Saudi Arabia prepares F-15 Strike Eagle to strike Iran after repeated violations of sovereignty by Iran. Iran has been pounding Saudi, Qatari and Emirati oil fields since the beginning of the Iran war.
A source close to Global Defence Corp said that a Saudi embassy official told the Trump administration and the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. that the Saudi Air Force will join the fight with Israel and the U.S. to strike Iran.
Saudi Arabia has long sought to be the dominant power in the Middle East, and there is speculation that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman himself urged President Donald Trump to go ahead with the bombing of Iran on February 28. But in the past few years, the kingdom has been softening its stance towards its formal rival, and Saudi Arabia has been diversifying its economy away from oil production.
Saudi Arabia informed Iran’s military attache, his assistant and three members of the embassy staff that they must leave the kingdom within 24 hours after being declared persona non grata, the Saudi foreign ministry said on Saturday, citing what it described as continued Iranian attacks on Saudi territory.
Saudi Arabia has come under attack by hundreds of Iranian missiles and drones since the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran, the vast majority of which have been intercepted, authorities said.
Early Sunday morning, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense said three ballistic missiles had been detected around the capital.
“One missile was intercepted, while the other two fell in an uninhabited area,” a spokesperson for the ministry posted on social media.
The ministry said in a statement that continued Iranian attacks would lead to further escalation and have “significant consequences” for current and future relations. It has repeatedly condemned the attacks, which have been aimed at places including Riyadh’s foreign embassy district as well as a refinery.
The war, which has seen Tehran attack Gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia, has also disrupted oil and natural gas exports from the Middle East and forced production stoppages.
Last week, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry ordered Iran’s military and security attaches, along with their staff, to leave the country within 24 hours, following an attack on that country’s massive natural gas facility.
US President Donald Trump has pushed back his deadline for Iran to allow the Strait of Hormuz to reopen by five days, citing progress in talks.
As the countdown towards his original 48-hour deadline ticked closer to its final 12 hours on Monday night (AEDT), Trump said the countries had “very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East” over the past two days.
“Based on the tenor and tone of these in depth, detailed, and constructive conversations, witch (sic) will continue throughout the week, I have instructed the Department of War to postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five day period, subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions,” he said in an all caps Truth Social post.
Iran had warned it would strike electrical plants across the Middle East if Trump followed through on his threat to bomb power stations threatened to mine the whole Persian Gulf if it was invaded.
The Monday warning by Tehran put at risk both electrical supplies and water in the Gulf Arab states, particularly as the desert nations commingle their power stations with desalination plants crucial for supplying drinking water.
Over the weekend, Iran launched missiles targeting Dimona in Israel, near a facility key to its long-suspected atomic weapons program. The Israeli facility was not damaged in the barrage.
Tehran says it will mine Persian Gulf if invaded
As concerns grow in Tehran about the potential arrival of US Marines in the region, Iran’s Defence Council warned against the idea of an invasion.
“Any attempt by the enemy to target Iran’s coasts or islands will, naturally and in accordance with established military practice, lead to the mining of all access routes … in the Persian Gulf and along the coasts,” it said in a statement.
The US has been trying to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, to energy shipments. The Marines could come ashore to seize either islands or territory in Iran to support that mission. Israel also has suggested a ground operation could take part in the war.
Trump had said the US would attack Iran’s power stations unless the country releases its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz. His self-declared 48-hour deadline was set to expire on Tuesday morning (AEDT) before he extended it late on Monday.
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