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Iran-Saudi Arabia relations

Houthi supporters hold a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, July 17, 2026, against the Saudi-led coalition. The banner in Arabic reads, "All Saudi oil facilities are targets to our missiles and drones." (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
August 21, 2026, 5:32 am
Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted Saudi airport, Aramco facility
Iran-backed rebels claim drone attacks after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned Saudi Arabia would be ‘unable to contain’ them
By AFP
A video depicts smoke rising following a reported Houthi drone strike on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil processing facility in the country's east on July 27, 2026. (Screenshot/X)
July 27, 2026, 8:15 pm
Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq attacked by drones despite lull in US-Iran fighting
Iran-backed Houthis claim to target crucial Yanbu oil port amid flare-up; Israel, Jordan down drones near Dead Sea as Iraq also reports attacks, officials don’t identify source
By Agencies
This screen grab taken from a video footage released by the Al-Masirah TV and made available via AFPTV on July 13, 2026, shows smoke rising from the airport in Sanaa (AL-MASIRAH TV/AFP)
July 13, 2026, 4:40 pm
Yemen’s Saudi-backed army bombs Houthi-held Sanaa airport to block Iranian plane
Rebels say plane landed anyway, without saying where, blame Saudi Arabia and vow retaliation, as tensions flare between group and internationally recognized Yemeni government
By Agencies
US President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One, June 15, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
June 15, 2026, 1:23 pm
As Trump heads to G7, world leaders welcome Iran deal, stress need for regional security
Regional leaders focus on Mideast, as other nations offer help with clearing mines from the Strait of Hormuz, while insisting Tehran won’t be permitted to obtain nuclear weapons
By Agencies
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 (left) 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
President Donald Trump, fifth left, attends a group photo session with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, fourth right, with United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, second right, Bahrain's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, left, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, third left, Kuwait's Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, second left, Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, right, during the GCC Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
March 31, 2026, 10:08 am
Gulf allies privately pushing Trump to keep up war until Iran decisively defeated
Saudi Arabia and UAE leading calls to continue war, seeking end to Iran’s nuclear capabilities, support for proxies, and control over Strait of Hormuz; Oman and Qatar favor talks
By AAMER MADHANI, Samy Magdy, Matthew Lee and SAM MEDNICK
This UGC image posted on social media on March 29, 2026 and verified by AFP staff appears to show a destroyed US Air Force Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, primarily used for air traffic control, in the aftermath of a projectile strike at Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia. (UGC / AFP)
March 29, 2026, 1:26 pm
Iranian attack on Saudi air base heavily damages key US surveillance aircraft
Ukrainian president says Russian satellite images of Prince Sultan Air Base were shared with Iran days prior to attack, which also wounded 12 US soldiers
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Royal Saudi Air Force F-15s provide an honorary escort for Air Force One, with US President Donald Trump aboard, as it arrives in Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. (Alex Brandon/AP)
March 26, 2026, 2:56 pm
Saudi Arabia stoic amid Iran war, but attacks on Red Sea ports could change that
If Iranians carry out threat to hit Bab al-Mandeb Strait, kingdom’s remaining shipping route for oil exports, Riyadh would likely retaliate immediately, experts say
By David Stout and Sofiane Alsaar
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
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud attends the consultative ministrial meeting in Riyadh, on March 19, 2026 (Fayez Nureldine / AFP)
March 20, 2026, 11:02 am
Saudi Arabia reserves right to take military action against Iran, foreign minister says
Prince Faisal bin Farhan says Tehran’s targeting of Riyadh as Arab foreign ministers were meeting ‘is the clearest signal of how Iran feels about diplomacy’
By AFP
Screen captures from videos said to show smoke billowing from the Ras Tanura refinery in Saudi Arabia after an Iranian drone strike, March 2, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 15, 2026, 8:57 pm
Iran wants ‘serious review’ of Arab Gulf ties, denies role in Saudi oil attacks
Tehran’s ambassador to Riyadh says Gulf countries must reduce reliance on external powers, deepen regional ties despite tensions from US-Israel war on Iran
By Timour Azhari
Rescue workers stand amid the rubble of a destroyed building in Tehran on March 12, 2026. (AFP)
March 13, 2026, 12:04 am
Israel targets Iran’s Basij members and drones, as Tehran’s missile attacks continue
IDF says it destroyed over 250 Iranian drones and dozens of launchers as US boasts of hitting 6,000 targets since start of war; UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman continue to intercept UAVs
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Smoke rises from a high-rise building following a drone attack in Kuwait City on March 8, 2026 (AFP)
March 8, 2026, 8:50 pm
4 killed in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait as Iran says it’s attacking Gulf because it can’t reach US
Riyadh says projectiles hit residential area, killing an Indian and a Bangladeshi; 2 Kuwaiti border guards killed
By AFP and ToI Staff
Emergency services at the scene of a ballistic missile attack from Iran, in Tel Aviv, March 8, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 8, 2026, 3:04 pm
6 wounded by shrapnel, 1 seriously, as Iran fires suspected cluster warhead missile at Israel
8 volleys send millions of Israelis to shelters; Iranian president vows ‘stronger response’ to US-Israeli strikes as fresh attacks reported in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
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