Tag: Saudi Arabia

World Events on March 19, 2026 [Recommended URL’s]

Some good reading today: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/03/18/everything-everywhere-all-at-once/#more-400212 https://twitter.com/Urgent_RussiaTV/status/2034339479444500683 https://twitter.com/hippyygoat/status/2034405219111440694 March 18, 2026 7:32 pm Middle East Observer What did Iran do tonight? A summary of the events so far: Saudi Arabia: * Riyadh (US aircraft fuel stocks) * Jubail Port in Saudi Arabia * Aramco refinery Bahrain: * Successful strike on King Fahd Bridge (the connection road […]

Choke Point: The Global Economic Consequences of the Persian Gulf Shutdown

How the disruption of oil, liquefied natural gas, and urea exports will cascade through the world economy Larry C. Johnson • March 10, 2026   The Strait of Hormuz: A Single Point of Failure Roughly 20–21 million barrels of oil pass through the Strait of Hormuz every day, representing approximately 20% of global petroleum liquids consumption and […]

Saudi Arabia finds its nuclear umbrella in Pakistan

Sabena Siddiqui TRTWorld September 20, 2025 Marking an elevation of their long-standing military ties, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have recently signed the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA), pledging that “any aggression against either country shall be considered an aggression against both.” As a senior Saudi official explained to Reuters, this is less a sudden pivot than the culmination […]