U.S. to send additional troops to Saudi Arabia after attacks on oil facilities
President Trump has approved the deployment of additional U.S. troops and air defense assets to Saudi Arabia, in a muted military response to last week’s attack on Saudi oil facilities. At a news conference late Friday following a White House meeting with Trump, Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper ...
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Iran warns it will 'destroy aggressors' after US troop announcement
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ Watch as key Saudi oil facility is engulfed in flames Iran is ready to destroy any country that launches an attack on its territory, a senior military official says. The commander of ...
United States sending troops to bolster Saudi defenses after attack
Workers are seen at the damaged site of Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday approved sending American troops to bolster Saudi Arabia's air and missile defenses after the largest-ever attack on the kingdom's oil facilities, which ...
United States announces military response and Iran sanctions after attacks on Saudi oil facilities
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced fresh sanctions on Iran - AP/ The United States announced on Friday it would send military forces to the Gulf following attacks on Saudi oil facilities, hours after Donald Trump ordered new sanctions on Tehran. Mr Trump said the sanctions were the ...
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Trump will send troops to Middle East in response to attack on Saudi Arabia
in response to an attack last weekend on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, but officials offered few specifics about the scope of that response. Blaming Iran for a "significant escalation of violence," Esper said nations in the region requested U.S. assistance. Esper described the mission as ...
Trump Focuses on Defending Saudis, Not Striking Iran, for Now
Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announced Friday that the United States would deploy a modest number of troops to the Persian Gulf in response to attacks on Saudi oil facilities./ WASHINGTON — President Trump is sending a modest deployment of American ...
Saudi Arabia oil attacks: US to send troops to Saudi Arabia
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ Abqaiq was struck in the early hours of Saturday morning The US has announced plans to send forces to Saudi Arabia in the wake of attacks against the country's oil infrastructure. ...
Trump Announces New Sanctions on Iran
The sanctions targeting the Iranian national bank add to the pressure on Iran, which the United States accuses of attacking Saudi oil facilities./ WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday announced a new round of sanctions against Iran’s national bank, escalating economic pressure on the country ...
Hezbollah tells Saudi Arabia to stop Yemen war
This Sunday Aug. 25, 2019 file photo, people listen to a speech by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah being broadcast on Hezbollah's al-Manar TV channel, at a coffee shop in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah has called Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 on Saudi Arabia to stop the war in ...
Saudis threaten UN-brokered truce in strike near Yemeni port city
Followers of the Houthi movement carry a mock drone during a rally on September 10 - REUTERS/ The Saudi-led military coalition launched an air strike north of the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah early on Friday morning, amidst heightened tensions following a weekend strike against Saudi oil ...
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Saudi oil facilities attack: Race is on to restore supply
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ Take a look at how much damage the attacks did to the Khurais facility in Saudi Arabia A week on, it's still not known who launched the attack on two Saudi oil facilities and from ...
Trump warns Iran of ‘severe’ defeat if military conflict broke out
President Trump and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announce the 'highest level of sanctions' on the Central Bank of Iran and the National Development Fund of Iran in response to strikes on Saudi oil facilities./ are working but indicated he would not hesitate to order military action if ...
Trump slaps sanctions on Iran's national bank after Saudi attack, says Tehran is ‘broke’
The president defends his conversations with world leaders and blasts Joe Biden's 'disgraceful' statement on Ukraine during an Oval Office meeting with Australian PM Scott Morrison./ President Trump announced Friday that the U.S. is slapping sanctions on Iran’s national bank after the ...
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Donald Trump imposes sanctions on Iran's national bank in retaliation for Saudi oil attacks
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Friday that he is placing new sanctions on ’s national bank in retaliation for its alleged role in the crippling strikes on Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said the sanctions are the “highest sanctions ever imposed on a country.” Trump had ...
The Latest: Saudi Arabia shows attack site it says Iran hit
In this photo opportunity during a trip organized by Saudi information ministry, a man watches the damaged in the Aramco's Khurais oil field, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, after it was hit during Sept. 14 attack. Saudi officials brought journalists Friday to see the damage done in an ...
Saudi coalition launches attacks on Yemeni ‘military targets’ in first operation since oil ...
The coalition began its operation against Yemeni rebels in the spring of 2015: Getty/ – its first response since an assault on oil facilities that the US has blamed on The strikes hit areas north of Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah, Saudi state TV reported. The attacks come six days after the ...
Iran says it will pursue aggressor even after limited attack - TV
DUBAI, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Iran will pursue any aggressor, even it carries out a limited attack, and seek to destroy it, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday, after attacks on Saudi oil sites which Riyadh and U.S officials blamed on Tehran. "Be careful, a limited ...
UPDATE 2-Iran says it will destroy any aggressor
(Adds Revolutionary Guards chief, NetBlock director) DUBAI, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Iran will pursue any aggressor, even it carries out a limited attack, and seek to destroy it, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday, after attacks on Saudi oil sites which Riyadh and U.S ...
