Houthi drone strikes on Saudi oil infrastructure disrupt global energy supplies, prompting international concern and potential military responses.
Houthi drone strikes on Saudi oil infrastructure disrupt global energy supplies, prompting international concern and potential military responses. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Saudi Arabia has been forced to suspend some oil shipments to Europe after drone attacks damaged its key East-West oil pipeline , which had provided a crucial alternative to the heavily disrupted Strait of Hormuz. Iraqi terrorists are suspected of carrying out the attack, while Iran -backed Houthi forces have continued targeting shipping in the Red Sea, disrupting a major route for global oil and commodity trade. DETAIL: Saudi officials told European customers Tuesday that some oil loadings at the Red Sea port of Yanbu had been suspended and that some…Open
The Brennan File: Saudi Visas, a CIA Station, and 9/11 Twenty-five years later, our country mourns the victims of 9/11. Gatherings take place around the sites where the planes, manned by terrorists, struck and killed innocent people. Names are still read, and we stand together as Americans, in solidarity. What is rarely discussed on this […] The post They Got In on His Watch appeared first on StoneZone .
The Brennan File: Saudi Visas, a CIA Station, and 9/11 Twenty-five years later, our country mourns the victims of 9/11. Gatherings take place around the sites where the planes, manned by terrorists, struck and killed innocent people. Names are still read, and we stand together as Americans, in solidarity. What is rarely discussed on this day is how they got in. Fifteen of the nineteen hijackers were Saudi nationals. Their visas were issued in Jeddah and Riyadh. Most of the Jeddah stamps came from one single consulate. Four were issued at the embassy in Riyadh. Eleven of the Jeddah stamps were handled by a single junior consular officer. Overlooked paperwork there made all that occurred on this day possible. The State Department’s own…Open
The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh was attacked with two drones, according to initial estimates, resulting in a limited fire and minor material damage to the building, a Saudi Defense Ministry spokesperson said on Monday. The big picture: In the latest incident to hit a U.S. ally since Tehran began a wave of counterattacks following weekend airstrikes by American and Israeli forces on Iran, the United States Mission to Saudi Arabia issued a "shelter in place" notification for Riyadh, Jeddah and Dhahran following the attack. Zoom in: The mission said it was limiting non-essential travel to any military installations in the region, adding: "We recommend American citizens in the Kingdom to shelter in place immediately." - Hours earlier, Mora…