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Illustrative image of now-dead Hamas head Yahya Sinwar at a rally to mark the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), in Gaza City, April 15, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
Hamas documents show Oct. 7 attack aimed at thwarting Israel-Saudi normalization
By ToI Staff
Kan reveals minutes from Gaza meetings in run-up to terror onslaught, recording then-chief Sinwar's decision to launch 'exceptional action' to spoil regional rapprochement
US President Donald Trump stands with Gulf leaders for a group photo during a meeting he attended with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh on May 14, 2025. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
June 15, 2026, 9:34 pm
Gulf states could be left in the lurch and exposed by the US-Iran deal
After being caught in the crossfire of a war they didn’t want, wealthy Arab states are now ‘subjected to what amounts to blackmail’ from both Iran and the US, experts say
By Aya Iskandarani, Callum PATON and Sofiane Alsaar
Illustrative image of now-dead Hamas head Yahya Sinwar at a rally to mark the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), in Gaza City, April 15, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
June 15, 2026, 11:27 am
Hamas documents show Oct. 7 attack aimed at thwarting Israel-Saudi normalization
Kan reveals minutes from Gaza meetings in run-up to terror onslaught, recording then-chief Sinwar’s decision to launch ‘exceptional action’ to spoil regional rapprochement
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump arrives at the White House , May 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
May 25, 2026, 5:36 pm
Trump says ‘mandatory’ for Muslim nations involved in Iran deal to join Abraham Accords
US president urges Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to normalize ties with Israel; Saudi source says not without ‘irreversible pathway’ to Palestinian state
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
A Muslim pilgrim drinks water as he walks towards the Grand Mosque during the annual hajj pilgrimage at the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
May 25, 2026, 10:04 am
Hajj pilgrims brave sweltering Mecca heat with ice cream and giant fans
Millions of Muslims from around the world flock to Saudi Arabia’s holy city, though summer scorcher raises heatstroke risk as authorities look to cool down the massive crowds
By Haitham el-Tabei
Scenes from a video released by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir showing the minister taunting bound and detained flotilla activists at Ashdod Port on May 20, 2026. (Ben Gvir via X)
May 25, 2026, 4:40 am
Arab, Islamic FMs call Ben Gvir’s taunts of flotilla activists ‘assault on human dignity’
Eight Arab and Muslim countries are latest to condemn far-right minister over video showing him taunting activists kneeling on floor with their hands tied
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
May 24, 2026, 9:32 am
Pilgrims from the West flock to hajj in Mecca despite uncertainty in war with Iran
Many Muslims from the West say they feel a sense of safety during the religious pilgrimage to the holy city in Saudi Arabia, even as countries issued travel warnings
By Haitham el-Tabei
In this photograph taken through a glass fence, Muslim pilgrims are seen praying around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, on May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
May 23, 2026, 2:03 pm
Pilgrims for annual hajj in Mecca surpass 2025 numbers despite Middle East war
Saudi official says over 1.5 million Muslim pilgrims have come to kingdom, with more expected to arrive, to perform one of the five pillars of the faith
By AFP
A billboard depicting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's late supreme leader who was killed on February 28 in an Israeli strike in Tehran, standing behind an Iranian soldier with a caption in Arabic reading 'A martyr leads the battlefield' is displayed along a road in the Ameriyah neighborhood in western Baghdad on March 18, 2026 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
May 14, 2026, 3:30 am
Saudi warplanes struck Iran-backed militias in Iraq during war, sources say
Riyadh said to have targeted sites near the kingdom’s northern border from which drone and missiles were launched at Gulf states; Kuwait also said to have fired on Iraq
By Timour Azhari, Ahmed Rasheed and Humeyra Pamuk
US President Donald Trump stands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on his visit to the White House, in Washington, November 18, 2025. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
May 13, 2026, 12:37 am
Saudi Arabia covertly launched strikes on Iran during war, sources say
Strikes were ‘tit-for-tat’ for Iranian attacks on kingdom; UAE, which similarly struck Islamic Republic before and after truce, said to have coordinated at least one attack with Israel
By Reuters and Lazar Berman
In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on May 4, 2026, vessels are pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. (Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP)
May 7, 2026, 11:38 pm
US said hoping to resume Hormuz naval escorts as it awaits Iran’s response to peace offer
Project Freedom could renew after Saudi Arabia, Kuwait lift restrictions on US using its airspace, bases, WSJ reports; White House said expecting response to latest offer by Friday
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
US President Donald Trump meets with UFC fighters, May 6, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
May 7, 2026, 10:34 am
Trump reportedly paused Hormuz op after Saudis denied use of airspace; US awaits Iran deal response
Riyadh rejects report as US officials say Gulf states were surprised by Project Freedom, which triggered fears of fresh fighting; top Iranian negotiator mocks US for halting operation
By ToI Staff
A giant poster of Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, under which reads "Coexistence between Muslims and Christians is a valuable treasure that must be preserved," hangs on a building at the entrance of Beirut's southern suburbs Hadath neighborhood on April 14, 2026. (Joseph EID / AFP)
April 30, 2026, 11:43 pm
Lebanon’s internal splits over talks with Israel trip up Saudi mediation efforts
Riyadh’s envoy visits Beirut to bridge differences on approach to Jerusalem, but can’t overcome tension between pro-diplomacy president and Hezbollah-allied parliament speaker
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Smoke rises following strikes on Tehran on April 7, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
April 7, 2026, 3:53 pm
US, IDF strikes hit Iranian rail and Kharg Island; Israel faces ongoing missile attacks
2 lightly hurt in Hezbollah rocket attacks on north, while Iran’s cluster munitions cause damage in the country’s center; Israel checking reports Tehran synagogue hit by strike
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows fires burning on ships after a US military attack on a port in Bandar Abbas, Iran, March 2, 2026. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
March 31, 2026, 3:58 pm
Satellite images begin to show damage wrought across the region by Iran war
Images reveal burning ships in Iranian military port next to Strait of Hormuz, damage to an Iranian military base, and destruction at air bases across the Gulf
By Jon Gambrell
Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif at the COP27 UN Climate Summit, November 7, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)
March 28, 2026, 3:58 pm
Pakistan’s PM speaks with Iranian president ahead of 4-nation Islamabad peace talks
Shehbaz Sharif says he held ‘detailed’ hour-long call with Masoud Pezeshkian, as Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey — but not Iran or US — prepare to meet for talks on the war
By AFP
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