Nawaf Obaid
saudi Arabian author and diplomat
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Militarily, the Saudi-led coalition has the upper hand, but the Houthis can still dominate the headlines with occasional strikes against Saudi Arabia,
- Obaid saidAljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…
It is going to be sequenced. It is going to be massive. It is going to be fused together, and it’s going to be land, sea and air.”
Iranian retaliatory strikes exposed the vulnerability of the US basing structure in the Gulf and forced the repositioning of substantial combat forces,
- Obaid saidAljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…
The US-Iran war accelerated a transformation already under way,
- Obaid argued in a column for Al JazeeraAljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…
The Trump administration’s shift toward consulting Saudi Arabia and other regional powers represents a more realistic framework than the legacy P5+1 model,
- Obaid saidNewsweeknewsweek.com/as/us…
Equally important is Riyadh’s assessment of the 'day after,'
- Obaid saidNewsweeknewsweek.com/as/us…
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