorities released the men in a boat in Iranian waters on Wednesday.

Local Baluch fishermen push a boat to the shore at a fishing port in Tiss village in the suburb of the port city of Chabahar 1,452 km (902 miles) southeast of Tehran, near Strait of Hormuz January 16, 2012.

Jordanian scholar: Shared concern over Iran not enough for Israel-Sunni alliance

“The Palestinian narrative runs deep in [Arab] cultures.”

File: Jordan's King Abdullah II greets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House in Washington

Eleven Saudi princes detained following protest over utility bills

Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, has introduced reforms that included cutting subsidies, introducing value added tax (VAT) and cutting perks to royal family members.

Policemen stand outside al Rajhi Mosque in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 11, 2011.