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- CENTCOM: US Navy guided-missile destroyers had entered Gulf
- Also said two US-flagged MVs had crossed through the strait
- Bessent: “We have absolute control of the Strait”
- Incident comes after the UAE was attacked on Monday by Iran for the first time since a fragile ceasefire took hold in early April
- In high-level discussion hosted by Council for Arab-British Understanding, Arab News editor reflects on the mood in KSA and wider GCC, unpacking the regions latest developments
- Abbas stresses the UK’s special relationship with Saudi Arabia, pushing back against the perception that London has been absent from the current crisis
- Japan, which depends on the Middle East for around 95 percent of its oil imports, has tried to diversify sources of energy procurement since the outbreak of war
- Hezbollah’s supporters condemned what they considered the ridiculing of leader Naim Qassem
- The group also called on supporters not to be “drawn into” the controversy “orchestrated by the enemies of the resistance“
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