Saudi Arabia boosts output amid oil war with Russia

Kingdom is ‘aiming to protect market share’ By Jonathan GarberFOXBusiness video Putin may challenge US shale industry: Former Shell Oil president Former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister provides insight into the Russia-Saudi price war that has dragged crude prices lower amid a coronavirus outbreak.   Saudi Arabia isn’t backing down in an oil-market war that erupted […]

Saudi Arabia denies plans to wage price war with Russia on oil market

Russia is still a very important partner for Riyadh and a most important player on the energy market, a source in OPEC familiar with the plans of the Saudi authorities told © Egor Aleev/TASS MOSCOW, March 9. /TASS/. Saudi Arabia has not launched a price war against Russia and considers Moscow an important partner on […]

Saudi Arabia Starts Oil Price War Amid Concern about Virus’ Impact

03/09/2020 Saudi Arabia slashed its official selling prices for oil over the weekend over worry about the impact of the coronavirus, starting a price war that has seen world oil prices plummet on Monday by around 30%. Brent crude futures, at $33.04 a barrel by 5:52 am GMT, were down 27%., and had earlier dropped […]

Saudis Plan Big Oil Output Hike, Beginning All-Out Price War

By Javier Blas and Anthony Dipaola March 7, 2020, 5:55 PM EST Saudi Arabia plans to increase oil output next month, going well above 10 million barrels a day, as the kingdom responds aggressively to the collapse of its OPEC+ alliance with Russia. The world’s largest oil exporter started a price war on Saturday by […]

Saudi King Salman hosts rabbi in official residence for first time

King tells group of leaders from five religions that Saudi Arabia is returning to the era of Islamic openness of earlier ages. JEREMY SHARON FEBRUARY 24, 2020 21:41 For the first time ever, the King of Saudi Arabia has met with and hosted a rabbi in his formal residence during an annual meeting of the […]

US Monitoring Iranian Missile Threats Across Middle East With Saudi Arabia

JNS.org – Along with Saudi Arabia, the United States is “aggressively monitoring Iranian missile threats across the Middle East,” reported The Washington Free Beacon on Thursday, citing US military officials who briefed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a visit that day to the nation’s Prince Sultan Air Base. The air base took in more than […]

Pompeo meets US troops in Saudi Arabia amid heightened tensions with Iran

State Department says ‘deployed missile defense and fighter jets to deter any future attacks’ US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited American troops in Saudi Arabia Thursday after talks with King Salman on the second day of a visit focused on countering Iran. The United States began building up its military presence at the Prince […]

Saudi jet ‘downing’ in Yemen stirs alarm over Houthi weaponry

Rebels say they shot down a Tornado jet in the northern province of Al-Jawf; fate of two crewmen unknown; development may challenge Riyadh-led coalition’s air dominance Anuj ChopraToday, 8:42 am RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Claims that Yemeni rebels shot down a Saudi warplane have spotlighted the increasingly potent Houthi arsenal — cause for alarm […]

Iran’s Hajizadeh: We must unite to expel the Zionists and Americans

Hajizadeh was speaking to pro-Houthi media in Yemen, which means his comments were also directed at Saudi Arabia. Iran has sent technology to the Houthis to aid their fight against Riyadh. SETH J. FRANTZMAN FEBRUARY 15, 2020 10:15 Iran’s Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the  Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps elite Aerospace force has said the region […]

In first, US Jewish umbrella group sends delegation to Saudi Arabia

Conference of Presidents members meet with senior Saudi officials, sheikh who visited Auschwitz; talks focus on counter-terror, regional stability By Ron Kampeas Today, 10:51 pm NEW YORK (JTA) — A delegation of members of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations visited Saudi Arabia this week, a first for the umbrella body for […]

Iran nod for Saudi embassy attack, mastermind claims in leaked audio

By Saleh HamidAl-Arabiya.netSunday, 18 December 2016 The mastermind of the Saudi embassy attack in Iran, which took place earlier this year, has confessed that the attack was carried out after the Iranian government and leaders gave him a green light. The confession was revealed in an audio recording which was leaked recently. It also explains why authorities in Iran have delayed the trial of those who carried out the attack and why charges were dropped during kangaroo courts. In the audio recording reported to have been revealed by sources close to the opposition Green Movement inside Iran, the alleged mastermind …

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