Saudi Arabia calls urgent meetings of the regional Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab League to discuss escalating tensions in the Gulf
The USS Lewis B. Puller warship has been deployed to the Arabian Gulf, May 11, 2019 as the US escalate tensions with Iran.
"The difference between us and them is that they are afraid of war and don't have the will for it," Major General Hossein Salami said. A week ago, four oil tankers were targeted in an alleged act of sabotage off the coast of the United Arab Emirates and days after Iran-allied Yemeni rebels claimed a drone attack on a Saudi oil pipeline.
That incident was followed by drone strikes on Tuesday by Yemen's Houthi rebels on a major Saudi oil pipeline, which provided an alternative export route if the Strait of Hormuz closed.
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