Iran says new US sanctions target Iranians' access to food, medicine
DUBAI, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday denounced renewed U.S. sanctions against its central bank as an attempt to deny ordinary Iranians access to food and medicine, and said the move was a sign of U.S. desperation. The United States on Friday imposed a new round of ...
Trump Announces ‘Highest Level’ of New Sanctions on Iranian National Bank
President Trump announced Friday that his administration has placed harsh sanctions on Iran’s national bank. “We have just sanctioned the Iranian National Bank — that is their central banking system — and it’s going to be at the highest level of sanctions,” Trump told reporters from the Oval ...
Trump Approves Deployment Of Troops To Saudi Arabia Following Oil Attack
President Donald Trump's administration has blamed Iran for the attacks on Saudi oil facilities./ on Friday approved sending American troops to bolster Arabia’s air defenses after the largest-ever attack on the kingdom’s facilities, which Washington has squarely blamed on Iran./ The Pentagon ...
Saudi Arabia Doesn't Need U.S. To Defend It Against Iran, Rand Paul Says
'Why Do We Always Have to Get Involved?'/ Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are urging President Donald Trump to step back from potential conflict with Iran following last weekend's attack against vital Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure, which both Washington and Riyadh have blamed on Iran. ...
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UPDATE 1-Hezbollah says Iran would destroy Saudi Arabia in any war
BEIRUT, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah warned Saudi Arabia on Friday against betting on a war against Iran because it would destroy the kingdom and said Riyadh and the United Arab Emirates should halt the conflict in Yemen to protect themselves. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, head of the ...
UPDATE 1-Senior Iranian military adviser threatens broad response to any U.S. move
DUBAI, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Iran maintained its defiant stance against the United States in the wake of attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure claimed by a Tehran ally, saying on Friday it would resist any U.S. plots against it “from the Mediterranean, to the Red Sea and to the Indian Ocean”. The ...
UPDATE 1-Senior Iranian military adviser threatens broad response to any U.S. move
DUBAI, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Iran maintained its defiant stance against the United States in the wake of attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure claimed by a Tehran ally, saying on Friday it would resist any U.S. plots against it "from the Mediterranean, to the Red Sea and to the Indian Ocean". The ...
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Iran's Zarif questions U.S. coalition for 'peaceful resolution' in Middle East
Iran’s foreign minister on Friday questioned U.S. plans for a coalition for a “peaceful resolution” in the Middle East while listing repeated Iranian diplomatic initiatives./ FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif attends a news conference in Moscow, Russia, September 2, 2019. Zarif ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Says U.S. Military Strike Means ‘All-Out War’
Iran warned Thursday that a U.S. military strike would result in an “all-out war” with the state terror sponsor that would result in “a lot of casualties.” “What would be the consequence of an American or Saudi military strike on Iran right now?” CNN correspondent Nick Paton Walsh asked Iranian ...
UPDATE 2-Saudi-led coalition launches military operation north of Hodeidah in Yemen
DUBAI, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition on Friday launched a military operation north of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah against what it described as "legitimate military targets", an incident that could aggravate regional tensions after a weekend attack on Saudi oil installations. The ...
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Top Iran guards commander threatens broad response to any U.S. plots
A senior Revolutionary Guards commander said on Friday Iran would respond from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean against any U.S. plots, the state news agency IRNA reported, amid heightened tensions after attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure. “If the Americans think of any plots, the Iranian ...
Arab coalition says foiled Houthi attack in Red Sea off Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed an explosives-laden boat launched from Yemen by the Iran-aligned Houthi group on Thursday, an incident that could further increase regional tensions after a weekend attack on Saudi oil installations. "The coalition's naval forces detected ...
What We Know About the Saudi Oil Attacks
U.S., Saudis say direction of projectiles and type of cruise missiles and drones involved in attacks point to Iran; vulnerabilities exposed in kingdom’s air defense/ An attack on Saudi Aramco oil facilities has led to an escalation of tensions between the U.S. and Iran. While Houthi rebels in ...
B-Team remnants trying to lure Trump into Iran war: Zarif
33PM [Updated: Thu Sep 19, 2019 01:37PM ]/ Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says even though former US national security adviser John Bolton — a proponent of war with Iran — has been fired by US President Donald Trump, like-minded politicians are still attempting to drag the US ...
America’s maximum pressure campaign has failed: Iran
34AM [Updated: Sat Sep 21, 2019 08:34AM ]/ Iran has downplayed the latest US sanctions against the country’s Central Bank, saying that Washington's campaign of pressure against Tehran has already failed. Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Saturday that the recent sanctions are ...
Saudis don't believe fiction of Iran's role in oil plants attacks: FM Zarif
29AM [Updated: Sat Sep 21, 2019 05:29AM ]/ Employes of Aramco oil company stand near a heavily damaged installation in Saudi Arabia's Khurais oil processing plant on September 20, 2019. (Photo by AFP)/ Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Saudi airstrikes near the Yemeni port ...
