Saudi Arabia renewed contacts for signing a defense alliance agreement with the United States, which it froze following the war between Israel and Hamas.
According to the sources, talks on the matter took place this month in the city of Al-Ula © Mena Today
Saudi Arabia renewed contacts for signing a defense alliance agreement with the United States, which it froze following the war between Israel and Hamas, Bloomberg reported, citing sources familiar with the talks.
According to the sources, talks on the matter took place this month in the city of Al-Ula in northwestern Saudi Arabia, and were attended by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and several U.S. senators.
The defense alliance was supposed to be included as part of a package deal, which would include, among other things, normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia. (Ynet)
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militants fired on Saudi oil installations in two ports on the Red Sea coast on Saturday, but the United States held back from launching air strikes on Iran itself for the first night in two weeks.
Yemen is edging towards the resumption of a more than decade-old frozen conflict, Yemeni officials, Western diplomats and analysts say, as attacks on Saudi infrastructure and shipping by Iran-aligned Houthis test the patience of the kingdom and the Yemeni government forces it backs.
Residents began entering the southern Lebanese town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh on Friday, some inspecting damaged homes and searching for belongings after Israeli troops withdrew and the Lebanese army deployed under a U.S.-brokered agreement.
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