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Saudi Arabia shut down East-West crude oil pipeline after 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.
The pipeline was targeted in the Riyadh and Madinah regions on Thursday morning, the ministry said. Multiple people were injured in the attacks, it said.
Emergency teams were deployed to secure the pipeline and assess its safety, the ministry said. “Any further developments will be announced in due course,” it said.cnbc.com - Saudi arabia shut down east west crude oil pipelineHouthis reportedly advance to key Red Sea island, further threatening crucial oil choke point
The Iran-backed Houthis reportedly advanced to Yemen’s strategic Perim Island on Friday, delivering a major boost to the militant group’s push to take control of one of the world’s most important shipping choke points.
The capture of Perim Island, which was reported by several news agencies, citing multiple Yemeni government sources, comes just one day after the Houthis seized Yemen’s port city of Mokha on the Red Sea coast. CNBC could not independently confirm the report.cnbc.com - Iran houthis mokha red sea yemenActing Navy secretary says Iran ‘blew the hell out of’ US base in Bahrain: Report
“They blew the hell out of Bahrain,” Cao said in an interview with The Epoch Times, which was published Thursday, referring to the Naval Support Activity Bahrain (NASB), which serves as the headquarters for U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and the U.S. Fifth Fleet.
The base has been heavily targeted by Iran after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes against the Islamic Republic in late February.
The Navy has relied on NASB as its main logistics hub in the Middle East. thehill.com - Acting navy secretary says iran blew the hell out of US base in bahrainYet, in the face of defeat on every front, the market flies, and oil falls. Seems a cinch the Great Orange Pustule will, again, announce "peace is at hand" over the weekend.
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