This picture, released on March 29, 2026, purportedly shows the wreckage of a Boeing E3 Sentry surveillance aircraft belonging to the US Air Force, which was destroyed in an Iranian retaliatory operation, at the US-run al-Kharj Airbase in Saudi Arabia...

A screengrab from a video on social media reportedly showing the US embassy in Riyadh on fire on March 3, 2025...

UAE`s President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the sidelines of the G20 summit in the Apurva Kempinski hotel on November 15, 2022...

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has pushed back against widespread criticism and mocked the Arab League`s condemnation following his recent interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, in which he endorsed the notion of Israel expanding its territory across much of the Middle East based on biblical interpretations...

The controversial new remarks by American ambassador to the Israeli regime, Mike Hukabee, has triggered waves of strong reactions across the Arab world...

US President Donald Trump (L) and Saudi Arabia`s Crown and de facto leader, Prince Mohammed bin Salman...

After Saudi Arabia`s success to push back the UAE and its aligned groups from southern Yemen in the past few weeks, the kingdom`s motivation to revive strategies it started last decade is gaining pace...

Syrian and Saudi investment ministers in Damascus on Saturday...

The recent publication of findings of a wide-ranging poll by Israeli Ma`ariv newspaper at such a critical juncture of the regional developments is not just a simple survey of thoughts, but can be seen as a silent referendum of the Arab nations about the security, political, and geopolitical dynamics of the West Asia region...

The 2nd Air Wing of Japan Air Self-Defense Force`s F-15s fighters hold a joint military drill with the US` F-16s fighters at Sea of Japan, off Japan`s southernmost main island of Kyushu, Japan, in this handout picture released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan on February 19, 2023...

The 2nd Air Wing of Japan Air Self-Defense Force`s F-15s fighters hold a joint military drill with the US` F-16s fighters at Sea of Japan, off Japan`s southernmost main island of Kyushu, Japan, in this handout picture released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan on February 19, 2023...

The combo photo shows Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) and President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...