On 22 November 2020, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS), and Israeli Prime-Minister Netanyahu met in Neom (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). The meeting was the first known official or semi-official encounter between Israel and Saudi Arabia and came at a critical time for the Middle East. NETANYAHU’S […]
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American and Saudi investigators have concluded that the air attack on the Abqaiq and Khurais petrochemical facilities originated directly from Iran – not Yemen or Iraq – sources say. The cruise missile and/or drone attack was likely staged from Iran’s Khuzestan province. As unidentified flying objects (UFOs) were spotted in Kuwait just before the attack, […]
18 September 2019
Abqaiq, attack, cruise missiles, drones, Houthi, Iran, Iranian Regional Activities, iraq, IRGC, Khurais, Khuzestan province, Patriot air defense system, Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, US, Yemen
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced that it is devising retaliation plans for the drone attacks on its oil refineries, which have been claimed by the Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen. In a call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman on Saturday, United States President Donald Trump offered support for Saudi self-defense. According […]
15 September 2019
Abqaiq, Aramco, energy security, Houthis, Iran, Iranian Regional Activities, iraq, IRGC, Khurais, oil trade, Quds-1, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sumar
SITUATION REPORT – The Houthis (Arabic: الحوثيون al-Ḥūthiyyūn ; officially called Ansar Allah أنصار الله “Supporters of God”) and Saleh Ali al-Sammad’s Supreme Political Council in Yemen have claimed that a ballistic missile hit a military target near Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh – a communique released yesterday by Houthi affiliated media informs, as sighted by […]
6 February 2017
Decisive Storm, Emirati soldiers, Hadi, Houthi, humanitarian crisis, Immigration, Iran, Iranian aid, Iranian Regional Activities, isis, Middle East, Qatar, Red Sea, Riyadh, Saleh, Saudi air strikes, Saudi Arabia, Teheran, United Arab Emirates, US, USS Cole, Yemen
SITUATION REPORT – A major merger has occurred in the past days in Syria, giving birth to a troubling Jihadi force, called Tahrir al-Sham. The group is built on the bedrock of Al-Qaeda in Syria. Rumors and buzz surfaced about clashes between the two strongest radical opposition groups: Ahrar ash-Sham and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham. Both […]
30 January 2017
Ahrar ash-Sham, Al-Nusra, Al-Qaeda, Damascus, Idlib, Iran, isis, Islamic Front, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, Opposition, Rebels, russia, Saudi Arabia, syria, Syrian Civil War, Tahrir al-Sham, US