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Houthis' Yemen advance leaves Gulf states with uncomfortable choice
19+ hour, 33+ min ago (905+ words) ANKARA, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The Houthi capture of Yemen's Red Sea coastline is reshaping the balance of power in the Gulf, strengthening Iran's hand and confronting Saudi Arabia and its neighbours with a difficult choice: absorb mounting costs or seek accommodation…...
Analysis-Houthis' Yemen advance leaves Gulf states with uncomfortable choice
19+ hour, 33+ min ago (955+ words) ANKARA, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The Houthi capture of Yemen's Red Sea coastline is reshaping the balance of power in the Gulf, strengthening Iran's hand and confronting Saudi Arabia and its neighbours with a difficult choice: absorb mounting costs or seek accommodation…...
New attacks in Hormuz and Saudi test nerves as war's spread worsens oil disruption
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (961+ words) By Mohammed Ghobari and Nayera Abdallah ADEN/DUBAI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - New strikes on Saudi Arabia and on ships in the Gulf tested nerves in the Middle East on Sunday, after an attack on a Saudi oil pipeline and an advance…...
Houthis say hit Saudi base after renewed fighting with Yemeni govt forces
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (777+ words) Houthi fighters on Sunday said they used drones and missiles to attack a military base in southern Saudi Arabia as renewed fighting with Yemen's government forces forced growing numbers of civilians to flee. The attack at the southern Sharurah base…...
Iran-Oman understanding does not provide for immediate reopening of Strait of Hormuz, Tasnim reports
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (205+ words) Sept 12 (Reuters) - An understanding between Iran and Oman does not provide for the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz but establishes the basis on which it could reopen, an Iranian source told the semi-official Tasnim news agency on Saturday....
No signed Hormuz deal expected yet from Oman meeting on Monday, Iranian official says
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (274+ words) Sept 12 (Reuters) - A meeting between Iran and Gulf states planned for Monday in Oman will be a chance to discuss issues including the Strait of Hormuz, but is not expected to yield a signed agreement over the blockaded waterway, a…...
Trump says Iran probably responsible for attack on Saudi pipeline
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (171+ words) DUBLIN, Sept 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Iran was probably responsible for an aerial attack on Saudi Arabia that shut down its East-West pipeline, one of the kingdom's main routes for exporting crude while bypassing the Strait…...
Iraq orders closure of Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran, two sources say
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (214+ words) Sept 12 (Reuters) - Iraq ordered the closure of the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iraq and Iran as a precautionary measure after the latest drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, two security sources told Reuters on Saturday.The sources said a wide-scale operation…...
Iran, misreading Trump’s resolve, escalates conflict in Yemen ahead of US midterms
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (244+ words) On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Trump links Iran to the war on terror, vowing it will “never, ever have a nuclear weapon.” Iran, misreading Trump’s resolve, escalates conflict in Yemen ahead of US midterms Subscribe for as low as $2/week to…...
Gulf oil threatened anew as Houthis reach key island and pipeline is shut down
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (940+ words) By Mohammed Ghobari, Eman Abouhassira and Yasmine Ghania ADEN/DUBAI, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, moving to tighten their grip on…...