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Trump tweets that if Tehran attacks, it will be the 'official end of Iran'
President Donald Trump issued an ominous warning to Iran on Sunday, suggesting that if the Islamic republic attacks American interests, it will be destroyed. "If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten the United States again," Trump said ...
Saudis say they don't want war with Iran but will defend themselves
Saudi Arabia does not want war but will not hesitate to defend itself against Iran, a top Saudi diplomat said Sunday, after the kingdom's energy sector was targeted this past week amid heightened tensions in the Persian Gulf. On Sunday night, a rocket crashed in ...
Saudi Arabia calls urgent regional meetings over Iran tensions
Saudi Arabia has called urgent meetings of the regional Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab League to discuss escalating tensions in the region, the kingdom's official news agency said on Saturday. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said King Salman had invited Persian Gulf leaders and ...
Casualties reported as Saudi-led coalition airstrikes hit Sanaa
The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen carried out several airstrikes on the Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Thursday after the Iranian-aligned movement claimed responsibility for drone attacks on Saudi oil installations. The Sanaa strikes targeted nine military sites in and around the city, residents said, with ...
Bomb-laden drones of Yemen's Houthi rebels seen threatening Arabian Peninsula
A Yemen rebel drone strike this week on a critical Saudi oil pipeline shows that the otherwise-peaceful sandy reaches of the Arabian Peninsula now are at risk of similar assault, including an under-construction nuclear power plant and Dubai International Airport, among the world's busiest. U.N. ...
Yemen's Houthi rebels hand over security of key Hodeida port to 'coast guard': U.N.
Yemen's Houthi rebels have handed over security of key Red Sea ports to the "coast guard" but much work remains to remove military equipment, the U.N. said Tuesday. The rebel pullback is part of a hard-won truce agreement struck in Sweden in December between Yemen's ...
U.S., France, Norway to join probe into attack on tankers anchored off UAE port
Three Western countries will be part of an investigation into mysterious "sabotage attacks" on ships in the Gulf, an Emirati official said on Tuesday. The official, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity, said the United States, France and Norway were involved in the ...
Saudi Arabia says oil facilities near Riyadh attacked by explosive-laden drones
Saudi Arabia said explosive-laden drones had struck oil pumping stations in the Riyadh region on Tuesday in what it called an act of terrorism two days after Saudi oil tankers were sabotaged off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. The energy minister of the ...
Initial U.S. assessment blames Iran for ship attacks: official
An American military team's initial assessment is that Iranian or Iranian-backed proxies used explosives Sunday to blow large holes in four ships anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a U.S. official said Monday. The official said each ship has a 5- to ...
Saudi freighter facing Yemen war arms protests leaves Spanish port, bound for Genoa
A Saudi cargo ship that Spanish arms control groups suspect is carrying European weapons for possible use in Yemen left the port of Santander on Monday and sailed for Genoa, Italy. The Bahri Yanbu left the northern Spanish port after loading two containers, Alberto Estevez ...
U.N. monitoring Houthi rebel withdrawal from Yemen's Hodeida
The U.N. said Sunday it is monitoring the redeployment of rebel forces from three key ports in Yemen after the government dismissed the withdrawal as a "farce." The rebels, known as Houthis, said Saturday they began the long-delayed redeployment of their forces from the key ...
Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saturday began a long-delayed withdrawal of forces from the port facility in the key city of Hodeida, the group said, following the terms of a December cease-fire aimed at alleviating the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the head of ...
