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Iran hit the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital with a drone strike as it kept striking targets around the region.
Iran struck the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital early Tuesday as it kept hitting targets around the region, while the United States and Israel pounded Iran with airstrikes in what U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday called the foreign ministers of Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and Turkey after Iran targeted the three countries, the State Department said. Cyprus: The department s
The Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Grands Prix are under threat as a consequence of the US-Israel war with Iran. The two countries are among the Gulf states targeted by retaliatory missiles launched by Iran in response to US-Israeli air strikes.
The Central Intelligence Agency's station at the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia was hit on Monday by a suspected Iranian drone, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
Video verified by The Times showed that an Iranian one-way attack drone struck a radome on Saturday in the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquarters in Manama, Bahrain. The base is the United States’ primary hub for coordinating naval operations in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia and Iran are both accelerating oil exports, adding barrels to global markets at a time when the US is deploying military assets in the Middle East, creating uncertainty about future supply.
The embassy said in an update that a shelter-in-place order remained in effect for Jeddah, Riyadh and Dhahran. It urged Americans throughout Saudi Arabia to stay inside. Tens of thousands of Americans live in Saudi Arabia, according to recent estimates.