Contradicting Trump, Israeli Officials Say U.S. Was Told about South Pars Attack
An Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field was coordinated with the Trump administration in advance, according to three Israeli officials, despite President Trump’s assertion that the United States “knew nothing about” it…
US acknowledges gaps with Israel on Iran war objectives
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told lawmakers plainly Thursday that the United States and Israel have different goals in the war in Iran — one of the clearest indications yet from a top U.S. official that the two allies may be diverging on their approach to the weekslong war.
“The objectives that have been laid out by the president are different from the objectives that have been laid out by the Israelis,” Gabbard testified at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on top security threats facing the country…
Netanyahu says Israel will heed Trump’s call not to repeat strike on Iranian gas facility
Netanyahu said Israel acted alone in striking a facility linked to the gas field Wednesday…
Strike on key Iranian gas field is a new phase of the war. Trump blames Israel.
Israel’s targeting of the South Pars gas field in Iran on Wednesday set off a wave of Iranian reprisals that caused extensive damage to the world’s largest liquefied natural gas exporting facility in Qatar. It’s a major escalation in the war and one that energy industry observers have most feared because the destruction of oil and gas facilities could take years to repair and turbocharge the economic disruption already ensnaring the globe…
Trump’s Complaint About Israeli Strike on Gas Field Exposes Divergent Strategies
President Trump said he told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel he disapproved of the attack, which sent energy markets reeling. But Israeli officials said the Americans were informed beforehand…
US-Israel strikes have destroyed Iran’s ability to enrich uranium, Benjamin Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said joint US-Israel strikes had destroyed Iran’s ability to enrich uranium and to produce ballistic missiles, and that he saw “this war ending a lot faster than people think”.
Netanyahu rejected the notion of an open-ended military campaign against Iran, telling a press conference on Thursday evening that the objectives he had set were achievable…
Trump Says He Won’t Send Troops to Iran But Leaves Wiggle Room
President Trump asserted on Thursday that he had no plans to commit ground forces to the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, even though he has acknowledged he is contemplating moves that could drag the military into land combat operations…
US weighs military reinforcements as Iran war enters possible new phase
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering deploying thousands of U.S. troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East, as the U.S. military prepares for possible next steps in its campaign against Iran, said a U.S. official and three people familiar with the matter.
The deployments could help provide Trump with additional options as he weighs expanding U.S. operations, with the Iran war well into its third week…
‘Armageddon scenario’ for gas markets as Qatar hit by missiles
Traders and analysts warn of lasting disruption after damage to facility that supplies a fifth of the world’s LNG…
Saudi Arabia Sees a Spike to $180 Oil if Energy Shock Persists Past April
Saudi Arabia’s oil officials are working frantically to project how high oil prices might go if the Iran war and its disruption of energy supplies doesn’t end soon—and they don’t like what they are seeing.
The base case, several oil officials in the Gulf’s biggest producer said, is that prices could soar past $180 a barrel if the disruptions persist until late April…
Saudi Official Warns Patience Is Limited as Iranian Attacks Barrage Kingdom
“We will not shy away from protecting our country and our economic resources,” the minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, said at a news conference early Thursday morning.
When asked what would prompt a military response, the prince declined to elaborate. “Do they have a day, two, a week?” the prince asked. “I’m not going to telegraph that.”…
Trump administration says it is not considering oil export ban as prices surge
A Trump administration official said: “Oil and gas export restrictions are not under consideration.”
Ahead of a meeting between US vice-president JD Vance, congressional leaders and senior oil industry executives on Thursday, top shale bosses said any ban would hurt American producers and backfire on the administration’s strategy to push for more drilling…
Iran allows handful of favoured ships through Strait of Hormuz
Passage for vessels is designed to show Iran’s dominance over waterway and limit diplomatic isolation, analysts suspect…
U.S. mulls lifting oil sanctions on Iran as it hits key Gulf energy sites
Oil and gas prices have surged as Iran intensified strikes on facilities across the Persian Gulf, prompting the Trump administration to consider lifting sanctions on millions of barrels of Iranian oil as other global leaders call for de-escalation…
‘It’s a Nightmare’: Rapid Battlefield Shifts Leave Markets Trading Blind
Oil and natural-gas prices surged Thursday after a sweeping escalation in the Persian Gulf. Iranian strikes on critical energy infrastructure have traders racing to determine exactly what was hit, the extent of the damage and how long facilities will be offline.
These attacks present a new reality for energy markets, already suffocating under the paralysis of the Strait of Hormuz. Unlike stalled tankers, which can sail the moment the strait reopens, impaired infrastructure takes months to rebuild and forced shutdowns can permanently destroy capacity…
Oil Declines as US, Israel Seek to Ease Concerns Over Iran War
West Texas Intermediate for May fell below $95 a barrel. Brent crude advanced 1.2% to $108.65, the highest level since July 2022, on Thursday. President Donald Trump told reporters he’s “not putting troops anywhere” after being asked about the possibility of deploying US ground troops, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would refrain from more attacks on Iranian energy facilities…
Cracks emerge in GOP over Iran war cost as administration floats more than $200B request to Congress
Rep. Lauren Boebert, a staunch Trump ally, told CNN she would not support more money for Iran under any circumstance.
“I am a no. I have already told leadership. I am a no on any war supplemental. I am so tired of spending money over there,” Boebert told CNN. “I have folks in Colorado who can’t afford to live. We need America first policies right now.”…
Trump’s Iran War Frays Ties With Allies as Oil Prices Surge
Multiple countries are offering assistance but not on the scale that the White House wants…
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