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Iranian-sponsored Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed an “armed drones” attack on vital oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, underscoring rising tensions in the Middle East. The kingdom said drones attacked one of its oil pipelines as another armed vehicle targeted energy infrastructure elsewhere in the country on Tuesday. The targets...

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The initial findings of a team of U.S. military experts have revealed that Iran or Iranian-sponsored proxies were likely behind a sabotage attack on two Saudi oil tankers and two other vessels in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday. The exact details of the attack remain unclear, but investigators believe...

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The U.S. is sending a Patriot missile defense system and another warship to the Middle East amid escalating tension with Iran, the Pentagon said Friday. The Patriot system can counter advanced aircraft, drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. The B-52 bombers ordered by the White House arrived at Al Udeid...

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Britain and other European allies to stand with Washington in reining in Iran’s “bloodletting and lawlessness,” after talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May in Downing Street on Wednesday. Pompeo had arrived in London to deliver the annual Margaret Thatcher lecture, after...

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A series of high-profile Saudi intellectuals and journalists have blamed the Islamic Republic of Iran for the recent Gaza escalation and expressed solidarity with Israel in the fight against Iranian-sponsored terrorist groups. Prominent Saudi intellectual and former director of the Middle East Center for Strategic and Legal Studies in Jeddah,...

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Israeli intelligence services reportedly tipped off the United States on an impending Iranian attack on “U.S. interests in the Gulf,” senior Israeli officials told Channel 13. Israel shared the information with the White House prior to National Security Adviser John Bolton warning Iran on Sunday night that the U.S. would...

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