U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is starting to send personnel back to some diplomatic missions in the Middle East that were evacuated or downsized amid tensions with Iran, Reuters reported.
Iran has not been officially invited to join the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei said.
Türkiye and other countries have strongly condemned the Israeli military's airstrikes on a Syrian airbase.
U.S. President Donald Trump said some of U.S. allies in the Middle East have taken a "semi-neutral" stance in the armed conflict between the United States and Iran.
Saudi Aramco facilities could face further attacks by the Houthis, who are believed to be ready to strike all oil‑related infrastructure.
The Houthis from Yemen's rebel Ansar Allah movement carried out a drone strike on a Jazan oil refinery belonging to the Saudi state-owned company Saudi Aramco, the rebel-controlled SABA news agency reported, citing a military source.
The Houthis have claimed an attack on a Saudi warship and four escorting vessels in the Red Sea.
The U.S. views the Mecca Agreement as a demonstration of how Middle Eastern states are uniting and can defend themselves, U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Thirteen countries have officially joined the Saudi-led Multinational Maritime Defense Coalition (MMDC), aimed at ensuring security in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea, according to the Saudi Defense Ministry.
A Saudi Aramco oil refinery in southern Saudi Arabia has been attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels using drones.
Companies from Saudi Arabia and Oman have opened a new logistics corridor spanning over 500 kilometres to boost supply chain efficiency between the two countries.
Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia are open to expanding their new Middle Eastern defense alliance, Ankara said.
Pakistan is committed to strengthening cooperation with Saudi Arabia on maritime security.
A small cargo ship was attacked on Tuesday by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, killing three crew members, said two Yemeni coast guard sources and two military officials in the government.
Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia have agreed to hold joint military exercises and exchange expertise and defense technologies under a new defense pact, according to the Turkish outlet Türkiye.
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye have signed a joint defence agreement, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said, deepening security cooperation amid heightened military tensions and conflicts in the Middle East.
Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Saudi Arabia on Friday for a one-day working visit.
Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan are set to sign a trilateral defense agreement on Friday, Reuters reported, citing security sources.
Eleven people, including a woman and a four-year-old child, were injured as a result of an attack by Houthis of Qatar's Ansar Allah rebel movement on Saudi Arabia’s Najran, Saudi-led coalition spokesman Major General Turki Al-Maliki reported.
U.S. imports of Saudi Arabian oil dropped to zero in July, the first time that’s happened for an entire month since 1985, as the U.S.-Iran conflict all but shut down Persian Gulf crude flows, Bloomberg quoted preliminary government data as saying.
