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An F-16 fighter aircraft of the United Arab Emirates Air Force during the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
July 10, 2026, 5:40 pm
Unclaimed airstrikes hit Iran, raising possibility of Gulf state involvement
After US completed attacks, a series of strikes targeted southern Iran; Iranian official warns UAE will ‘pay the price for its cooperation with the United States’
By Jon Gambrell
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) gives a statement, May 13, 2026. (Maayan Toaf/GPO); Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Abu Dhabi, arrives at the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 17, 2025. (AP Photo/ Fatima Shbair)
June 28, 2026, 6:13 pm
Iran war fallout puts UAE on tightrope between Jerusalem and Tehran
The conflict boosted security ties with Israel’s chief Abraham Accords ally, but Abu Dhabi remains wary of public warmth and is more convinced it must manage Iran for the long term
By Nava Freiberg
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
BAE Systems’ Robotic Technology Demonstrator strikes ground target with APKWS laser-guided rocket, in an undated photo. (Business Wire via AP)
May 2, 2026, 2:58 am
US approves arms sales of over $8.6 billion for Israel, Qatar, Kuwait and UAE
Almost $1 billion okayed for laser-guided weapons kit for Israel; US said to warn European allies to expect delivery delays for weapons as Iran war drains stockpiles
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Iranians hold flags of the Islamic Republic of Iran beneath a large billboard reading 'The Strait of Hormuz remains closed,' as people gather in Tehran's Revolution Square after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, April 8, 2026. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
April 9, 2026, 10:35 am
As Trump claims victory, Iran emerges bruised but resilient, with leverage over Hormuz
Islamic Republic retains missile capabilities and uranium stockpiles, after worried Gulf states press for maritime freedom
By Samia Nakhoul
This handout picture taken in Tehran on October 30, 2024, shows Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Office of Supreme Leader / AFP)
April 7, 2026, 4:56 pm
Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly in ‘severe’ condition, unable to govern Iran
New supreme leader incapacitated in Qom, according to US-Israeli intelligence summarized in diplomatic memo, which also says Tehran prepping to bury father with others — possibly Mojtaba himself
By ToI Staff
Donald Trump Jr., left, and Eric Trump listen to US President Donald Trump's State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, February 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
April 2, 2026, 11:35 pm
Drone maker backed by Trump’s sons looks to sell to Gulf states attacked by Iran
Former White House ethics chief says countries are under ‘enormous pressure’ to buy defensive equipment from Powerus after Eric and Donald Jr. joined firm as stakeholders
By Bernard Condon
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
Smoke rises from Kuwait international airport after a drone strike on fuel storage in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo)
March 30, 2026, 8:03 pm
Gulf states harden positions against Iran as economic toll of war mounts
As Trump negotiates, Arab states seem to be pushing for war to continue until certain demands are met, driven by the damage wreaked by Hormuz’s closure and attacks on energy sites
By Nurit Yohanan
File: A representative of Qatar is seen on screens as he delivers a speech on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran during a session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva on March 16, 2026. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
March 25, 2026, 3:03 pm
Iranian strikes pose ‘existential threat,’ Gulf states tell UN rights council
Council weighing draft resolution condemning Tehran’s ‘egregious attacks’ on its neighbors; Iran urges unity ‘against the evil plans of our common enemy Israel’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order on fraud in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2026 as Vice President JD Vance (C) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson (R) look on. (Annabelle Gordon/AFP)
March 24, 2026, 2:07 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 24: Trump shocks, and dismays, with news of Iran talks
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on the US president’s bombshell announcement, the mediators, reactions from the Gulf states, and predictions from a former IDF Iran researcher
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
A cargo ship sails in the Arabian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz in the United Arab Emirates, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo)
March 22, 2026, 11:19 am
Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s power plants if Hormuz stays shut; Iran vows devastating response
US president issues two-day ultimatum; Tehran says if attacked it will ‘irreversibly destroy’ energy infrastructure across region, hit US and Israeli energy sites, completely close off strategic waterway
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
US President Donald Trump waves after arriving on Air Force One, March 18, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, after attending the casualty return at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, for the six crew members of an Air Force refueling aircraft who died when their plane crashed in western Iraq while supporting operations against Iran. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
March 19, 2026, 10:32 am
As Iran strikes Gulf energy sites, Trump says Israel won’t hit its gas field again — but US will if attacks go on
Day after IDF hit its South Pars field, Iran strikes Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, others, warns of ‘uncontrollable repercussions’ of further such attacks; Riyadh says it has right to military action
By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman and Agencies
A FlyDubai aircraft prepares to land as a smoke plume rises from an active fire near Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 16, 2026. (AFP)
March 17, 2026, 12:06 pm
One killed in Abu Dhabi as Iran keeps up strikes on beleaguered Gulf states
Drones again intercepted over US embassy in Baghdad overnight; UAE briefly shuts airspace due to incoming fire, while Saudi Arabia, Qatar report successful interceptions
By Agencies
FILE: A fire and plume of smoke rise after, according to authorities, debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, March 14, 2026.(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
March 17, 2026, 8:09 am
With their economies on the line, Gulf states press US to neutralize Iran for good
After initially opposing the US-Israeli war, Washington’s allies now realize that stopping too soon could allow Tehran to keep holding the region to ransom
By Samia Nakhoul
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