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28.09.26 - 15:03
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Saudi Arabia Restarts Critical Hormuz Bypass Pipeline (ZeroHedge)
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Saudi Arabia Restarts Critical Hormuz Bypass Pipeline
Saudi Arabia has resumed oil exports through its critical East-West pipeline, restoring access to Red Sea loading facilities that bypass the Strait of Hormuz, Bloomberg reports. The restart coincides with Kpler data from late last week showing Hormuz oil flows have recovered to about two-thirds of prewar levels, suggesting a recovery in Gulf energy flows and an erosion of Tehran's leverage.
Overseas shipments have restarted, Bloomberg reported, citing a person with direct knowledge of the operation. Saudi Aramco began testing the pipeline and rebuilding pressure last week, aiming to resume meaningful flows by the weekend.
In a separate report last Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Saudi Aramco was working quickly to repair the damaged section of the pipeline after a drone attack destroyed a pumping station.
A successful restart of the pipeline, which can carry 7 million barrels of crude per day to Yanbu on the Red Sea while bypassing the...
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27.09.26 - 16:06
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Saudi Arabia Could Use Trump Deal To Get A Nuke: Intel Assessment (ZeroHedge)
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Saudi Arabia Could Use Trump Deal To Get A Nuke: Intel Assessment
A classified US intelligence assessment's conclusions have been reported in The Washington Post at the end of this week, and the report says that Saudi Arabia has not ruled out developing nuclear weapons.
The report comes as Congress is scrutinizing President Trump's controversial nuclear cooperation agreement with Riyadh, which was signed by Energy Secretary Chris Wright in July. The classified intel has not been released by the Post - but the publication says the assessment was presented to Congress as part of the nuclear deal review.
via ReutersThe landmark (what is supposed to be) civil 30-year nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia could be worth tens of billions of dollars and put American companies at the center of the kingdom's nuclear buildout
A Section 123 agreement creates a legal framework for peaceful use, safeguards, and nonproliferation. The admin's reasoning goes that American involvement also ...
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26.09.26 - 18:21
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Saudi, Turkish, Pakistani Military Chiefs To Hold Urgent Meeting Over Yemen War (ZeroHedge)
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Saudi, Turkish, Pakistani Military Chiefs To Hold Urgent Meeting Over Yemen War
Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani army heads are set to urgent talks on the Yemen crisis. Crucially, these countries represent signatories to the Mecca Defense Pact, which vows mutual defense in the instance that any member is attacked.
Of course, the Iran-aligned Houthis have been semi-frequently targeting the Saudi kingdom's territory, gong after oil export infrastructure as well as fuel storage sites, with ballistic missiles even targeting the capital of Riyadh this month, which marked a first.
Anadolu/Getty ImagesAhead of the meeting of defense chiefs, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Turkish Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar gathered in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to discuss developments.
They have been closely monitoring developments in Yemen, after the Saudi-backed coalition based out of Sanaa has lost the Red Sea coast area.
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26.09.26 - 03:51
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Yemen′s Saudi-Backed President Calls On Citizens To Mobilize, In Sign Of Desperation (ZeroHedge)
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Yemen's Saudi-Backed President Calls On Citizens To Mobilize, In Sign Of Desperation
The Ansar Allah movement, commonly called the Houthis, have remained the most recognizable name and force in Yemen of late, but lesser known among many headline consumers is the country's internationally recognized government, which is directly backed by the Saudis and recognized by the United Nations.
Rashid Al-Alimi, president of the 'legitimate' government based out of Sanaa, on Friday called on all Yemenis to mobilize and join the armed forces against the Houthi rebels' onslaught.
Source: Iranian presidency's officeThe general call to arms, coupled with a declaration of future general amnesty to any Houthi fighters who decide to lay down their weapons and defect - suggests that the Saudi-backed coalition seeks desperate measures.
"I call upon the sons of our great people to engage in general mobilization and national mobilization, to rally around their armed and secur...
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