Latest Saudi Arabia Defense News: Saudi Aramco Shuts Ras Tanura Refinery After Devastating Drone Strike
A single swarm of silent drones pierced Saudi Arabia’s most heavily guarded oil fortress — and in seconds, the world’s energy lifeline was no longer safe. In a stark reminder of evolving regional security dynamics, Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Saudi Aramco, temporarily shut down the Ras Tanura refinery after a confirmed drone strike impacted the facility on March 2, 2026. The operation, located on the Gulf coast and one of the kingdom’s most critical oil export hubs, was halted as a precaution amid escalating Gulf tensions after a wave of…
Saudi Arabia outpaces India to become top defence importer: IHS
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia overtook India to become the world's biggest weapons importer in 2014, a year when global defence trade rose for the sixth straight year to a record $64.4 billion, research company IHS said on Sunday. The growth in supplies was due to expanding demand from emerging economies for military aircraft and rising tensions in the Middle East and Asia Pacific, IHS, a provider of global market and economic information, said. The United States remained the top defence export er in 2014, ahead of Russia, …
Netanyahu says Israel could be headed to early election
Israel i Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, enmeshed in a cabinet crisis, said on Monday he would call an early national election unless rebellious ministers stopped attacking government policies. His coalition, dominated by the right-wing, is split on a range of issues, including the 2015 budget, high living costs, policy towards the Palestinians and a Jewish nation-state bill that critics say discriminates against Israel 's Arab minority. The divisions have prompted speculation that Netanyahu will bring forward an election that …
Israel’s Arabs in fear as politics shifts to the right
Accusation: Arab the poster reads, alongside the image of a smiling young man, Kheir Hamdan, who was shot in the back in Kufr Kana in Israel ’s northern Galilee region while walking away from police after a night-time clash last month. The shooting, captured on CCTV, caused days of unrest in Galilee, which is largely Arab, and prompted accusations that police could have used non-lethal methods to subdue the man. “Because he was an Arab, he was executed,” claims Raouf Hamdan, his father. “They would never do this with a Jew.” High q…
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