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  • U.S. to Press Israel for ‘Pauses’ in War With Hamas

    The push for what American officials call “humanitarian pauses” is one of several subjects Mr. Blinken will raise with Mr. Netanyahu and other officials when he arrives in Israel on Friday for another round of diplomacy amid fierce fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas, the group that controls Gaza.

    Speaking to reporters before boarding a plane on his way to the Middle East, Mr. Blinken said part of his mission would be to help ensure that civilians in Gaza were protected as Israel wages its war.

  • U.S., Qatar to revisit Doha’s ties to Hamas after Gaza hostage crisis

    The United States and Qatar have agreed to revisit the Persian Gulf state’s association with Hamas after resolution of the high-stakes international hostage crisis involving more than 220 people in Gaza, according to four diplomats familiar with the discussions.

  • U.S. sees growing risk of escalation over Gaza war, but rejects calls for a ceasefire

    The United States is expressing growing concern about the prospect for “significant escalation” over the Israel Gaza war, including over a dozen drone attacks by Iran-backed groups targeting U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria the past week, but rejected calls to press Israel for a ceasefire, U.S. officials said today. “Between October 17th and the 24th, U.S. and coalition forces have been attacked at least 10 separate times in Iraq and three separate times in Syria via a mix of one way attack drones and rockets,” Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told journalists at a department press briefing today (Oct. 24).

  • Rockets, drones hit Iraqi bases housing U.S. forces

    The United States has 2,500 troops in Iraq, and 900 more in neighbouring Syria, on a mission to advise and assist local forces in combating Islamic State, which in 2014 seized swathes of territory in both countries.

    Ain al-Asad air base is located in the western Anbar province.

  • Dissed by Saudi Arabia, lectured by Egypt: U.S. diplomacy meets Mideast reality

    “Given the fact that we are at the very early stages of this situation, U.S. diplomacy is succeeding as much as anyone can expect it to succeed,” said Ghaith al-Omari, a former adviser to the Palestinian Authority. “But it is too early right now to talk about a major breakthrough.”

  • The Hamas-Israel Conflict May Upend Saudi and U.S. Calculations

    Strategic calculations will depend on an understanding of the regional diplomatic, strategic, and military equation and the impact of recent events on public opinion in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab countries, the broader Arab world, and even Muslim-majority countries globally. So, likely nothing will be done until Riyadh has a sense of the fundamental contours of the conflict and its probable implications. Saudi, and even U.S., calculations and policy adjustments will be shaped by what happens next. There are three main potential scenarios that can be extrapolated now, although other developments may emerge over time.

  • While U.S. VCs Accept Billions From Saudi Arabia, It’s Only Publicly Backed One European Firm

    Saudi Arabia’s $700 billion Public Investment Fund has disclosed that Swedish venture capital fund Northzone has taken investment from its venture investment arm Sanabil — the only European VC firm known to have done so. The disclosure was part of Sanabil’s decision earlier this year to name the venture, growth and buyout funds it has backed in a move toward transparency that exposes Saudi Arabia’s growing influence in the tech industry.

  • U.S. to Hold Off on Disbursing $6 Billion in Iran Oil Revenue Unfrozen in Prisoner Deal

    The U.S. and Qatar have agreed to deny Iran access to $6 billion in oil proceeds that Washington had previously freed up as part of a prisoner swap reached last month, according to people familiar with the matter. The decision with Qatar, whose government is overseeing Iran’s access to the funds, comes amid concern for Tehran’s long-running provision of money, arms and intelligence to the group responsible for the terrorist attack on Israel last weekend, Hamas.

  • U.S. crude oil exports reached a record high in first half of 2023

    U.S. crude oil exports in the first half of 2023 averaged 3.99 million barrels per day (b/d), which is a record high for the first half of a year since 2015, when the U.S. ban on most crude oil exports from the United States was repealed. In the first half of 2023, crude oil exports were up 650,000 b/d (19%) compared with the first half of 2022.

  • U.S. Continues Push for Saudi-Israel Ties Even as War With Hamas Begins

    President Biden’s top aides scrambled on Sunday to reaffirm their commitment to the idea of potential normalization of diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel, even as Israel prepares for the start of a full-scale war against Palestinian militants. On several American talk shows, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken cast normalization as a choice between regional peace and the terrorism carried out by Hamas, the militant group in Gaza.

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