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Saudi Aramco says volume bypassing Strait of Hormuz via pipeline has surged
The president of Saudi's state-owned oil company Aramco, whose sites have been targeted by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants, says the amount of oil moving through a pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz has more than tripled. The East-West pipeline's capacity has surged from 2 million to…
U.S. celebrates 100 days since reinstating blockade on Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. Central Command posted a celebration Thursday of 100 days of its reinstated blockade on Iranian ships entering or exiting ports through the Strait of Hormuz. The blockade has prevented $25 billion in crude oil exports by Iran, according to CENTCOM. The blockade was reinstated on July 14 af…
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Rubio thanks Qatari leaders for help with negotiations in Middle East
Secretary of State Marco Rubio thanked Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister for the country's help in the region in a call on Thursday. Rubio "reaffirmed the United States' commitment to Qatar's security and freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz." "The Secretary also expressed a…
Impact of Houthi attacks on Saudi economy "limited" for now, IMF says
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia are having only a "limited" economic impact on the kingdom so far, owing to robust domestic demand, the International Monetary Fund's regional director told AFP, though geopolitical uncertainty remains a threat. The Iranian-backed Yemeni group has ramped up its attack…
Trump accuses Iran of lying about strikes on ships to drive up oil prices
As oil prices crept up to their highest levels since May, President Trump accused Iran of lying about the situation in the Strait of Hormuz in order to drive up costs. "Iran is doing everything they can to drive up the price of Oil prior to the U.S. Midterm Election," Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Socia…
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Houthis say they carried out 4 attacks inside Saudi Arabia in 48 hours
Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said the group's armed forces have carried out four military operations against targets inside Saudi Arabia in the last 48 hours, including on the Defense Ministry building in Riyadh, the King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, an Aramco facility…
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Tehran puts "Trump" behind bars in propaganda art installation
Anti-American propaganda is a common sight on the streets of the Iranian capital, but authorities have gone a step further with their latest effort – a life-size jail cell with an actor playing President Trump languishing inside. The 3D art installation is proving a hit with locals, who have been s…
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Saudi-led coalition says 4 drones intercepted over Riyadh and Medina
The Saudi-led coalition fighting on behalf of Yemen's government in the neighboring country's spiraling civil war said Thursday that four more drones were intercepted over the capital and the hold city of Medina. The force did not attribute the attacks to anyone, but the drones were likely launched…
Iran's shadow fleet tankers have run out of oil, intelligence firm tells Wall Street Journal
The shadow fleet of tankers holding Iran's offshore oil reserves, which it had been selling to China throughout the war against the U.S. and Israel, have run dry, intelligence firm Kpler told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. The millions of barrels of crude, held on dozens of oil tankers in As…
Egypt urges political solution between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis
Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Thursday said all options must be explored to find a political solution between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. At a press conference where he reiterated solidarity with Saudi Arabia, he stressed "the necessity of exploring all avenues f…
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Houthis claim Saudi Arabia targeted an Indian yacht in the Red Sea
A spokesman for Yemen's Houthi rebels accused Saudi Arabia on Thursday of targeting an Indian yacht near Zuqar Island in the Red Sea with 14 Indian nationals on board. In a statement published on X, Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said the group's forces were carrying out rescue op…
Iran's army chief says country is ready for asymmetrical warfare
The Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army, Maj. Gen. Amir Hatami, said Thursday that the country's armed forces were prepared for asymmetric warfare and satisfied with their drone capacity. "In the previous asymmetric war, we fought the enemy with equipment that surprised them, as they received ve…
Top European, Mideast diplomats to meet in Istanbul Friday, AFP reports
Top European diplomats will hold talks in Istanbul Friday with their counterparts from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt during a meeting initiated by Ankara, a Turkish foreign ministry source told the AFP news agency on Thursday. Foreign ministers from the so-called E3 group – Britain, Fran…
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Saudi Aramco reportedly tells staff to evacuate headquarters amid Houthi attacks
Saudi Arabia's state-owned Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil company, told staff to evacuate the company's headquarters in the eastern city of Dhahran and to work remotely, the Reuters news agency reported Thursday, citing six sources with knowledge of the matter. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi reb…
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Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted a drone over Riyadh
The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen's escalating civil war said Thursday that it had intercepted another drone over the Saudi capital Riyadh. Coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki confirmed the interception in a social media post, without offering further detai…
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Crude oil prices jump as Iran claims to have hit 7 tankers near Strait of Hormuz
World shares and U.S. futures retreated Thursday as oil prices jumped more than 2% following a report by Iran's state television that seven oil tankers were hit by its military or sea mines and damaged near the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. If the claim by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it hit 4 vessels transferring oil ship-to-ship in Persian Gulf
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Thursday that it had struck four vessels transferring oil ship-to-ship in the Persian Gulf after they used a route through the Strait of Hormuz that Iran rejects. Ship-to-ship cargo transfers have become more common as tankers and other commercial vesse…
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Saudi authorities raise death toll in attack on airport in eastern city of Dammam to 2
Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said Thursday that the latest attack on the kingdom's airports, a strike on the eastern city of Dammam's King Fahd International Airport, had risen to two. "The number of deaths resulting from the attack has risen to two, after confirming an additional death.…
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Why can't Saudi Arabia stop deadly attacks by Iran's Houthi allies?
