Turkish soldiers stand near armored vehicles near the Turkey-Syria border near Reyhanli, Hatay, on October 10, 2017...

The president of the Yemen`s Southern Transitional Council Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, in New York in 2023...

Smoke rises in the aftermath of a Saudi-led coalition airstrike, which targeted what it described as foreign military support to UAE-backed southern separatists, in Yemen`s southern port of Mukalla on December 30, 2025...

Leader of Yemen`s UAE-led coalition Aidarous al-Zubaidi pictured during the Davos forum in Switzerland on January 18, 2024...

Separatist forces of Southern Transitional Council (STC) at a check point, in Aden, Yemen, on December 31, 2025...

Damaged military vehicles, reportedly sent by the United Arab Emirates to support Southern Transitional Council (STC) separatist forces, are seen following an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition in the port of Mukalla, southern Yemen, December 30, 2025...

The flag of Somaliland is seen during a campaign rally of the main opposition party Waddani in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on November 8, 2024, ahead of the 2024 Somaliland presidential election...

Southern troops patrol during a rally calling for South Yemen`s secession in the southern port city of Aden, on December 25, 2025...

Tensions in Yemen between two old allies, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have heightened over the past few weeks...

Saudi Arabia`s Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz (R) presents Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir with the King Abdulaziz Medal of Excellent Class...

Iran`s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) and his Cypriot counterpart Constantinos Kombos Iran`s foreign minister has reiterated the Islamic Republic`s firm rejection of any interventionist stances towards its territorial integrity during a telephone conversation with his Cypriot counterpart, following Tehran`s recent protest to Nicosia over remarks concerning its Persian Gulf islands...

In recent months, verbal and media tensions between Algeria and the UAE have gone beyond normal levels, signaling a deep geopolitical competition in North Africa and the Sahel region...

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has dismissed the hackneyed claims about three Iranian islands in the final statement of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), warning the neighboring states not to test the Islamic Republic`s resolve to safeguard its sovereignty...

Oscar-winning "Anora" director Sean Baker serves as president of the jury of this year`s Red Sea Film Festival...

Iran`s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has condemned the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)`s insistence on repeating the UAE`s "baseless and incorrect" territorial claims over the Iranian islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb...

Ali Shamkhani, a representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to the Defense Council A representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei at the Defense Council has warned the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) against "unconstructive" claims regarding the three Iranian islands and the Arash gas field...

Saudi Arabia`s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US President Donald Trump speak at the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, DC on November 19, 2025...

Washington DC in the day of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman`s visit more than ever was a scene of a political show; red carpet rolled out in the White House, portraits of US presidents on the walls of the White House, and the style of the hosting that was more than usually official all gave a picture of political sychophancy...

The widow of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi called Friday for the release of the transcript of a 2019 phone call that President Donald Trump had with Mohammed bin Salman, joining Democratic lawmakers who are raising questions about whether Trump personally benefitted from his embrace of the Saudi crown prince...

This file picture shows two Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II supersonic stealth strike fighters in flight...

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he plans to put greater attention on helping find an end to the brutal civil war in Sudan after being urged to take action by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman...

In late 2016, Jeffrey Epstein flew his private Gulfstream G550 alone from Paris to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and emerged from the visit with a lavish gift, apparently from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Mohammed bin Salman knew nothing about the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents, offering a fierce defense of the visiting Saudi crown prince that contradicted a U...

President Trump said Tuesday he will designate Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally, marking a step up in defense ties between the United States and the Gulf monarchy...

President Trump welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, to the White House with an elaborate military display Tuesday, praising the crown prince and insisting the U...

Hanan Elatr Khashoggi, the widow of late Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, in an interview with CBS News on Nov...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told President Trump Tuesday that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will increase its investments of $600 billion in the U...

President Trump said Tuesday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, "knew nothing" about the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, despite a 2021 intelligence report finding bin Salman ordered the killing...

President Trump said Monday the U.S. would sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, a day before he`s set to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is set to officially visit the US...

US President Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at the conclusion of a joint press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2025...

Experts say Al Saud and Al Nahyan families have also courted Trump directly with huge investments...

The report reveals how an Israeli desalination firm quietly broke into the Arab states of the Persian Gulf region...

File photo shows a view of the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s building in the capital Tehran...

British actor and presenter Islah Abdur-Rahman (file photo) Saudi Arabia has been detaining individuals at holy sites in Mecca and Medina for supporting Palestine and praying for the Gaza Strip, which has been under brutal Israeli assaults since October 7...

The combo photo shows Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (L) and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan...

Bodies of people killed in Israeli airstrike on the Ahli Arab Hospital, are brought to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (R) meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in the Saudi city of Jeddah on October 18, 2023...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting in Athens, Greece, July 26, 2022...

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi (R) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Iran and Saudi Arabia have said that the Israeli regime’s crimes and the United States’ green light for the atrocities stand to invite destructive insecurity for the occupying regime and its supporters...

Smoke rises from an area near a power plant outside the Israeli-occupied city of Ashkelon, on October 7, 2023...

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud attends Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment event on the day of the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, on September 9, 2023...

This photo shows al-Ha’ir prison, south of the Saudi capital Riyadh...

This photo, circulated through social media platforms, shows Saudi Arabia’s al-Ittihad football club players at the departure gate of Isfahan airport, on October 2, 2023, following their refusal to take the field against Iran’s Sepahan football club...

By Kit Klarenberg October 2nd marks the fifth anniversary of the murder of Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey...

The photo shows a general view of the Saudi capital city of Riyadh on February 20, 2022...

US President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at a summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 16 July 2022...

The file photo shows Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman addressing an IAEA General Assembly meeting in Vienna...

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 23, 2023...

US and Saudi tanks take part in the Eager Lion multinational military maneuver, on Sept...