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#Saudi#Arabia🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia is one of the most mysterious countries of the Persian Gulf. For a long time it was closed for travelers: only Muslim battleships could go here. However, not so long ago the situation has changed, and obtaining a visa from a complex quest has turned into a simple and understandable procedure. The turning point in the tourist fate of Saudi Arabia happened in 2019.

🔤🔤🔤🔤2️⃣ Saudi Arabia and Iran, claiming leadership roles of the Sunni and Shia Islamic worlds respectively, have long been regional rivals. According to a leaked US state department cable, the crown prince’s paternal uncle King Abdullah urged the US military in 2008 to “cut off the head of the snake”, a reference to the theocratic regime in Tehran. Khalid Aljabri, a Saudi exile commentator, said in recent years the kingdom’s preference had been a negotiated solution to the standoff over Iran’s nuclear and missile programmes. However, Trump and Netanyahu launched the joint attack in the midst of talks focused on nuclear limits. “In this scenario, when the war occurs anyway and escalation is happening anyway, a partially degraded Iran, a wounded lion, would be more unpredictable and more dangerous. The policy was don’t start the war, but if you start it, finish the job,” said Aljabri, a US-based cardiologist who is the son of Saad. The crown prince solidified his hold on power by cultivating a close relationship with Trump, but will now have to rethink Saudi reliance on the US for its security, observers have argued. “MBS [Mohammed bin Salman] has lost the bet on all his investments over the last several years,” Ellie Geranmayeh, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations said. “He financially invested in Trump and Trump’s family and his corporation and his White House, but at the end of the day the views of the Saudis and of the whole Gulf have been sidelined by the wishes of Benjamin Netanyahu.” Prince Mohammed had begun to recalibrate his position after a missile attack on a Saudi oil facility in 2019, which Riyadh blamed on Iran. The US, under the first Trump presidency, offered verbal support but did not carry out the reprisals the Saudis were demanding. After the US refused to come to their defence, the Saudis pivoted to hug Iran close, in the hope it wouldn’t lash out against them in a conflict,” Geranmayeh said. “Now the war has started and MBS lost the bet that Iran wouldn’t retaliate, he has reportedly urged the US to end the Iranian threat once and for all. So Saudi Arabia is now facing the conundrum of whether to get more involved.” The United Arab Emirates has seen its oil exports comprehensively blocked and has openly called for a decisive military defeat of Iran. The UAE ambassador to Washington, Yousef Al Otaiba, wrote in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday: “A simple ceasefire isn’t enough. We need a conclusive outcome that addresses Iran’s full range of threats.” Saudi Arabia, with its Red Sea export option, still has something to lose and has not overtly called for more bombing. Its active military participation could bring forth a more punishing Iranian response targeting its Red Sea oil pipeline, quite possibly in collaboration with the Houthis. “Once the bombs stop falling there will be some deep thinking in Riyadh,” Geranmayeh said. “It is not about pushing the US away but about having more options.” #saudi#arabia#iran#mohammed#salman#trump 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸

Mohammed ben Salman Is Coaxing Trump Into the Total War Against Iran 🔤🔤🔤🔤1️⃣ Saudi Arabia has urged the US to ramp up attacks on Iran, a Saudi intelligence source has confirmed, while it is weighing a decision on whether to join the fight directly. The Saudi source confirmed reporting in the New York Times that said the kingdom’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has urged Donald Trump not to cut short his war against Iran, and that the US-Israeli campaign represented a “historic opportunity” to remake the Middle East. The intelligence source said Riyadh was not just calling for the military campaign to be continued, but to be intensified. Trump appeared to confirm the report about the crown prince’s role, telling journalists on Tuesday: “Yeah, he’s a warrior. He’s fighting with us.” There are no reports of active Saudi military involvement in the nearly four-week-old war so far, but a Saudi political analyst said the kingdom would be likely to take that step if peace efforts led by Pakistan failed. “What matters now is Iran’s decision,” Mohammed Alhamed, a Saudi geopolitical analyst, said. “If Iran engages seriously, there is still a path to contain escalation. If it rejects the conditions and continues its attacks, the threshold for Saudi action will be crossed.” Alhamed added that Saudi Arabia “is not reacting impulsively”. “It is calibrating its response and preparing for a scenario where escalation, if it happens, will be deliberate and decisive,” he said, adding that Riyadh “has not been pushing for war.” Saudi Arabia has come under attack from Iranian drones, as part of Tehran’s response to the US-Israeli attack on 28 February. One drone strike a week ago hit an oil refinery in Yanbu on Saudi Red Sea coast. Saudi Arabia’s ability to transport its oil exports by pipeline to the Red Sea has meant it is not as vulnerable as its neighbours to Iran’s tactic of imposing a near-total blockade on oil tanker shipments leaving the Gulf through the strait of Hormuz. The attack on Yanbu signalled an Iranian warning that it could also threaten that economic lifeline. That threat would be multiplied if Iran’s allies in Yemen, the Houthi movement, joined the war with its own missile arsenal. “I believe that Saudi Arabia still maintains cautious neutrality in the Iran-Israel-US war,” Hesham Alghannam, a Saudi defence expert told Agence France-Presse. But he added: “If the Houthis strike Saudi assets, Riyadh may shift toward defensive coalition support or limited retaliation.” #saudi#arabia#iran#mohammed#salman#trump 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸

I recenti attacchi alle raffinerie saudite hanno evidenziato una notevole vulnerabilità delle strutture saudite e posto interrogativi anche sull affidabilità dei sistemi antimissile Patriot – di produzione statunitense – a cui ne è stata affidata la difesa. In questo senso, l’attacco alle raffinerie saudite rappresenta un duro colpo alla credibilità degli Stati Uniti, segnando inoltre un punto di svolta nella guerra dello #Yemen: un conflitto in cui ormai da anni si fronteggiano le forze governative – sostenute da #Arabia Saudita, #Emirati Arabi e #StatiUniti – e i ribelli #Houti sostenuti dall’#Iran. Un conflitto rispetto al quale l’Arabia Saudita non ha, per il momento, ammorbidito la propria linea oltranzista, nonostante le oltre 70.000 vittime già prodotte dal conflitto, la più grave crisi umanitaria attualmente esistente sul pianeta – secondo l’ ONU –, ed un atteggiamento ormai quasi disfattista da parte degli Emirati Arabi. Il mio articolo per l'Atlante geopolitico di Treccani http://www.treccani.it/magazine/atlante/geopolitica/Il_Vicino_Oriente_dopo_gli_attacchi_alle_raffinerie_saudite.html

Tutti parlano di Medio Oriente, ma pochi guardano alla cartina che da anni gira nei circoli israeliani: quella della Grande Israele. Un progetto che non si ferma alla Palestina, ma guarda oltre, fino al Nilo e all’Eufrate. La questione non è più solo la Palestina: è l’intera regione che rischia di trasformarsi in una gigantesca colonia occidentale. 🗺 Capire il disegno: chi lo sostiene, chi lo subisce, e cosa comporta per l’equilibrio globale? #israele#palestina#mediooriente#geopolitica#grandisrael#arabworld#usa#sionismo#guerra#occupazione#nilo#eufrate#oilpolitics#arabia#iran#egitto#libano#siria#geopolitics#globalorder#colonialismo Il resto delle slide al link: https://www.instagram.com/p/DNp3P4kM51Q/?img_index=1