Iranian strike on Saudi oil facilities a global wake-up call, defene official warns
The Sept. 14 combined cruise missile and drone strike that significantly damaged the Abqaiq oil site show that high-level threat ...
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Secret synagogue in Dubai prays for Persian Gulf revival
The synagogue's existence and the tacit approval it has received from this Islamic sheikhdom represent a slow rebirth of a ...
US to ask NATO to pay more to protect Saudi Arabia from Iran
Defense Secretary Mark Esper urges allies to increase contributions to the mutual effort to counter Iranian threat in the Persian ...
Senior Israeli official attends Bahrain security meeting on Iran
In yet another sign of Gulf Arab states, Israel transcending longtime enmities to focus on common threat posed by Iran, ...
Gulf Arab states worry after US Syria pullout
Countries across the Persian Gulf wonder what they should take away from US President Donald Trump's withdrawal of American forces ...
Chinese president urges peaceful resolution to Persian Gulf disputes
President Xi Jinping tells Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi that "At present, the situation in the Gulf region … is ...
Iran asks West to leave Persian Gulf amid heightened tensions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says US and Western "presence has always been a calamity for this region and the farther ...
Saudi Arabia joins US-led maritime coalition after attack on its oil industry
Riyadh says it is joining coalition in order to ensure "global energy security and the continued flow of energy supplies ...
Gulf tensions continue to climb as Iran seizes another vessel
Iran's Revolutionary Guards stop vessel en route to United Arab Emirates, alleging it carried 66,000 gallons of illicit diesel fuel.
Iran seizes ship with Filipino crew for alleged fuel smuggling in Gulf
Iranian coast guard detains tugboat in Persian Gulf it says was carrying nearly 75,000 gallons of diesel. Iran, which has ...