The foreign ministers of the Gulf countries and the European Union (EU) strongly condemned the unjustified Iranian attacks targeting GCC states, considering them a direct threat to regional and global security. In a joint statement issued after an extraordinary meeting, the ministers called on Iran to immediately halt its attacks.
A United States submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship in international waters off Sri Lanka’s southern coast on Wednesday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed, in an incident that has heightened tensions in the Indian Ocean.
Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday that an attempted drone strike targeted the Ras Tanura Refinery, the Kingdom’s largest oil processing facility, but caused no damage and did not disrupt supplies.
An emergency GCC-EU Ministerial Meeting will be held tomorrow (March 5), reported SPA citing Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Albudaiwi. The meeting will bring together, the foreign ministers of the GCC states and the European Union (EU) member states.
The Government of Dubai has confirmed that firefighting teams successfully extinguished the fire that broke out on a huge Kuwaiti oil tanker after an Iranian drone attack off Dubai waters early on Tuesday.
US President Donald Trump has said in an interview with Financial Times that he wanted to "take the oil in Iran" and could seize the export hub of Kharg Island.
The UAE's Emirates Global Aluminium has said the company’s Al Taweelah site sustained significant damage during the Iranian missile and drone attacks at Khalifa Economic Zone Abu Dhabi.
Oil prices continued their upward climb on Monday, as markets focused on escalating geopolitical risks in the Middle East despite renewed assertions by US President Donald Trump that talks with Iran remain under way and could still lead to a diplomatic breakthrough.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared that the Strait of Hormuz was “closed” and that any vessel attempting to pass through the waterway would be set “ablaze.”
The United States embassy in Saudi capital Riyadh was targeted by two drones, Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry has announced. The ministry said that the incident sparked a small fire and resulted in minor damage to the building, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
