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JUST IN: ๐บ๐ธ Saudi Arabia and Kuwait lift restrictions on US military use of their bases & airspace. US now considers restarting 'Project Freedom' effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz this week, WSJ reports. pic.twitter.com/fF5ZRI9SZM — BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) May 7, 2026
Aimen Dean @AimenDean Having spoken to a senior Saudi official about the NBC article regarding Project Freedom, I honestly think the article completely misunderstood what actually happened because it was written almost entirely from a US perspective rather than from a GCC perspective. First of all, contrary to the impression being created, the GCC were …
Saudi Fund to Back Away From LIV Golf Under Mounting Financial Pressures The Saudi league, established in 2022, attracted some of the sportโs biggest stars with huge contracts. Saudi Arabiaโs sovereign wealth fund is on the verge of announcing it will withdraw financial support from LIV Golf, the upstart golf circuit it launched four years …
NEW: An urgent phone call from Saudi Crown Prince MBS changed Trumpโs decision at the last minute: President Trump had intended to declare a complete ceasefire and end the fighting against Iran in exchange for the immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz. However, a tense phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman …
BREAKING: ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia fully restores East-West oil pipeline, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz and pumping 7,000,000 barrels per day. Saudi Arabia says it needs no more strait of Hormuz. pic.twitter.com/qnIYu3pURG — World Affairs (@World_Affairs11) April 12, 2026 The myth of the Strait of Hormuz closure. 80% (16.25M bpd) of the 20M barrels per day …
2015, the Iran nuclear deal unlocked access to roughly $100B to $150B in Iranian funds, and people keep lazily calling it โObama gave them cashโ which is not even how it worked. Barack Obama did not wire Iran a blank check, most of that money was Iranโs own frozen assets getting released. But here is …
Reporterโs summation of todayโs episode from Frontline Africa news podcast: Five things you should take away from this episode. The number one thing is that this is now a four-front war. Iran from the east, Hezbollah from the north, the Houthis from Yemen in the south, the Iraqi militias hitting American targets across the Middle …
“Earlier on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy โ during a previously unannounced flurry of visits to Gulf nations โ said his country and the United Arab Emirates had agreed to cooperate on defence, after Iran targeted countries in the area in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes. Ukraine also signed an air defence agreement with Saudi Arabia …
March 27 (Reuters) – Ukraine and Saudi Arabia have โ signed โ an agreement on defence cooperation โ that lays the foundation for future contracts, technological cooperation and investments, President โVolodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday. During an unannounced visit to the Gulf, Zelenskiy hopes to bolster support for โUkraine in its war against Russia, โwhich is now in …
๐จ BREAKING: IRAN WARNS CIVILIANS TO EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY โ STRIKES COULD HIT AT ANY MOMENT IRGC just issued a direct warning across Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait and Israel, telling civilians near facilities to: GET OUT. IMMEDIATELY. โข Targets lockedโข Civilianโฆ pic.twitter.com/64T5bRIMvd — HustleBitch (@HustleBitch_) March 27, 2026 Factcheck: The IRGC has issued warnings …
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman just told Trump: Keep slamming Iran, this is our historic opportunity to reshape the Middle East and crush their regime. The region is taking sides, and they’re not ambiguous. Source: NYT ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ท Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman just told Trump: Keep slamming Iran, this is our historic opportunity …
Saudi Arabia, UAE to join Iran war as ceasefire claims remain disputed READ: https://t.co/DNq9bdmwJa https://t.co/DNq9bdmwJa — WION (@WIONews) March 24, 2026 The Gulf Countries, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, were hosting a range of US operations while politically pretending to be neutral. As US President Donald Trump is claiming that a ceasefire has been agreed …
US and ISR today has hit Iran energy sites connected to the power grid. This is it. The global economy is done. byu/Former_Rush1821 inconspiracy US-Israeli strikes hit Iranian energy infrastructure hours after Trump announced a pause, raising questions over stated de-escalation efforts. Key Developments Iran says US-Israeli strikes targeted energy facilities in Isfahan and Khorramshahr. …
SCOOP: Saudi Arabia gives the US expanded access to bases and airspace for war on Iran. UAE Foreign Minister told Marco Rubio Abu Dhabi is ready for a war to last nine months. โAttitude has shifted towards supporting the US war as a way to punish Iran for strikesโ thread ๐งต pic.twitter.com/UwiLyfjMQi — Sean Mathews …