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia in recent weeks have inflicted severe losses on the kingdom and prompted the U.S. to quietly reduce its military footprint in the region as missiles hit energy infrastructure and civilian airports, killing more than 20 people. Saudi Arabia, despite its size, wealth an…
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One killed, 8 injured in Dammam airport attack, Saudis say
An attack targeting the King Fahd International Airport in the eastern Saudi Arabian city of Dammam killed one person and injured eight others Wednesday evening, the kingdom's civil aviation authority said. The authority said in a statement that injuries from the attack ranged from "minor to seriou…
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U.S. troops reducing footprint at Middle East posts, sources say
A U.S. official and a senior U.S. military official told CBS News on Wednesday the military has been quietly reducing its footprint at posts in the Middle East due to ongoing regional threats from the Houthis and direct threats from Iran. NBC News was first to report on the drawdowns. Asked about t…
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Debris from intercepted drone kills 2 in Saudi Arabia, energy ministry says
The Saudi energy ministry said that falling debris from the interception of a drone targeting an oil facility killed two people and injured two others on Wednesday. "The attempted attack resulted in the deaths of two individuals, a Filipino and a Nepali, and injuries to two others," the ministry sa…
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State Department orders some U.S. government employees and family members to leave Saudi Arabia
The U.S. has ordered all non-emergency government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia as the kingdom faces escalating attacks by Houthi militants. "Iranian-supported Houthis have increasingly engaged in hostilities against Saudi Arabia, including attacks on civilian airports and othe…
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U.S. will suffer "even greater strategic failure" if it chooses war over diplomacy, Iranian FM says
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi issued a warning to the U.S. on Wednesday afternoon, saying it should choose diplomacy over returning to war. "Iran is prepared to give diplomacy another chance if we see strong evidence of a sincere desire by US to build trust & reach a just solution," he wr…
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U.S. sanctions Greek law firm for alleged involvement in Iranian "shadow fleet"
The U.S. Treasury announced new sanctions on the Panamanian-Greek law firm Karnakis and Karnakis for involvement in Iran's "shadow fleet" as part of its Operation Economic Outcast. The U.S. accuses Karnakis and Karnakis of being indirectly involved in Iran's illicit shipping operations for years. A…
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Riyadh airport partially reopens after deadly Houthi strike
A limited number of Saudi airlines took off and landed at the country's main airport on Wednesday, two days after authorities notified airlines that they could resume operations with prior permission. Saudia and FlyNas were operating flights Wednesday, according to flight-tracking data published by…
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Iran criticizes potential Egyptian involvement in Yemen war; Sisi promises only defensive actions
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said any interference in the Yemen war by Egypt or any other country would make the situation "more difficult." "Egypt has sufficient experience to avoid entangling itself in such a highly complex conflict," said Iran's top diplomat in an interview with Iraqi…
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Iran's new defense minister says first priority is meeting air force needs
Iran's newly appointed defense minister, Mehrdad Akhlaghi, said Wednesday his first hours in office were devoted to meeting the requirements of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Aerospace Force and the army's air defense units. "We are not in a war of rhetoric in response to repeated threats;…
Trump blocked Netanyahu's plan for multiday strikes on Iran, report says
President Trump blocked a planned Israeli multiday operation that would have resumed strikes against Iran on the weekend of Oct. 10, according to the Financial Times. The plan was designed to exceed the intensity of the joint U.S.-Israeli military offensive launched in February, three people famili…
Iranian regime needs to be toppled, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he had directed the Israeli army and intelligence services to topple the Iranian regime. "The regime in Iran has still not learned the lesson," Netanyahu told a graduation ceremony at an officer training school in the country's southern Negev…
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