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Saudi Arabia said drones launched from Iraq attacked its East-West pipeline, but said it would not retaliate for now following a request from Iraq's prime minister.
Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West Pipeline after it was attacked on Thursday, closing a key outlet for Middle Eastern oil that has helped keep energy prices in check amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.
The East-West pipeline has proved to be a critical lifeline for Saudi Arabia’s oil exports, which were disrupted by the war in Iran
The East-West pipeline has proved to be a critical lifeline for Saudi Arabia’s oil exports, which were disrupted by the war in Iran
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed regional developments and recent attacks targeting Saudi Arabia in a call with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Friday.
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, Americans still do not know everything their own government knows about who may have helped the Islamic terrorists who carried them out.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed regional developments and recent attacks targeting Saudi Arabia in a call with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Friday.
Saudi-backed Yemeni forces have been struggling to contain Houthi advances
Israel will not give Greece access to the source code for the command-and-control system of the $3.5bn layered air-defence system it is building for its Mediterranean partner, the head of Israel's Missile Defence Organisation said.
There is no military solution to the conflict in Yemen, and foreign powers will not be able to “subdue” the Yemeni people, senior officials in Eritrea, the East African country whose waters border Yemen’s in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, told Middle East Eye.
NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian American jeweler from New York has been released from prison in Iran, but he is prohibited from leaving the country, according to his family and federal officials.
Damascus's UN ambassador on Friday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to troops stationed in southern Syria, calling it a breach of sovereignty and international law.
Damascus's UN ambassador on Friday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to troops stationed in southern Syria, calling it a breach of sovereignty and international law.
The vital East-West oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia was temporarily shut down after several attacks on the pipeline in the Riyadh and Medina regions on Thursday, state media reported citing a source at the Saudi energy ministry.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Energy ministry on Friday announced that the vital East-West oil pipeline has been shut down as a precautionary measure following "multiple" attacks.
Saudi Arabia shut down its crucial East-West crude oil pipeline as a precautionary measure after multiple attacks, the kingdom's Energy Ministry said Friday in a statement.
Iran is expected to meet with Gulf states in Oman on Monday to discuss the Strait of Hormuz, the country’s Foreign Ministry announced.
President and defense secretary try to link worst terrorist attack in US history to current unpopular war
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Deep in Iraq’s south, the birthplace of one of the pioneers of modern Arabic poetry is slowly being brought back to life, in a boost to the country's neglected heritage.
Ten Iranian fishermen who went missing in August off Iran's southern coast and were later found in the neighbouring United Arab Emirates will return home on Friday, state media IRNA reported.
Rebeldes hutíes de Yemen marchan durante una campaña de movilización en Saná, Yemen, el jueves 10 de septiembre de 2026. (AP Foto)
Iran repeatedly used American-made artificial intelligence systems to target US naval forces in the region, target Israeli and Jewish diaspora organizations, and develop phishing strategies inside the country, a Thursday Anthropic report revealed.
There is no military solution to the conflict in Yemen, and foreign powers will not be able to “subdue” the Yemeni people, senior officials in Eritrea, the East African country whose waters border Yemen’s in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, told Middle East Eye.
A Palestinian man, Mohammad Shamali, died on Friday after being wounded in an Israeli attack on a group of Palestinians in Gaza City’s al-Daraj neighbourhood a day earlier, Wafa news agency reported.
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Fighters from the Iran-backed Houthi group have seized territory close to the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea - a key trade gateway that links Asia and Europe.
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Israel has carried out an air strike on Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera has reported.
It is for good reason that talk of a Middle East-based bid to stage the 2035 Rugby World Cup has cooled.
The next round of US-brokered talks between Lebanon and Israel will not take place next week, a Lebanese source close to the negotiations told The National on Friday – contrary to media reports that negotiations would be held on September 14 or 15.
There has been a recent flurry of important real estate tax cases in Israel. They relate to hotel companies, property flips, and transparent house property companies. Below, we review a problematic VAT case involving a property flip (quick onward sale of the property).
Iran is planning a meeting of the foreign ministers of Iraq and other Arab states on Monday to discuss safe commercial shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said.
The mother of a Palestine Action prisoner has said she was refused a mortgage due to “adverse media”, as more pro-Palestine voices in the United Kingdom are opening up about their experiences of “debanking”.
After Israel’s approval, Kosovo on Monday officially signed up to US President Donald Trump’s controversial so-called Board of Peace and the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) for Gaza.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Americans watched in horror as hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people were killed. Less than a month later, the US went to war in Afghanistan. Two years after that, it invaded Iraq.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday criticized Western sanctions on their economies and urged countries of the Global South to deepen trade relations as they addressed the BRICS Business Forum.
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Germany's federal prosecutor has filed charges against seven suspected members of Hamas who are accused of procuring weapons for attacks.
Iran and some Gulf states are formally meeting in order to push and finalize an Iran+Oman-backed deal and framework for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, coming at the end of a week where multiple tankers have been attacked, including unprecedented US strikes on an Iranian civilian vessel.
Donald Trump is set to arrive in Ireland on Saturday, but most Irish people aren’t happy about it.
After Israel’s approval, Kosovo on Monday officially signed up to US President Donald Trump’s controversial so-called Board of Peace and the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) for Gaza.
An Israeli reservist has said that army officers treat Gaza’s entire population of two million Palestinians as targets, describing widespread killings and a collapse of rules of engagement during the genocide.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized the Red Sea port of Mokha and captured the nearby Perim island on Friday, tightening their grip around the Bab al-Mandeb Strait while the U.S.-Iran war chokes another of the world’s critical shipping routes at Hormuz.
We've been documenting the Houthi rapid advance along Yemen's western coast, as the Iran-aligned rebel group closes in on owning more vital Red Sea chokepoint coastal real estate.
Germany's federal prosecutor said on Friday it had charged seven men in Berlin over alleged membership in Hamas and preparing a serious violent act endangering the state, linked to weapons procurement in Germany.
When IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir finished 2025, he was on track as one of the most popular IDF chiefs in recent memory.
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Abu Dhabi is filling with superheroes, manga artists, professional wrestlers, cosplayers and collectors as the 14th Middle East Film & Comic Con begins.