Gulf

Oil loadings at the Red Sea port of Yanbu were suspended, sources told Reuters, while Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline remained offline after attacks on the kingdom’s energy infrastructure.

A source from within CENTCOM confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that it hosted senior military leaders from eight countries at a closed conference in Germany last week.

Trump had said last week that the US could hit Pickaxe Mountain and urged Iran to be cautious.

The gathering is scheduled to be held on Monday in the Omani coastal city of Salalah, the report said, citing two people briefed on the matter.

If the Iranian regime doesn’t collapse, that doesn’t mean change is stymied. In fact, a blockaded and weakened Iran may not be able to support its proxies as much.

Iran’s latest threats against the US coincided with slower shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, as concerns persist over attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure.

UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash said Abu Dhabi would not accept threats to its energy exports or unilateral control of the Strait of Hormuz.

Rezaei added that maps of ships' passage in the Strait of Hormuz which had been agreed upon with Oman would also be signed in coming days.

"From now on, any attack against Iran’s interests and security will receive a faster, heavier, and more painful response,” Ghalibaf said in a speech published on his Telegram channel.

The managing editor of the ultra-conservative Kayhan newspaper insisted that disrupting or cutting off the internet cables was a “necessary measure” to respond to the “crimes of America."