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UN, US Seek Funding to Save Safer Tanker off Yemen

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stressed on Sunday its support to all international efforts aimed at salvaging the Safer oil tanker that has been moored off the coast of Yemen's Hodeidah for years. Carrying over 1.1 million barrels of crude oil, the FSO Safer tanker’s long-term presence in the Red…

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UN Unveils Plan to Prevent a Safer Tanker Disaster

The United Nations revealed a "viable" plan to avoid any oil leakages or an explosion of the FSO Safer tanker off Yemen's Red Seas coast. The United Nations announced that the Yemeni government in Aden supports the plan, and the Houthi militia, which controls the oil tanker, agreed to the…

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Bus Crash Near Egypt's Red Sea Kills 3, Including 2 Tourists

At least three people including two Polish tourists were killed when a bus crashed on a highway near the Red Sea, Egypt's state-owned MENA news agency reported. The bus was carrying 21 people, including 19 Polish tourists when it rolled over on the highway linking the two ports of Safaga…

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Australia relaxes summer ban on live sheep exports to Middle East

Risk of significant mortality event if sheep are allowed to be exported through the Red Sea in early June, animal rights activists say

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Egypt, Norway to Work Together on Clean Energy Projects

Egypt and Norway on Thursday signed an agreement for several projects to enhance their cooperation in developing renewable energy. The 27th UN Climate Change Conference will be held in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in November. “The excellent relations between our countries are broad," Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken…

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Egypt, Qatar Sign $5 Billion in Investment Deals

Egypt and Qatar have agreed to sign investment deals worth $5 billion, the Egyptian cabinet said in a statement on Tuesday. The cabinet gave no details of the investments and partnerships, announced during a visit to Cairo by the Qatari ministers of foreign affairs and finance, saying only that they…

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Motor Racing-Perez Takes Stunning First Career Pole in Saudi Arabia

Mexican Sergio Perez roared to a first career Formula One pole position on Saturday. The Red Bull driver left his best for last as he lapped the 6.1-km long Jeddah Corniche circuit on the banks of the Red Sea in one minute 28.200 seconds. The lap, 0.025 seconds quicker than…

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Saudi civil defence puts out fires at fuel storage tanks hit by Houthis

Saudi Arabia's civil defence has extinguished fires at two fuel storage tanks in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah that were hit in an attack by Yemen's Houthis, state television reported on Saturday.

Reuters

Saudi-led coalition sets deadline for Houthi weapons withdrawal from Sanaa airport -Al Arabiya

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen on Saturday set the Iran-aligned group Houthis a three-hour deadline to withdraw weapons from the airport of Sanaa and from two ports on the Red Sea, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV reported.

Reuters

Saudi airstrikes hit Yemen 's Houthis after Jiddah attack

Officials say a Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have unleashed a barrage of airstrikes on the capital and a strategic Red Sea city

The Independent UK

Huge plume of black smoke seen rising in the Red Sea city of Jeddah - witnesses

A huge plume of black smoke was seen rising in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea city of Jeddah, where oil giant Aramco has several oil facilities, witnesses said on Friday.

Reuters

Arab Coalition Foils Houthi Plan to Target Oil Tankers in the Red Sea

The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen destroyed two explosive-laden Houthi boats on Wednesday thwarting an attack on giant oil tankers in the Red Sea. The coalition said the attempt to launch the two boats was prepared from the Hodeidah governorate, and that the Houthi militia is escalating its hostile…

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Saudi-led coalition foils Houthi attack on oil tankers -Saudi state TV

The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen destroyed two explosive-laden boats on Wednesday which the Iran-aligned group was planning to use in attacks on oil tankers in the south of the Red Sea, Saudi state TV reported.

Reuters

Arab Coalition Destroys Booby-trapped Vessel in Yemen's Hodeidah, Thwarts Imminent Attack

The Saudi-led Arab coalition said Sunday that it had destroyed a booby-trapped vessel off the coast of Hodeidah in Yemen, thwarting an imminent attack in the Red Sea. The coalition said it had destroyed 106 booby-trapped vessels so far in the southern Red Sea. "Our efforts have helped protect international…

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Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says thwarts attack aimed at Jeddah

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Sunday it had intercepted and destroyed a "hostile air target" which was aimed towards the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi state media reported.

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US Condemns Houthi Attack in Saudi Arabia

US National security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that the United States condemns the attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen on civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia. "The Houthis launch these terrorist attacks with enabling by Iran, which supplies them with missile and UAV components, training, and expertise.…

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Israel to Start Direct Flights to Egypt's Sharm In April

Israel is to launch direct flights to Sharm el-Sheikh on Egypt's Red Sea coast next month, in an expansion of air links between the two countries, officials said Wednesday. "The route from Ben Gurion International Airport to Sharm el-Sheikh will open soon.

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Sudan: Hemedti Denies Signing Any Deal on Red Sea Ports

The leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, generally referred to as Hemedti, has denied rumors of him seeking an agreement for Port Sudan during his visit to the Red Sea state. This comes a few days after Hemedti had returned from a controversial visit to…

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EU Blacklists Yemen’s Houthis, Freezes Group’s Assets

In a move welcomed by the Yemeni government, the European Union blacklisted the Houthis, freezing the militias’ assets, only days after a similar Arab resolution and a UN Security Council resolution described the group as a terrorist organization. The EU’s decision was made against the backdrop of Houthis attacking civilian…

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Egypt, Norway’s Scatec Sign MOU on Green Ammonia Project

Egypt has signed a memorandum of understanding for a $5 billion project with Norway’s Scatec (SCATC.OL) to build its first green ammonia plant in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, the cabinet said on Thursday. The green ammonia plant near the Red Sea port and industrial zone of Ain Sokhna would…

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Cypriot Defense Minister to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Look Forward to Establishing Defense Cooperation with Saudi Arabia

Cypriot Defense Minister Charalambos Petrides revealed his country’s intention to conclude imminent bilateral agreements with Saudi Arabia on defense, military and security cooperation. He stressed the need to enhance the maritime security of waterways in the eastern Mediterranean, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the Arabian Gulf and the…

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UN Silent, Yemen Govt Skeptical of Houthi Claims of Deal over Safer Tanker

The Iran-backed Houthi militias claimed they have signed an agreement with the United Nations to deal with a decaying oil tanker threatening to spill 1.1 million barrels of crude oil off the war-torn country's coast. The UN has yet to confirm the deal and the legitimate government expressed its skepticism…

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Sudan's Hemedti Says Open to Russian Naval Base Accord

The deputy head of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, said his country had no problem with Russia or any other country establishing a naval base on its Red Sea coast, provided that it doesn't threaten national security. The General was speaking on arrival in Khartoum…

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Israel, US Forces Hold Joint Military Drill over Red Sea

Israeli and US air forces concluded their joint drills over the Red Sea to improve their capabilities in confronting and shooting down drones. The Israeli Army Radio (Galei Tzaha) reported that the Israeli Air Force and its US counterpart had recently carried out air maneuvers over the Red Sea. The…

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Hemedti Says Sudan Should Be Open to Naval Base Accord with Russia, or Others

Sudan's deputy head of state said on Wednesday his country had no problem with Russia or any other country opening a naval base on its Red Sea coast, provided it posed no threat to national security. General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti, deputy head of Sudan's sovereign council,…

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