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Nisan 20, 2026

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A plume of smoke rises from the port of Jebel Ali following a reported Iranian strike in Dubai on March 1, 2026.

Analysis

İran saldırıları Körfez'in savunma zaaflarını gözler önüne serdi

İran'ın Körfez bölgesinde üslere, havaalanlarına ve enerji tesislerine yönelik saldırıları, Körfez’in savunma mimarisindeki yetersizlikleri açığa vurdu.

Francesco Schiavi

Yazar: Francesco Schiavi

In Bologna, reporting on security, defense, economy, governance

HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates, in Riyadh, on Sept. 3, 2025.

Analysis

Kızıldeniz'den Afrika Boynuzu'na: Yemen krizi Suudi-BAE çatlağını gözler önüne serdi

Suudi Arabistan ve BAE’nin Yemen'de karşı karşıya gelmesi, iki ülke arasında Kızıldeniz ve çevresinde süren daha derin nüfuz mücadelesine ışık tutuyor.

Amberin Zaman

Yazar: Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

US President Donald Trump meets with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 18, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Analysis

Suudi veliaht prensin Washington'dan aldıkları ve alamadıkları

Trump ve Veliaht Prens’in imzaladıkları savunma anlaşması, Suudilerin ABD'den savunma garantisi alma isteğini tam olarak karşılamadı ancak İran'ın nükleer zenginleştirme tesisleri vurulduğu için iki taraf da bu konuda pek aceleci görünmüyor.

Jared Szuba

Yazar: Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

Israeli army tanks are deployed at a position near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on May 5, 2025. Israel was issuing orders to call up tens of thousands of reservists ahead of an expanded offensive in Gaza, Israeli media reported on May 3, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked truce mediator Qatar. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

İsrail güvenlik kabinesi Gazze konusunda bölündü

İsrail güvenlik kabinesindeki aşırı sağcı bakanlar Gazze Şeridi'nin hemen işgal edilmesini isterken, daha ılımlı kamp sınırlı bir saldırıdan yana.

Yazar: Ben Caspit

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Latest News

Trump ABD-Rusya görüşmeleri için neden Suudi Arabistan'ı seçti?

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) meets with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on February 17, 2025. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP) (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

Trump'ın Gazze planı Suudi-İsrail anlaşması için pazarlık taktiği olabilir mi?

JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images

Yazar: Ben Caspit

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Analysis

Suudi Arabistan’ın yeni Suriye stratejisi neleri amaçlıyor?

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman walks to welcome France's president (not pictured) ahead of their meeting in Riyadh, on Dec. 2, 2024.

Jennifer Gnana

Yazar: Jennifer Gnana

In Dubai, reporting on Gulf energy policy and politics

Analysis

Suudi-Türk ilişkilerindeki ivme ve hızla artan ticaret

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) gestures as he welcomes Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman (R) during an official ceremony at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on June 22, 2022. - Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler took a big step out of international isolation on June 22, 2022, paying his first visit to Sunni rival Turkey since the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Sabena Siddiqui

Yazar: Sabena Siddiqui

In Karachi, reporting on South Asia, Middle East, Iran

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News and Business Correspondent

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

An Ethiopian worker argues with a member of the Saudi security forces as he waits with his countrymen to be repatriated in Manfouha, southern Riyadh, November 11, 2013. Thousands of mostly African workers gathered in Riyadh on Sunday seeking repatriation after two people were killed in overnight rioting that followed a visa crackdown by Saudi authorities. One of those killed was a Saudi, said a government statement, and the other was not identified. An Ethiopian man was killed in a visa raid last week. Ethi

Suudi Arabistan kaçak göçmenleri sınır dışı ediyor

Suudi Arabistan’ın yabancı işçilere yönelik başlattığı operasyon, ülkedeki yabancı emeğe ilişkin çok daha büyük sorulara yol açıyor.

U.N. envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi (R), is welcomed by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari after arriving at Baghdad International Airport October 21, 2013. International envoy for Syria Brahimi was in Baghdad on Monday to discuss dates for peace talks aimed at ending the war in Syria. Brahimi said no date had yet been set for the long-delayed conference. International efforts to end the 2-1/2 year conflict that has killed more than 100,000 people have stuttered. But a deal last month for Syria to get r

Suriye’nin Zamanla Yarışı

BM-Arap Birliği Ortak Temsilcisi Lakhdar Brahimi, Cenevre-2 Konferansı için bastırırken, Suudi kadınlar tekrar yollara düştü.

A U.N. vehicle returns to a hotel where experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are staying, in Damascus October 11, 2013. The global chemical weapons watchdog charged with overseeing destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile during a civil war won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a relatively small organisation with a modest budget, dispatched its experts after a sarin gas attack killed more t

Suudi Arabistan Cenevre-2 Konferansı’na Ayak Mı Diriyor?

Türkiye iç ve dış baskılar altında Suriye politikasını değiştiriyor gibi görünürken, Suudi Arabistan diplomatik çözüm eğilimine ayak direme görüntüsü veriyor.

