From House of Saud, July 12:
...ABU DHABI — The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Iran on July 12 for “renewed hostile missile and drone attacks” targeting five named regional states — Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and Oman — while the UAE’s own air defense systems simultaneously engaged Iranian missiles and drones approaching Emirati airspace, according to the UAE Ministry of Defence. The statement, which arrived hours after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck Duqm Port in Oman and one day after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held bilateral talks with his Omani counterpart in Muscat, represents Abu Dhabi’s most comprehensive multi-country condemnation of Iranian military action since the Gulf war’s escalation.
The condemnation effectively collapses the bilateral channel that Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE’s national security adviser and Abu Dhabi’s deputy ruler, had maintained with IRGC officials through at least June 2026, when Abu Dhabi reportedly facilitated the release of more than $3 billion in frozen Iranian funds in exchange for a halt to attacks. Iran struck the UAE in May 2026 with missiles and drones, Abu Dhabi called it a “dangerous escalation” and a “terrorist attack,” and the bilateral channel survived that episode — Tahnoon’s team continued engagement with IRGC interlocutors. What the May strikes failed to accomplish, the July 12 combination of five-country condemnation and the Duqm attack appears to have finished....
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Currently at House of Saud, July 13:
- 1 IMF Cuts Saudi 2026 Growth to 1.7 Percent on Hormuz Disruption
- 2 The UAE and Saudi Arabia Are No Longer the Same War
- 3 Iran Strikes US Bases in Four Countries Within Twenty-Four Hours
- 4 Prince Sultan Air Base Lost Its Deterrent Before Iran Fired
- 5 MBS Told Trump What Riyadh Would Allow in the Gulf — In One Sentence
- 6 Pakistan Holds the Guarantee Saudi Arabia Cannot Buy
- 7 Mojtaba Khamenei Called for Revenge After 127 Days Without Appearing 8 Emergency Numbers and Services in Saudi Arabia
- 9 Washington Weighs Punitive Drawdown From Prince Sultan Air Base
- 10 Muscat Holds the Only Hormuz Channel Still Open
