Three major Muslim states signed a defence pact in Mecca to balance Israeli power and hedge against uncertain American commitments.
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After Iran’s war, Gulf states reconsider permanent US bases, exploring rotational deployments, commercial ties, and leaner security models.
Saudi F-35 ambitions and Turkey’s KAAN engine deal test Israel’s qualitative edge and reshape U.S. arms export politics.
A new trilateral defense pact reconfigures Middle East security, amplifying Saudi, Pakistani, and Turkish strategic coordination amid rising Iranian threats.
Regional powers tighten the noose on Iraq’s Iran-backed Iraqi militias after 966 attacks on Kurdistan spark direct airstrikes and diplomatic ultimatums.
Cross-border chaos is erasing Middle East sovereignty, spreading the U.S.-Iran war across Yemen, Egypt, and into Ukraine in a Hobbesian breakdown.
The U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal sparks fears of enrichment-driven arms race. Can a regional fuel bank avert crisis?
IMF data reveals GCC cross-border investment multiplies non-oil growth far beyond what domestic capital achieves alone.
Iran is turning Yemen into the hub of a coordinated axis of resistance, using the Houthis to threaten chokepoints from Hormuz to the Red Sea.
Washington advances a landmark civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, altering nonproliferation standards across the entire Middle East region.