…aircraft, as the fighters and tankers have completed their forward deployment to airbases mostly in Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) flights adjacent to Iranian airspace have continued over the past few days…

…This choke point is now being threatened by the Houthis who have instituted a blockade of Saudi ships and have enforced that blockade with missiles. That makes maritime choke point number two.

…This was most clearly illustrated last week when the Chinese state media claimed that Xi Jinping called the Saudi Crown Prince, which was probably an indirect message to the Iranians, to urge an immediate and comprehensive…

…The Saudi's have recently resumed diplomatic relations with Iran. This comes after years of hostility (as Iran has funded the Houthi rebels in Yemen, who in turn have occasionally attacked Riyadh). Perhaps the most important…

…Down south in the Red Sea region, the Houthis have been conducting a few strikes of their own, striking Saudi forces within Yemen over in the areas controlled by the Yemeni government, which is backed

…So far, Saudi Arabia seems to be the only Gulf state not targeted during this latest wave of attacks. However, again, as I'm recording this, I'm seeing reports of explosions being reported this morning…

…I mean, the Saudis have been using F-22s, I think, uh, for many, many years. They've been bombing Yemen for 15 years rather successfully with increasingly larger bombs. I say successfully, it hasn't…

…gas to they've already said hey we're going to immediately have to go to the saudi markets uh to to fill this demand because your your facility's offline so other countries kind of…

…One aspect of the war that has not escalated for now, has been the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. After the initial mutual strikes two days ago, the Saudi's have chosen to back off…

…Mainstream media is saying that the US stopped uh Project Freedom because the Saudis and the Emiratis banned the use of their airspace for this operation because they saw it as a sharp escalation that would…

kade, and some merchant traffic is moving, with one French LNG tanker, and a few Saudi tankers exiting the Strait overnight. A few dozen other ships have continued to enter/exit the Persian Gulf over the…

…This morning, the Ras Tanura refinery was been shut down completely following Iranian drone strikes, which halts roughly 16% of Saudi Arabia's total oil production capacity. Qatar: All Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) production has been…

The Emirates and Saudis have likewise been the main belligerents actually conducting targeting efforts during the ceasefire, so they're also ready to go at a moment's notice. All diplomacy has failed so far, and…

…Somewhat interestingly, there are also very little air defenses in the southern regions of Saudi Arabia despite the Saudis fighting the Houthis for a couple of decades at this point; nearly all missile defenses are on…

…Iran did not conduct any major strikes over the past few days, and the Houthis have also not engaged any Saudi oil refineries since last week. Otherwise the situation remains as before. South Korea: Over the…

…This morning the United States and Saudi Arabia signed what the White House calls the largest arms deal in history, a $142 billion agreement for various American arms. President Trump also announced the removal of sanctions…

…So, the Saudis rushed that pipeline into operational status. So, it hasn't been doing 7 million barrels since the war began. And of course, that adds into the deficit. So that's why you can…

…MAJOR ATTACKS REPORTED AT SAUDI CHEMICAL FACILITIES. AMERICAN/ISRAELI FORCES TARGET SOUTH PARS FACILITY IN IRAN. TERRORIST ATTACK REPORTED IN TURKEY. PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES TWO-WEEK CEASEFIRE IN IRAN. ARSON ATTACK REPORTED AT WAREHOUSE IN CALIFORNIA…

…Even worse was the simple geographical reality that Israeli aircraft would have had to have transited through Saudi Arabia to conduct the attack...and be refueled along the way. The Saudis have not confirmed their involvement…

…Pol industry either increase Imports or increased domestic production clearly Biden's visit to sweet talk the Saudis back in June didn't work out as OPEC just a couple of months ago announced that they…