Something is breaking, and it is not isolated. It is spreading, layer by layer, system by system, market by market, and now governments are quietly telling people to change how they live. Start with the center of it all, the energy system. Iran just launched drone strikes on Kuwaitโs largest refinery while Israel hit the …
"To date, we've struck over 7,000 targets across Iran and its military infrastructure… Today will be the largest strike package yet," says @SecWar. "Our capabilities continue to build; Iran's continue to degrade. We're hunting and striking death and destruction from above." pic.twitter.com/veaFnlQBEZ — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 19, 2026 No matter what Trump does …
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ISRAEL JUST MADE THE SINGLE MOST DANGEROUS MILITARY DECISION OF THE ENTIRE WAR. AND NOBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY JUST TRIGGERED. ๐จ๐จ๐จ Israel and the U.S. struck South Pars โ the LARGEST gas field on the planet. But here’s what they either didn’t know or didn’t care about: South Pars is jointly managed by Iran AND …
Iran just hit 9 countries in a single night, including 7 of the wealthiest nations on earth This was Tehran’s answer to Israel striking the South Pars gas field, the world’s largest, earlier today. The most intense retaliatory barrage of the entire war, and Iran is now the only country on the planet simultaneously attacking …
Oil fields in Saudi Arabia . Stop this madness!! pic.twitter.com/4EncLvea1F — tic toc (@TicTocTick) March 18, 2026
JUST IN: ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabiaโs biggest oil refinery, Ras Tanura, has restarted operations. pic.twitter.com/erJ7vBj5OO — Whale Insider (@WhaleInsider) March 18, 2026 LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) – Saudi โArabia’s state oil giant Aramco (2223.SE), opens new tab restarted โits Ras โTanura oil refinery on โ March 13, โhaving shut down the โplant on March 2 following a …
Iran has destroyed 5 US refueling aircraft in Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Airbase as Trump announces US forces “obliterating” Iranian military installations at Kharg Island in preparation for a GROUND INVASION. Meanwhile, numerous tankers have come under Iranian fire in the Persian Gulf, leading to massive panic in the oil markets and among US military …
Graham: Saudi Arabia, I am willing to make a mutual defense agreement with your country to give you protection in perpetuity. If you are attacked by Iran, we would go to war for you. pic.twitter.com/v91hSiea8H — Acyn (@Acyn) March 10, 2026 Trump ally Lindsey Graham issues threat to Saudi Arabia over Iran war Republican senator …
Saudi Arabia has started reducing oil production as the near-blockage of the critical Strait of Hormuz starts filling storage tanks, according to a person familiar with the matter, even as it rushes to reroute some supplies through the Red Sea. The cuts by the kingdom, the world’s biggest oil exporter, follow the United Arab Emirates, …
The United States and Israel continue their history-shaping shock and awe style military campaign against Iran, with Israeli forces also now intensifying strikes in Lebanon. Since Saturday, at least 1,230 people have been killed in what’s clearly morphed into a regime change operation on Tehran, according to official numbers, which are expected to climb by …
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) โ Maersk announced on Wednesday that it is temporarily suspending most cargo reservations in and out of Iraq as security worries mount throughout the Gulf. The business said that the ban applies to shipments involving many regional nations, including the UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia. https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/maersk-suspends-iraq-cargo-bookings-amid-regional-security-concerns/ *Walter Bloomberg @DeItaone IRAN …
Tucker on the Mossad agents arrested in Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
๐จ๐๐ธ๐ฆ Iran just hit the Ras Tanura Oil Refinery in Saudi Arabia – one of the largest oil refineries in the world pic.twitter.com/Xd1gS1dK3a — Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) March 2, 2026 ๐จ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabian Oil Field this morning pic.twitter.com/yJaNxTdd9U — Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) March 2, 2026
BREAKING: ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ Saudi official has accused United States of abandoning Saudi Arabia & redirecting its air defense to protect Israel. " They left all the Gulf states that host American military bases at the mercy of Iranian strikes. " These are very serious allegations. pic.twitter.com/glZYGzDWNT — Bull Theory (@BullTheoryio) March 2, 2026
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603020451 Holy shit… Iran is now strikcing Gulf energy infrastructure, as well as Cyprus Iran was a lot more prepared than anyone expected, and Trump/Israel canot continue this war for much longer if this goes on Energy prices are spiking And we're only at day 3 The world economyโฆ — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 2, …