US - Israel - Iran War


President Donald Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The people, who were not authorized to comment publicly about the yet to be formally announced decision, said the agreement is expected to be announced publicly as early as Wednesday.

The deal is expected to last 30 years and is also expected to involve U.S. firms in developing the program. The deal could allow for the building of a uranium enrichment facility in Saudi Arabia following a joint U.S.-Saudi study.

But the deal, which is expected to be submitted to Congress for review, could face headwinds among lawmakers who fear that helping the Saudis fulfill their long-standing desire to enrich their own uranium would open new rounds of nuclear proliferation and competition.

 

Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that its coalition forces struck Houthi militia in Yemen after the Iran-backed group claimed to have attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea earlier in the week.

Air defenses in Saudi Arabia reportedly intercepted two ballistic missiles from Yemen.

The latest salvos appeared to indicate an escalation in fighting in a second front in the Iran war.

The Saudi strikes “focused solely on legitimate military targets that the terrorist Houthi militia uses to threaten commercial vessels in the Red Sea,” Major General Turki Al-Malki, spokesperson for the Saudi-led Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, said in a statement.

On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would hold Iran responsible for further attacks by the Houthis, after the militant group said it had struck the Saudi tankers.
 
I didn't know Russia had weapons to spare, The last I heard they were buying from Iran and Nth Korea
Doesn't say what direction it was travelling in but now it's heading downwards.

This is interesting. If Iran strikes Ukraine they'll get a nasty surprise. Ukraine is in an existential war and won't hold back and Iran virtually has no air defences left. Ukraine will take out all their refineries and power stations in 24 hours.


They destroyed 2 ships apparently.


Both were sanctioned Russian cargo ships, not Iranian.Port Olya 2 (IMO 9481881): Sailed under the Russian flag (MMSI 273379120)Begey (IMO 8943210): Sailed under the Russian flag (MMSI 273421560)Both were Russian-owned, Russian-named ships.
 
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