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US stands with Saudi Arabia, says Mike Pompeo after meeting Crown Prince
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Sept 19 (ANI): Amidst heightened tensions in the region following the drone attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday met Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman (MBS) and expressed support for the Kingdom's right to defend itsel
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Pompeo describes attack on Saudi oil facilities as 'act of war'
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept 19 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Wednesday termed the drone attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia as an "Iranian attack" while also described it as an "act of war."
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Trump instructs Mnuchin to 'substantially increase' sanctions on Iran
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept 18 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday instructed Steven Mnuchin, the US Secretary of the Treasury to "substantially increase" sanctions on Iran.
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Pompeo departs for Jeddah to discuss drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], Sept 18 (ANI): Amid rising tensions in the Gulf, the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Wednesday embarked on a two-state visit to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
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US embarrassed that $100s of blns of its arms didn't intercept Yemeni fire
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Sept 18 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Javed Zarif on Tuesday hit out at the USA while making an apparent reference to a drone attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and said that it was embarrassing for the US that its arms worth several billion dollars could not intercept
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Amidst heightened tensions, US Secretary of State to visit Saudi Arabia an
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept 18 (ANI): Amidst heightened tensions in the region following a drone attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will embark on a two-day visit to the Middle East.
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China condemns attack on the Saudi Armaco oil facilities
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Sept 17 (ANI): China on Tuesday condemned the drone attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities and called upon all the stakeholders to refrain from escalatory measures that could exacerbate the ongoing tension in the Gulf region.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei rules out talks with US
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Sept 17 (ANI): Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei on Tuesday said that Iran will not hold talks with Washington on any level until it 'changes its behaviour' and returns to Iran's 2015 nuclear deal.
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Initial investigations reveal Iranian weapons were used in attack on Aramc
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Riyadh [Arabia], Sept 17 (ANI): Saudi Arabia on Tuesday (IST) blamed its regional rival Iran for the drone attack on Aramco oil facilities saying that the initial investigations have revealed that the Iranian weapons were used in the attack.
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People of Yemen have right to self-defence: Iranian Prez on drone attacks
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Sept 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that the people of Yemen have a right to self-defence.
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India condemns drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities, opposes terrorism in
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 16 (ANI): India on Monday condemned the drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities run by Saudi Aramco, a state-owned oil enterprise which operates and controls the majority of the kingdom's refinery production and oilfields.
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Houthi rebels threaten more attacks on Saudi oil systems
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 16 (ANI): The Houthi rebels in Yemen on Monday warned of more attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure, two days after drone strikes that interrupted much of the kingdom's oil production heightened tensions between Iran and the United States.
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