The Mecca Defence Pact and the Making of a New Regional Security Order
The signing of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan on August 7 marks a significant shift in the security politics of West Asia and the…
Yemen’s Houthis attack Saudi refinery after kingdom signs defence pact
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said they had attacked Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery on Sunday, two days after the kingdom signed a defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan in response to growing…
Iran’s president says now is best time for an agreement
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for the country to move beyond a state of “neither war nor peace”. – “There is cohesion, strength and unity in the country, and…
Vance says Iran told US it has no plans for Hormuz tolls
Vice President JD Vance says Iran has told the US that it has “no plans” to impose tolls on the Strait of Hormuz. – “You see, some people within the…
Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia defence pact technically same as NATO’s Article 5, Turkish minister says
A defence pact signed between Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is technically the same as NATO’s Article 5 mutual defence agreement, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Saturday, adding…
Reopening Hormuz depends on US accepting Iran’s conditions: IRGC
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday that re-opening the Strait of Hormuz is not related to Iran-Oman negotiations but conditional on the US accepting Iran’s conditions. –…
‘Time to rely only on ourselves, embrace true brotherhood’: Iran tells regional Muslim nations
Iran calls for greater regional convergence and cooperation, stressing reliance on regional capabilities towards exclusion of foreign interference. – “When Muslims stand together, we can face every challenge by malicious…
Chair of US Joint Chiefs of Staff in search for ‘off-ramp’ from Iran war
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine believes that Washington needs to find a way to withdraw from the conflict with Iran because further escalation will…
Houthis strike Marib again as UN warns Yemen nearing wider conflict
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis launched ballistic missiles and drones at displacement camps and residential neighbourhoods in the city of Marib on Friday, killing two people and wounding 14 others, state news…
US official: We expect a deal soon between Iran and Oman on Strait of Hormuz
Progress is being made between Iran and Oman on the Strait of Hormuz and “we expect a deal soon,” a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday. – Once a deal…