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Has Beijing started planning for the slightly longer transport route to the Western electric car market around Africa if the Suez Canal were to be blocked by the Houthi rebels?
Iran: Pauses attacks as long as the U.S. does. Iran says it will stop the attacks as long as the U.S. bombing pause continues, Reuters writes. This comes at the same time as the U.S. has put its attacks on hold over the weekend.
The U.S. says this is to continue diplomatic talks. But at the same time, reports are coming in that advisors to President Donald Trump have told him that the weapons stockpile is running out. See the article on SVT News.
Iran: Tanker has hit mines in Hormuz. An explosion reportedly occurred when the tanker tried to take a route through the strait that wasn’t approved by Iran and ran into a deployed sea mine, writes the Qatar-based channel. Iranian authorities have warned against trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz without coordinating with the country. See the article on SVT Nyheter.
Saudi Arabia: Has stopped drones from Iraq. Saudi Arabia's air defense said on Monday that they have stopped and destroyed drones from Iraq that tried to target oil facilities in the kingdom's eastern province and Riyadh. This was reported by the news agency Reuters.
Saudi Arabia claims that the drones were launched by Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq. At the same time, Yemen's Iran-allied Houthi rebels say they have attacked a number of 'sensitive crude oil supply and transport facilities.' According to the group's military spokesperson Yahya Saree, it was in response to what he describes as Saudi drones in Yemeni airspace. See the report on SVT News.