8+ hour, 44+ min ago   (811+ words) US advisers provided intelligence, but promised air cover never came as militants advance Dubai: More than 100 US military advisers were helping Saudi Arabia with intelligence and targeting. Senior commanders with Yemen’s UN-backed government repeatedly warned that a major Houthi assault…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (644+ words) Unconfirmed blaze raises concerns for Saudi Arabia’s vital Red Sea oil lifeline There is no independent confirmation yet that the pipeline itself was hit. A large smoke plume was reportedly visible over the desert southeast of Medina, along the general…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (566+ words) Iran’s expanded role in Yemen heightens risk to global energy and trade US officials believe hundreds of officers from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), are currently operating in Yemen alongside the Iran-backed Houthi movement, helping coordinate operations aimed ultimately…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (861+ words) Closer calls and manoeuvrable warheads raise fears Tehran’s targeting ability has improve Dubai: Iran has spent much of its six-month war with the United States trying to make the Strait of Hormuz dangerous for commercial shipping. Now it is taking…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (228+ words) Iranian strikes cripple A-10, damage F-15s at Jordan base, no US fatalities Several US military aircraft were damaged in Iranian strikes on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, including an A-10 attack aircraft that lost a wing, according to people with direct knowledge…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (966+ words) Tehran turns up pressure on Hormuz, betting war costs could hurt Trump before Nov vote Dubai: Donald Trump says the Iran war could end “immediately after” America’s November 3 midterm elections. Tehran appears to have its own reason for watching that…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (699+ words) Centuries before becoming a war prize, Red Sea port sent Yemeni coffee around the world Dubai: Order a mocha in a cafe almost anywhere in the world and you are invoking the name of a small Yemeni port that once…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (962+ words) Conflict shifts into Gulf shipping lanes, pushing oil above $100 The six-month US-Iran war has entered a new phase, with the fight moving directly into commercial shipping lanes near the UAE, oil prices breaking above $100 a barrel and Iran facing renewed…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (234+ words) UAE, Arab and Muslim allies hail UK ban on goods from illegal settlements They encourage the international community to build on these steps and adopt concrete measures to bring an end to activities that support or sustain illegal Israeli settlements…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (655+ words) Verification gaps and hardened sites complicate US response to Iran’s nuclear moves The Pentagon is examining how US forces could strike and destroy Iran’s deepest underground nuclear facilities, as satellite imagery shows construction accelerating at a suspected site beneath Pickaxe…...