Suspected rocket attack damages Iranian vessel causing an oil leak off Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jeddah. An Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea was hit by two suspected rockets on Friday off the [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia has sent messages to Iran’s president, according to Tehran. Iranian government spokesman said messages were presented to Rouhani from leaders of some countries. Also, an official in Iraqi PM’s office confirms Baghdad has [ More … ]
The US will send reinforcements to the Middle East following the attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. The Pentagon said on Friday that the US will deploy additional troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab [ More … ]
An attack on Saudi Arabia that shut 5% of global crude output triggered the biggest surge in oil prices since 1991, after U.S. officials blamed Iran and President Donald Trump said Washington was “locked and [ More … ]
Close to half of the kingdom’s daily oil output has been impacted by Saturday’s drone attacks, sources say. Yemen‘s Iran-aligned Houthi group on Saturday attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia‘s oil industry, including the world’s [ More … ]
As Iranian officials begin probe into the seized tanker, London tells UK ships to avoid Strait of Hormuz. US to launch plan for ‘free passage’ of ships in Iran’s waterway. The United Kingdom has told all British [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities detained a Ukrainian tanker carrying Iranian oil as it passed through the Suez Canal ten days ago. News of the seizure came a day after Egypt’s Supreme State Security Criminal Court sentenced six [ More … ]
Major General Mohammad Bagheri says Thursday’s seizure near Gibraltar was based on ‘fabricated excuses’ The UK’s decision to seize an Iranian oil tanker on the coast of Gibraltar will not go “unanswered” warned one of [ More … ]
Iranian forces downed US drone, raising fears of major military confrontation between Tehran and Washington in the Gulf. US President Donald Trump has warned Iran it “made a very big mistake” in shooting down a [ More … ]
Iran says it “categorically rejects” US claims that it is behind attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had blamed Iran for the “unprovoked attacks” on [ More … ]
Gulf rulers would have Arabs believe Iran – and not Israel – is their enemy. Palestinians are being asked to pay the price to preserve the thrones of the oil families. Who is the main [ More … ]
After weeks of heightened tensions between Iran and the United States, national security adviser John Bolton’s visit to Abu Dhabi this week signaled that there isn’t an easy way out of the dispute that Trump’s [ More … ]
The Trump administration is sending an aircraft carrier and a bomber task force to the Middle East, the White House said Sunday, in a show of force aimed at Iran. WB “In response to a [ More … ]
The Trump administration is pushing to issue an order that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, bringing the weight of American sanctions against a storied and influential Islamist political movement with millions [ More … ]
Egypt has reportedly decided to pull out of a U.S.-led effort to create an initiative with key Arab allies, Reuters reported Wednesday. Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that Egypt had announced its decision [ More … ]
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