US sanctions 10 entities for allegedly supporting Iranโs military
Individuals and firms in China, Pakistan, Turkiye, Iran and Saudi Arabia sanctioned as part of a pressure campaign.
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Individuals and firms in China, Pakistan, Turkiye, Iran and Saudi Arabia sanctioned as part of a pressure campaign.
Top US and Saudi diplomats discuss cooperation on security challenges, including hostilities with Yemen's Houthis.
Oil rose a second day as uncertainty over progress in US-Iran talks weighed against signs of strong demand and a resumption of flows through a key pipeline from top exporter Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia has started exporting oil using a key cross-country pipeline after the link was repaired following drone strikes earlier this month, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Parents across Saudi Arabiaโs Riyadh received messages from schools on Sunday announcing a last-minute plan to shift to remote learning for a week. There was no official reason given but the move comes amid heightened tensions in the Gulf and near-daily attacks aimed at Saudi Arabia by Iran-backed Houthi fighters in Yemen.
Seven people were killed and 40 injured in a Saudi airstrike on a market in Yemenโs Taiz province, as Houthi forces advance and Saudi-led air raids intensify.
At the UN, Saudi Arabia accused Iran of attacks across the region and called for action against the Houthis.
Defence chiefs from Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan have been meeting in Riyadh to discuss support for Saudi Arabia.
Just a month after Saudi Arabia signed a regional mutual defence deal with Pakistan and Turkey, attacks by Yemenโs Houthis against the kingdomโs energy infrastructure and military sites are testing the pactโs limits. At a hastily convened meeting of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in Riyadh on Friday, military chiefs of the three parties reaffirmed their commitment to collective defence, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The agency said the talks focused on โintelligence cooperation,...
Pakistan PM, a signatory to the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia at UNGA 81.
Speaking to broadcasters TF1 and France 2, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced that โmilitary resourcesโ will be sent to protect the Yanbu oil site in Saudi Arabia, integral to maintaining the kingdomโs fuel exports and increasingly threatened by Yemenโs Iran-backed Houthi rebels.ย
France is sending military to protect key Yanbu oil terminal; Pakistan and Turkiye to hold military talks with Riyadh.
President Emmanuel Macron said France would send troops to defend an oil plant in Saudi Arabia as the Iran-backed Houthi militia took responsibility for new attacks on the kingdom. Macron said in a television interview Thursday with TF1 and France 2 that he would send soldiers and military support to help protect the Saudi port of Yanbu. Saudi Arabia came under attack from the Houthi militia on Thursday, with the kingdom saying it intercepted missiles fired towards the Red Sea port of Yanbu and...
Saudi Arabia intercepted Houthi ballistic missiles on Thursday after warning several regions, including Mecca, of possible attacks. France said it would send military assets to help protect the Saudi oil terminal at Yanbu. The strikes came amid renewed fighting in Yemen that has killed dozens, according to sources cited by AFP.
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said the whole international community should take responsibility for containing the Houthi threat.
When Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz at the start of the war, choking off sea passage for some 15 million barrels of oil a day, many feared that prices would skyrocket, cratering the world economy. Instead, nearly seven months on, oil is expensive but not exorbitant, and analysts say there is enough oil available to meet current global needs, even as the higher prices cause political problems for US President Donald Trump and others. Thatโs because Saudi Arabia and other Gulf producers...
Saudi Arabiaโs crude shipments in September jumped to the highest level since the start of the Iran war, after the kingdom quickly ramped up exports via the Strait of Hormuz following an attack on its key bypass pipeline.
Saudi Arabiaโs nearly trillion-dollar wealth fund, one the worldโs biggest sovereign investors, is considering increasing its allocation to fixed income assets and award a mandate to Pacific Investment Management Co.
UK to refuel Saudi fighter jets and France to secure energy infrastructure amid fighting with Yemen's Houthi group.
Saudi monarch's rare condemnation hints at sense of urgency in the kingdom amid ramped-up attacks from Yemen.
Ministers demand an end to maritime shipping attacks and urge Iran to stop arming the Yemeni group.
The G7 also condemns "in the strongest terms" Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, saying that the escalation in fighting in Yemen jeopardises global energy security.
Saudi air strikes on Yemen's Red Sea port of Mokha killed at least six people, the Houthi-affiliated news agency Saba reported Tuesday, as Iran-backed Houthis press their offensive. The escalation comes as the US and its allies face growing pressure to protect Saudi Arabia and regional energy infrastructure, while US President Donald Trump prepares to address the UN in New York. Follow our live blog for the latest developments.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on โ Monday he had โ agreed to a request โ from Saudi Arabia to provide defensive air-to-air refuelling for a limited time period, a move he described as helping to stabilise the wider region. Riyadh requested support after the Houthis, who control โthe most populous parts of Yemen, intensified their attacks on Saudi Arabia, a new front in the wider war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February. โWe have received a request from the...
Saudi Arabia is weighing Washingtonโs refusal to help fend off Houthi attacks after Riyadh requested US assistance, despite the two countries being longstanding allies and President Donald Trump and his family maintaining close personal ties with Saudi leaders. France 24 International affairs commentator Douglas Herbert shares further details on this alliance.
Yemeni group warns of further attacks on the kingdom.
The US cautioned against a rapidly escalating situation in Yemen after Houthi rebels carried out a missile attack on the Saudi capital. In recent weeks, the Iran backed militants have also seized large portions of Yemeni territory following clashes with Saudi-backed government forces. The US is a very close ally to Saudi Arabia. Yet, is visibly unwilling to intervene on its behalf โ why? Details and analysis by H. A. Hellyer, senior fellow in geopolitics at the Royal United Institute in Cairo.
Ankara expresses readiness to assist Riyadh as Houthi attacks escalate, testing a recent trilateral defence agreement.
Fighting between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia continues to intensify. On Saturday morning, a fire broke out near Riyadh's main airport after Houthis said they launched missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia. On the ground in Yemen, Houthi rebels are pushing east in their fight against Saudi-backed government forces. Story by Caroline Baum.