Iranian president to visit China at Xi Jinping’s request

Bilateral ties between the two sanctioned nations are an essential part of Raisi's "Look to the East" government policy

Xi Jinping ends landmark KSA visit by calling on Arab states to embrace multipolar world

Leaders from across West Asia and Africa travelled to the Saudi capital to meet with the Chinese president

Xi Jinping’s Visit to Saudi Arabia and the overthrow of Atlanticism

The historic China-Arab Summit currently underway in Riyadh symbolizes the emerging Eurasianism in the Persian Gulf.

Chinese-Arab summit planned for Xi Jinping visit to Saudi Arabia: Report

The visit by the Chinese president is scheduled for early December, at a time when US-Saudi relations have hit a new low

Xi, Putin call for resumption of JCPOA

The resumption of the JCPOA was one of the several topics discussed during Xi's visit to Moscow

In Moscow, Xi and Putin bury Pax Americana

In Moscow this week, the Chinese and Russian leaders revealed their joint commitment to redesign the global order, an undertaking that has 'not been seen in 100 years.'

Xi calls for lifting of Iran sanctions to restore nuclear deal

Raisi mentioned to reporters that Xi has affirmed his support for Iran to join the BRICS economic alliance

Iran, China fix diplomatic blunder following Xi’s Saudi visit

Tehran takes a hard stand as Xi Jinping discovers the Persian Gulf can be a diplomatic minefield.

Xi of Arabia and the petroyuan drive

Xi Jinping has made an offer difficult for the Arabian Peninsula to ignore: China will be guaranteed buyers of your oil and gas, but we will pay in yuan.

Xi arrives in Saudi Arabia, signs bilateral agreement valued at $29.26 billion

Xi will attend three summits during his three day visit; one with the Saudi leadership, one with GCC leaders, and one with Arab leaders

Iran reaffirms support for One China policy: Raisi to Xi

President Raisi noted that the US constantly interferes in the internal affairs of sovereign nations and that such unilateralism poses a threat to global peace and security

Putin and Xi plot their SWIFT escape

Russia and China's announcement of an independent financial trading platform will free nations under US sanctions from western intrusion into their commercial activities

The Sultan 2.0 will heavily tilt east

It's not that Erdogan has a scheme to head east at the west's expense. It's just that the world's grandest infrastructure, development, and geopolitical projects are all in the east today.

Bahrain, Lebanon to resume relations after two year rupture

The move comes as part of the broader Saudi and Iran-led effort to reconcile the states in the region

US charges Chinese citizen over alleged weapons smuggling to Iran

Prosecutors claim the Chinese national helped provide Iran with isostatic graphite, an ultra-fine grain needed to produce rocket nozzles

Iran, Egypt discuss resuming ties in Iraq-brokered talks

Relations between the two regional powers have been poor since the Shah fled Iran to Egypt following the 1979 Islamic revolution

Iranian minister makes first visit to Saudi Arabia since China-brokered deal

Iran's finance minister arrived in Jeddah together with an economic delegation to discuss various fields of interest with Saudi officials

US reaffirms ‘ironclad support’ for Israel: Sullivan

The statement of the United States' unwavering support for Israel was issued three hours after the Israeli military targeted a building in the Hamad residential city near Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, killing three Palestinians

US blocks China’s effort to condemn Israeli attacks on Gaza at UN: Report

For seven decades, Israel has skirted any responsibility for rampant human rights abuses against Palestinians thanks to Washington's unwavering support

Russia, Iran, China aim to reboot Persian Gulf security

Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran seek to establish collective security in the Persian Gulf, run by littoral states and not western militaries. This will fundamentally shift the region out of the Atlanticist paradigm.

De-dollarization kicks into high gear

The US dollar is essential to US global power projection. But in 2022, the dollar share of reserve currencies slid 10 times faster than the average in the past two decades.

Iran FM Amir-Abdollahian in Lebanon for talks

The foreign minister's visit comes as Lebanon seeks to end the months-long deadlock surrounding the election of a new president

Neglecting JCPOA revival would be ‘huge mistake’: Lavrov

The Russian official stressed that reviving the Iran nuclear deal depends fully on the west, saying that 'the ones who destroyed it must now bring it back to life'

MbS welcomes Abbas, reiterates support for Arab Peace Initiative

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his hope in February to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia in the context of the Abraham Accords

Lula ends UAE visit calling for global effort to broker peace in Ukraine

The leftist president blasted the US and Europe for 'encouraging' the war and stressed the need for sovereign nations to abandon the US dollar for bilateral trade

China becomes first Asian shareholder in Qatar’s mega-LNG project

The landmark deal comes at a time when countries across the globe, including several Arab states, have switched to the yuan for bilateral trade with China

Iran and Saudi Arabia: a Chinese win-win

The single Iranian-Saudi handshake buried trillions of dollars of western divide-and-rule investments across West Asia, and has global leaders rushing to Beijing for global solutions.

The first China-UAE gas deal in yuan: A new blow to dollar dominance

Chinese allies control 40 percent of OPEC+ oil reserves, and the GCC controls another 40 percent. With this China-UAE gas trade settled in yuan, the petrodollar today is under serious threat.

Saudi Arabia makes its Eurasian shift

Saudi Arabia's recent reconciliations with Iran and Syria under Chinese-Russian guidance is perceived as a step toward reducing Riyadh's dependence on the US, while also advancing Beijing and Moscow's political and economic influence in West Asia.

For crisis-hit Lebanon, it’s IMF or bust: Washington

Despite claims of wanting to help Lebanon, the US continues to block the implementation of a vital energy-sharing plan with Jordan and Egypt