Saudi Arabia Keeps Major Energy Conferences on Schedule After Airport Attack
Organizers say international energy conferences in Riyadh will proceed despite a deadly airport attack that disrupted flights and heightened security concerns.
Organizers say international energy conferences in Riyadh will proceed despite a deadly airport attack that disrupted flights and heightened security concerns.
A tanker attack north of Qatar and a rising number of incidents around the Strait of Hormuz have renewed concerns about energy supplies and maritime security.
Yemen’s Houthis have attacked Aden International Airport with missiles and drones as renewed fighting spreads around strategic Red Sea routes.
Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have activated collective-defence measures providing for the rapid deployment of agreed forces and capabilities after escalating Houthi attacks.
Senior Turkish, Saudi and Pakistani officials are meeting in Riyadh to review regional security and advance the institutional structure of their joint defence alliance.
Turkey’s parliament speaker says the defence agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan could expand to include other Muslim-majority states, including Iran.
Paris is working with Washington on a Security Council proposal intended to restore safe commercial navigation through the strategic waterway.
The U.S. president expressed optimism about diplomacy while maintaining that Washington will not accept an Iranian nuclear weapon.
Foreign ministers from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Pakistan condemned Houthi attacks and called for safe navigation and renewed diplomacy.
Foreign ministers condemned attacks on Saudi Arabia and civilian shipping, warning that further escalation threatens international trade.