Middle East


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

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.

Ali Larijani, Henry Kissinger’s reported 2015 meeting resurfaces, sparking interest - analysis

Iranian security chief Ali Larijani takes part in a pro-government rally in Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2026

Escalating Gulf war highlights limits of US strategy, search for mediators intensifies - analysis

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises following a strike on the Bapco Oil Refinery, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, on Sitra Island Bahrain, March 9, 2026.