NewzSaudi Arabia warned of a “hostile aerial threat” and issued a string of emergency alerts across the kingdom overnight, including the first alert in its capital since an escalation in fighting with Iran-backed rebels in neighboring Yemen.Meanwhile, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said Tehran has sent Washington its conditions for ending the war via Qatar, a key mediator. Israeli strikes killed three people in Gaza. And Israel's military said it struck Hezbollah targets across several areas in southern Lebanon.Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Saturday.
Full coverage is available here.Explosion heard in Saudi capital after alertsAt least one explosion was heard in Riyadh after the first alert for the Saudi capital since the latest escalation in fighting with Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Residents near the airport said they saw a plume of smoke later in the morning.No casualties or damage were reported. Saudi authorities did not comment and didn't say what prompted the alerts, but they previously reported intercepting Houthi missiles and drones.Iran awaits US response to its conditions for ending the warThe head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, told Al Jazeera in an interview that Iran is waiting for President Donald Trump's response after Tehran conveyed its conditions for ending the war via Qatar.It was not clear when the conditions were shared.
Rezaei said they include ending the war on all fronts, releasing assets seized from Iran and ending the U.S. Earlier U.S.-Iran negotiations fell apart.He also said Iran wants the fighting involving Yemen and Saudi Arabia to end.Iran executes man accused of spying for IsraelIran's state TV said a man identified as Hossein Pedram was executed after being convicted on charges of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad.The report said Pedram shared classified information on “sensitive military sites” in Iran's Isfahan province. It didn't say how he accessed the information.
He was reportedly arrested after those sites, which included missile bases, were targeted in last year's 12-day air war by the U.S. and Israel.A recent surge of executions in Iran prompted an international outcry by rights groups.US military says oil is flowing through the Strait of HormuzThe head of U.S. Central Command said the military has su…
Full coverage is available here.Alerts sound across Saudi Arabia over aerial threatAt least one explosion was heard in Riyadh after the first alert for the Saudi capital since the latest escalation in fighting with Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels.No casualties or damage were reported. Saudi authorities didn't say what prompted the alerts, but they previously reported intercepting Houthi missiles and drones.Iran executes man accused of spying for IsraelIran's state TV said a man identified as Hossein Pedram was executed after being convicted on charges of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad.The report said Pedram shared classified information on “sensitive military sites” in Iran's Isfahan province. Central Command said the military has supported the transit of 1 billion barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz over the past two months and claimed that Iran has “exported zero barrels” because of a U.S.
Brad Cooper said the strait's primary transit lanes have been cleared of mines, and the volume of oil, natural gas and cargo transiting over the past two weeks is the highest it has been in six months — or shortly after the war began with U.S. and Israeli strikes.But monitors say shipping traffic remains well below prewar levels. Iran continues to attack ships as it asserts control over the waterway through which about one-fifth of the world’s traded oil and natural gas passed before the war.Israeli strikes kill 3 men in GazaGaza’s Health Ministry and …
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