Middle East


Saudi Crown Prince meets CENTCOM chief as Houthi strikes escalate regional security threats

Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman looks on during a meeting with US President Donald Trump (not pictured) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on November 18, 2025; illustrative

Israel only beneficiary of Iran-Gulf rift, says Iran's FM, while denying US Pickaxe Mountain claims

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei speaks during an interview, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 5, 2026.

After a decade of division: What the disarming of Yazidi forces means for their future - analysis

A Yazidi woman holds a candle during a ceremony marking Charshama Sor, or Red Wednesday, the Yazidi New Year, at Lalish temple in Shaikhan near Dohuk in northern Iraq on April 14, 2026. Northern Iraq's Kurdistan Region is home to the Yazidi religious minority.