Iranian-backed Houthi strikes over the weekend on Saudi Arabia‘s Yanbu Red Sea terminal and the Jazan refinery matter less for the damage inflicted than for what they reveal: the vulnerability of the kingdom’s oil export safety valve, analysts told AGBI. While there is no evidence of shipment disruption, experts say …

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on July 25 at a meeting with Vladimir Putin offered him to stop the war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russian military plants buy in Kazakhstan all the ceramics made of beryllium, indispensable for military radars, The Insider found out. Exports of products from this chemical compound …

Key Takeaways Recent attacks on regional states by Iran’s proxies and partners enable Iran to maintain plausible deniability while continuing to advance its objective of coercing the United States to end the war in terms favorable to Iran, which include accepting Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi Arabia …