Saudi Arabia's Finance Minister Ibrahim Alassaf (front, 2nd R) walks with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Abdulatif al-Zayani (front R) to attend a meeting of Gulf Arab monetary and finance officials in Riyadh October 5, 2013. The central bank of Saudi Arabia, one of the world's top holders of U.S. government bonds, said on Saturday it was not worried by the political deadlock in Washington that could cause the United States to default on its debt. The U.S. Congress must agree on a measure

Suudi Arabistan’ın Derinleşen Yalnızlığı

Suudi Arabistan’ın BM Güvenlik Konseyi üyeliğini reddetmesi, daha aktif bir dış politikanın işareti olamaz.

Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al Faisal (L) talks with Qatar Foreign Minister Khalid Al Attiya following their meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and members of the Arab Peace Initiative at the United States Embassy in Paris, September 8, 2013. REUTERS/Susan Walsh/Pool (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX13CWG

ABD-Rusya Mutabakatı Suudi Bölgesel Stratejisini Etkiliyor

ABD’yle Rusya’nın Suriye kimyasal silahlarına dair vardığı anlaşma, çözüm umutlarını yükseltirken bölgesel dengeler açısından da birçok değişikliğin habercisi olabilir.

Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (L) speaks with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Abdul-Rahman al-Attiyah before a news conference in Riyadh March 28, 2011. Qatar's support for the rebel Libyan National Council shows the group is the only legitimate representative of the Libyan people, the secretary general of the political and economic bloc of Gulf countries said on Monday. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2K

Bir bürokrat üzerinden Suud-Türk hesaplaşması

Suriye’de Suudi Arabistan’la kurduğu netameli ortaklığı yürütmekte zorlanan Türkiye, Mısır konusunda Riyad’la örtülü savaşını İslam İşbirliği Teşkilatı’nın Türk kökenli Genel Sekreteri İhsanoğlu üzerinden yapıyor.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and Secretary General of Saudi Arabia's National Security Council Prince Bandar Bin Sultan meet in Moscow, August 2, 2007. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin (RUSSIA) - RTR1SGI2

Suudi Arabistan ve Hayali Karşı Devrim

Washington’la Riyad, bölgedeki tehditler ve reform ihtiyacı konusunda atık aynı fikirde değil.

A Free Syrian Army member inspects his weapon beside a checkpoint to siege the Kurdish city of Afrin, which is under the control of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in the Aleppo countryside June 30, 2013. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTX117H8

Geçtiğimiz Haftaya Bakış: Suriye Kürdistanı’nı Ele Geçirme Mücadelesi

Suriye Kürdistanı’nda şiddetlenen çatışmalar, Halep’in isyancılar tarafından kuşatılması, Suudi Arabistan’daki hizmetçilerin dramı ve Irak’ta yayılan seks ticareti, geçtiğimiz haftanın dikkat çekici konuları.

Indonesian workers ready to fly to Saudi Arabia to work as maids wait at a shelter during a police inspection in Bekasi, Indonesia's West Java province, June 22, 2011. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono decide to apply a moratorium on sending Indonesian workers to Saudi Arabia be effect on August 1 after a 54-year-old Indonesian maid was beheaded on Saturday, convicted of murdering her Saudi employer, Yudhoyono said on Thursday on a live TV broadcast. Picture taken June 22, 2011. REUTERS/Sulth

Suudi Arabistan’da Hizmetçi Olmak

Suudi Arabistan’da, ev işlerinde çalışanlara kötü muamele sorunu devam etmektedir.

Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi waves at the end of his visit to the Mosque of Prophet Mohammed in Madinah July 12, 2012. REUTERS/Saudi Press Agency/Handout (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RTR34VN8

Suudi Arabistan Mursi’nin Devrilmesinden Memnun

Müslüman Kardeşler’in Mısır’da başarısızlığa uğraması ve bu çöküşün hareketin sempatizanlarına gönderdiği cesaret kırıcı mesaj, Suudi Arabistan’ın menfaatleriyle uyuşmaktadır.

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah speaks at the opening ceremony of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) summit in Mecca August 14, 2012. Leaders of Muslim countries are expected to suspend Syria's membership of the OIC at a summit in Mecca on Wednesday, despite the vocal objections of President Bashar al-Assad's main ally Iran. REUTERS/Hassan Ali (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS) - RTR36UIG

Suudi Rejimi İçin Zamansız Bir Sınav

Ortadoğu’da çalkantılar sürerken Suudi Arabistan'da Şii gençler ile güvenlik güçleri arasında çıkan çatışmalar, Krallığın kırılganlığını gözler önüne sermektedir.

The body of Saudi Arabia's Prince Badr bin Abdul Aziz, former deputy commander of the National Guard is lifted during his funeral at Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh, April 2, 2013. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY ROYALS OBITUARY) - RTXY5U5

Suudi Arabistan'da Sessiz Devir Teslim

Suudi Arabistan'da yeni kuşak prenslerin üst makamlara yükselmesi, her ne kadar bir reform göstergesi olmasa da krallık yönetiminde büyük bir değişime işaret ediyor.