September 2019 – Page 15 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

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Saudi air defenses like Patriot & Aegis don’t match their advertised properties, unfit for real combat – Russian Army

Posted on September 19, 2019September 20, 2019By Editor

Multiple Patriot launchers, Aegis destroyers and radars are guarding Saudi skies, but they failed to stop a massive strike on an oilfield because their actual properties aren’t what the US advertises, a Russian Army source says. … Read More >Saudi air defenses like Patriot & Aegis don’t match their advertised properties, unfit for real combat – Russian Army

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Give or take allies: US pulls $160mn pledged to Afghanistan, citing widespread corruption

Posted on September 19, 2019September 20, 2019By Editor

The US will withhold a total of $160 million destined for projects and initiatives in Afghanistan. Washington says the move and timing is totally due to them finding out the cash will be squandered by Kabul. … Read More >Give or take allies: US pulls $160mn pledged to Afghanistan, citing widespread corruption

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Iraq will not join anti-Iran maritime mission, rejects Israel’s involvement

Posted on September 19, 2019September 20, 2019By Editor

As Saudi Arabia and the United States build support for an international maritime security mission in the Persian Gulf, Iraq has ruled out participating. … Read More >Iraq will not join anti-Iran maritime mission, rejects Israel’s involvement

Op-ed

Washington’s Iran policy is backstreet thuggery masquerading as statecraft

Posted on September 19, 2019September 20, 2019By Editor

The war drums beating in Washington, Riyadh, and Tel Aviv when it comes to Iran have not been this loud since the lead-up to the war in Iraq in 2003. … Read More >Washington’s Iran policy is backstreet thuggery masquerading as statecraft

Iran Demands to See Proof of its Culpability in Attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Aramco

Posted on September 19, 2019September 20, 2019By Editor

The day before, the Saudi Defence Ministry organised a news conference to show journalists what it described as an Iranian cruise missile and Delta Wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). … Read More >Iran Demands to See Proof of its Culpability in Attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Aramco

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

Posted on September 19, 2019September 20, 2019By Editor

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

Saudi Arabia up in Flames: Riyadh Is Headed for a Major Disaster

Posted on September 19, 2019October 30, 2019By Editor

On Saturday September 14, Yemen’s Houthi rebels announced that they had conducted a massive attack on several Aramco plants in Saudi Arabia, including the largest oil refinery in the world in Abqaiq, using 10 drones. … Read More >Saudi Arabia up in Flames: Riyadh Is Headed for a Major Disaster

Shows

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

Posted on September 19, 2019October 30, 2019By Editor

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

Airbus to boost cooperation with China, Tianjin to be firm’s manufacturing center in Asia

Posted on September 19, 2019December 1, 2020By Editor

Airbus has announced plans to enhance its long-term collaboration with China’s aviation industry, ramping up single-aisle production at its Tianjin final assembly line and forming new ties with Chinese suppliers. … Read More >Airbus to boost cooperation with China, Tianjin to be firm’s manufacturing center in Asia

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

Posted on September 19, 2019September 20, 2019By Editor

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’