US Air Force official: Missile targeting Saudis was Iranian
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran manufactured the ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Shiite rebels toward the Saudi capital and remnants of it bore “Iranian markings,” the top U.S. Air Force official in the Mideast said Friday, backing the kingdom’s earlier allegations.
The comments by Lt. Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, who oversees the Air Force’s Central Command in Qatar, further internationalizes the yearslong conflict in Yemen — the Arab world’s poorest country.
Saudi Arabia long has accused Iran of giving weapons to the Shiite rebels known as Houthis and their allies, though Tehran has just as long denied supplying them. Riyadh quickly backed up Harrigian’s allegations in a statement to The Associated Press.
“There have been Iranian markings on those missiles,” Harrigian told journalists at a news conference in Dubai ahead of the Dubai Air Show. “To me, that connects the dots to Iran.”
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There's growing worry that the situation in Saudi Arabia could spiral out of control
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Events in Saudi Arabia are unfolding at a blinding pace, with a radical shift taking place within the upper echelons of government
Speculation abounds and there is growing worry that the situation could spiral out of control.
There is talk that a travel ban has been issued for a number of government officials, including executives from Aramco.
Naturally, in oil industry circles this raises the question over the safety of Aramco's IPO and, more than that, what will happen to oil prices if the instability intensifies.
[...]There is talk that a travel ban has been issued for a number of government officials, including executives from Aramco. That's on top of reports that Aramco board member Ibrahim al-Assaf, a former Finance Minister in the Kingdom, was also among those arrested.
Naturally, in oil industry circles this raises the question over the safety of Aramco's IPO and, more than that, what will happen to oil prices if the instability intensifies. For now, the news is all bullish for prices. The purge is widely seen as a pre-emptive strike and power grab by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, head of the new anti-corruption agency and heir to the throne, as well as the champion of the Vision 2030 reform program.
The Crown Prince is also the driving force behind the Aramco IPO, which should provide the funds for the reform program. Now, for the IPO to be as successful as Prince Mohammed wants it to be, global oil prices need to be high, perhaps higher than they are now.
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NYT Opinion
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President Trump’s uncritical support for the Saudi prince’s behavior is stirring fears of a war with Iran.
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Axios
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Once again, Tillerson and Trump aren't seeing eye to eye. This time on Saudi Arabia.
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