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US sanctions Iran Central Bank out of desperation: FM Zarif
31AM [Updated: Sat Sep 21, 2019 01:34AM ]/ Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States' recent sanctions on Iran’s Central Bank clearly shows Washington’s “desperate approach” toward the Islamic Republic. “The Americans have imposed any sanctions they could on the Islamic ...
US says will send more military troops to Saudi Arabia, UAE
36AM [Updated: Sat Sep 21, 2019 12:44AM ]/ US soldiers take part in the "Decisive Strike" military exercise in their camp at the Training Support Centre (TSC) Krivolak, near Skopje, June 17, 2019. (Photo by AFP)/ The United States says it will send troops to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab ...
Yemen’s Houthis announce plan to conditionally halt strikes against Saudi Arabia
44PM [Updated: Fri Sep 20, 2019 10:50PM ]/ Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement says it will stop launching retaliatory missile and drone attacks against positions inside Saudi Arabia if the Saudi-led military coalition, which has been pounding impoverished Yemen for the past several years, ...
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US imposes sanctions on Iran's central bank: Trump
26PM [Updated: Fri Sep 20, 2019 04:27PM ]/ US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office while meeting with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on September 20, 2019 in Washington, DC. (AFP photo)/ President Donald Trump has said the United States has imposed sanctions on Iran's ...
Russia vows to continue banking cooperation with Iran despite 'illegitimate' US sanctions
23PM [Updated: Fri Sep 20, 2019 04:23PM ]/ Russia has dismissed "illegitimate" sanctions imposed by the United States on the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), vowing to continue its cooperation with the Islamic Republic in the banking sector. on Friday that its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ...
Trump doesn’t want war with Iran, so Pompeo changes tone accordingly: Analyst
08PM [Updated: Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:10PM ]/ US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters before departing from al-Bateen Air Base in Abu Dhabi on September 19, 2019. (AFP photo)/ US President Donald Trump does not want war with Iran and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has changed his tone ...
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B-Team wants to fight Iran to the last American: FM Zarif
27PM [Updated: Fri Sep 20, 2019 01:29PM ]/ Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says that US-allied Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates apparently want to "fight Iran to the last American." In a post on his Twitter account on Friday, Zarif responded to earlier remarks by US ...
France working to ‘reduce escalation’ after Aramco attacks: Hariri
57AM [Updated: Fri Sep 20, 2019 10:57AM ]/ French President Emmanuel Macron (R) is watched by Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri as he addresses media representatives at The Elysee Palace in Paris on September 20, 2019, ahead of meetings in the French capital. (Photo by AFP)/ France is working ...
Yemenis countering world's strongest, wealthiest countries: Houthi
24AM [Updated: Fri Sep 20, 2019 10:48AM ]/ People inspect the wreckage of a drone aircraft reportedly downed by Houthi Ansarullah forces near the northwestern city of Sa’ada, Yemen April 19, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)/ Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee of ...
Zarif slams US-proposed 'Coalition for Peaceful Resolution' targeting Iran
33AM [Updated: Fri Sep 20, 2019 08:49AM ]/ Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrives to attend a meeting with the acting director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Cornel Feruta in the Iranian capital Tehran on September 8, 2019. (Photo by Borna News Agency)/ ...
Saudi-led coalition attacks Yemen’s Hudaydah in violation of truce deal
02AM [Updated: Fri Sep 20, 2019 07:08AM ]/ File photo of people gathering at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah in Yemen (Photo by Reuters)/ The Saudi-led coalition has launched a military operation against the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah in violation of a ...
US favors 'peaceful resolution' to Saudi crisis: Pompeo
23PM [Updated: Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:48PM ]/ US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (right) and US special representative on Iran Brian Hook (background) arrive to al-Bateen Air Base in Abu Dhabi on September 19, 2019. (AFP photo)/ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the United States prefers a ...
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Yemeni missile strike kills dozens of Saudi mercenaries in kingdom’s Asir
26PM [Updated: Thu Sep 19, 2019 05:30PM ]/ In this file picture, Yemeni forces are seen launching a domestically-manufactured Zelzal-1 (Earthquake-1) missile at a military site in Saudi Arabia. (Photo by the media bureau of Yemen’s Operations Command Center)/ Dozens of Saudi-sponsored militiamen ...
Russia calls anti-Iran claims ‘unsubstantiated’
16PM [Updated: Thu Sep 19, 2019 03:16PM ]/ Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gives a press conference following his meeting with his French counterpart (not pictured) in the capital Moscow, on September 9, 2019. (Photo by AFP)/ Russia has called on all countries of the Persian Gulf region ...
Saudis 'embarrassing display'
12PM [Updated: Thu Sep 19, 2019 05:12PM ]/ Saudi Arabia has claimed Iran was behind the weekend attacks on two oil facilities while Iran has denied any involvement in those attacks. Tensions started to rise between Iran and Saudi Arabia after a group of Yemeni drones hit two oil facilities of ...
