Paramilitary forces in the Middle East are some of the largest in the world. They work in a region where traditional military operations are often tied in with internal security or even tribal affiliations.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will continue supporting Lebanon and is optimistic about the country's future after a ceasefire brought an end to a war between Israel and the militant Iran-aligned Hezbollah group, the kingdom's foreign minister said from Beirut.

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Tuesday he did not see Donald Trump's new administration contributing to the risk of a war between Israel and Iran, addressing an issue the region has feared since the start of Israel's war in Gaza.

The kingdom is wasting no time filling the void in the Middle East left by a crippled Iran, which has seen its proxies destroyed, its enemies emboldened and its regional influence decimated.

The 15-month conflict in Gaza has tilted the balance of power in the Middle East against the Saudi Arabian kingdom's longtime rival Iran.

The Media Line's intrepid correspondents are in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Pakistan providing first-person reporting. Tehran faces mounting challenges as its proxy strategies falter, domestic discontent rises, and new regional alliances threaten its influence

At World Economic Forum, Prince Faisal urges to avoid such a conflict; Herzog tells summit that nuclear bomb-seeking Iran will be 'main issue' on US president's agenda

The United States is deploying thousands of additional U.S. forces to Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of Iran's attack on Saudi oil facilities in September. The United States is deploying thousands ...

The leak reveals that Saudi Arabia agreed to pay Russia over 2 billion euros under a contract signed in 2021 involving companies that were repeatedly sanctioned, both before and after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

With its proxies effectively neutralized and its own credibility and security impaired, Iran now has every temptation to accelerate its pursuit of a nuclear capability.

Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, met on Sunday (January 26) with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohamed bin Salman, at the UNESCO World Heritage archaeological site of Al-Ula. The bilateral was part of a three-day mission of the Italian prime minister to the Persian Gulf countries,