Middle East

QatarEnergy has signed a 20-year agreement to purchase up to 3 million metric tons of LNG annually from Woodside Energy, expanding its access to US supplies as disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz

Foreign ministers from eight European and regional countries met in Istanbul to address mounting security challenges, prevent further military escalation in the Middle East and expand cooperation.

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye agreed to immediately implement collective-defense commitments under the Mecca Defense Alliance on Oct. 5, including measures to provide and rapidly deploy agreed military forces and capabilities to Saudi Arabia as the Kingdom faces escalating security threats.

The U.S. State Department has approved a potential $24.3 billion Foreign Military Sale of F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft and related equipment to Saudi Arabia, advancing Riyadh's effort to acquire the advanced U.S. stealth fighter.

Brent crude surged above $108 a barrel on Sept. 14 as an attack on a merchant vessel in the Strait of Hormuz and the shutdown of Saudi Arabia’s key East-West Pipeline intensified concerns that critical Middle East energy routes are becoming increasingly vulnerable.

BRICS leaders called for “maximum restraint” in the Middle East and warned of growing nuclear dangers as the bloc adopted its New Delhi Declaration amid intensifying conflict involving Iran and the United States.

Turkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have taken the first formal steps to institutionalize their new mutual defense arrangement, agreeing to establish a permanent secretariat in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a trilateral defense agreement in Mecca on Aug. 7 that commits the three countries to regard an armed attack against any one of them as an attack against all three, establishing a new framework for collective deterrence.

U.S. President Donald Trump has tied a newly signed US-Saudi Arabia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement to a separate diplomatic objective, saying the deal will only move forward if Riyadh joins the Abraham Accords and establishes relations with Israel.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on June 22 that negotiations between U.S. and Iranian officials in Switzerland had established a "good foundation for a successful final deal" aimed at ending months of conflict and reducing tensions across the...