Riyadh is juggling challeneges as Houthis advance and Iranian negotiations with Gulf states are postponed. Reliance on US CENTCOM grows increasingly important for the Kingdom.
The commissioner for environment and public safety at the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority, Nidal Al-Ouran, said the leak had been contained and that the injuries ranged from minor to moderate.
The United Nations Development Program estimates that 90% of Syrians live below the poverty line, compared with about a third before the Syrian civil war began in 2011.
Ankara’s growing influence in Syria, along with the presence of Turkish forces there, poses a significant risk to Israel, JISS President Prof. Efraim Inbar told The Jerusalem Post.
The Houthis stated that the operation was carried out in response to what they described as more than 300 Saudi airstrikes across Yemen during the previous five days.
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have been conducting strikes and seizing territory throughout the region, prompting serious concern from Gulf nations.
Trump had said last week that the US could hit Pickaxe Mountain and urged Iran to be cautious.
Baghdad’s push to bring armed groups under state control is gaining traction with the YBS, unlike with Iraq’s more powerful, Iranian-backed militias.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi doesn’t seem very focused on consequences for the militias that potentially have caused a huge economic headache for the world.
A lower-level Iranian representative may still address the conference later in the week, but one of Tehran's most senior nuclear officials has been barred from speaking at the opening of the event.
"For Iran, this is a chess game. They plan what comes next. They don't push all their buttons at the same time out of panic," the regional official said.
