US Patriots Couldn’t Repel Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities Due to Low Efficiency – Russian MoD Source

Saudi Aramco refineries were hit hard in a drone attack, claimed by Yemeni Houthis, crippling Saudi crude output for several days. In the wake of the attack, US military command for the Middle East suggested sending more air defence missile systems to Saudi Arabia after exisiting ones failed to foil the strike. … Read More >US Patriots Couldn’t Repel Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities Due to Low Efficiency – Russian MoD Source

Three needs company? Alexey Khlebnikov, Middle East expert at the Russian International Affairs Council

The Astana platform for mediation of the Syrian conflict has never been a ‘me three’ club, but over the last couple of months, disagreements between Russia, Turkey, and Iran have become so stark that the leaders don’t even try to conceal them. … Read More >Three needs company? Alexey Khlebnikov, Middle East expert at the Russian International Affairs Council

Russian aggression… in a galaxy far away? NATO maritime experts sought to secure mysterious ‘Sea of Asimov’

A NATO maritime expert discovered a conflict hotspot, as crucial as the Persian Gulf, that no one else has heard of. Apparently, the mysterious “Sea of Asimov” urgently needs NATO’s protection. The error was later corrected. … Read More >Russian aggression… in a galaxy far away? NATO maritime experts sought to secure mysterious ‘Sea of Asimov’

‘You can start it, but how do you end it?’ Actual war in Gulf would be DEVASTATING and neither Iran nor Saudis really want one

For all the sound and fury coming from Saudi Arabia, a shooting war in the Gulf is not something Tehran or Riyadh want. Both US and its allies know that Iran is a much tougher nut to crack than Yemen, but can’t admit so publicly. … Read More >‘You can start it, but how do you end it?’ Actual war in Gulf would be DEVASTATING and neither Iran nor Saudis really want one