Oil traders were expecting prices to rise again when markets reopen on Monday, following the weekend developments that jeopardise supplies from the world’s ‌biggest exporter, Saudi Arabia.

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly called US President Trump twice Thursday and urged him to launch strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, the Axios outlet reported, citing two US officials.

Trump rejected the request, and US officials said the administration does not intend to take direct military action against the Houthis at this time, the Friday report said.

It was published hours before AFP reported, citing a local government official and eyewitnesses, that the Houthis have taken over a Red Sea island that is located in the middle of the Bab al-Mandeb shipping lane, causing the Yemeni government’s military to withdraw and completing the rebels’ push to control the area.

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Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-said-to-reject-saudi-request-for-strikes-on-houthis-as-they-seize-red-sea-island/?fbclid=IwY2xjawUXtuFwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR69cm_-HfVhU3midLb1P-5u6GbEHiJMJEgu0n5j3_rnV2arKQvAiV4rcqirkA_aem_GZh_O2fgXjx5GGSHHDYKbA

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Saudi Arabia stated that Houthi missile and drone attacks struck energy infrastructure and civilian sites in its southern border region near Yemen on Sept. 8, temporarily disrupting operations, sparking fires, and injuring 73 civilians.

The Iran-aligned Houthi terrorist organization claimed responsibility and vowed further attacks. The attacks targeted facilities in Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan, and Najran, according to Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki, a spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen.

The Red Sea port city of Jazan is home to one of Saudi Arabia’s largest oil refineries, Aramco, which processes 400,000 barrels of crude oil per day.

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Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/houthi-attacks-injure-73-disrupt-energy-facilities-saudi-arabia-6084498?fbclid=IwY2xjawUXtllwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7H5SHKbE2Ir-1Rc4eHKu-hDjlRfMYkATFx1trVu9obLf2qpNPz2S2xu9v1oQ_aem_nyTEpL7Vhlni8x-RYy4HGA

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Iranian officials said two people were killed and several others wounded in the U.S. attack Sunday night on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded by launching missiles at U.S. sites in Jordan, which were intercepted.

During the lull in fighting, the U.S. has been ratcheting up economic pressure on Iran with the hope of forcing concessions out of Tehran, including reopening the Strait of Hormuz to shipping.

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Source: https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-war-uea-august-31-2026-9f34873bad9a928574c36ee984c3f96b

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The United Arab Emirates, which serves as Tehran’s largest supplier of goods, suspended all trade with the Iran over the weekend — nixing $6 billion in cash that went to the regime from exports, as well as access to vital supplies from the outside world.

Dubai — the UAE’s thriving commercial hub — is by far Iran’s largest supplier of goods. The Emirati government finally got fed up with Iran following repeated missile attacks that triggered evacuations for the first time during the war.

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Source: https://nypost.com/2026/08/24/world-news/why-uaes-suspension-of-iran-trade-could-be-biggest-threat-to-regime-yet/?fbclid=IwY2xjawT63mlwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5IvTFBuOhuWH6Gbzfcx6WnGk2m8tv1d0BCHZZRSn_8azoBgTm4W-pW8OWTAA_aem_u2DTC118gFjQt1sot6vOZQ

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Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca on Friday, wedding Sunni Muslim US allies alarmed at a regional conflagration that has brought Iranian missile fire onto Gulf oil exporters.

Iran and its allies have been firing on Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, and blockading their energy shipments, since the US and Israel attacked it on February 28 in a major escalation after years of regional ​tumult.

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Source: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260807-saudi-arabia-pakistan-and-turkey-sign-mutual-defence-agreement?fbclid=IwY2xjawTohXlwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4yfTextU2FkLa9f2i7EX8_2abVP_GF3tovtDM8IrZd-TSakhWd2x-I9HiAgg_aem_SPhikQ71mLh1LJ5Nhofndw

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According to the Ambrey global security company, a drone hit a US-owned gas storage tanker, with no injuries reported.

Port services firm Inchcape says in a separate message that two gas tankers had caught fire at Damietta.

The drone hit floating storage tanker Energos Winter, causing a fire that then spread to another vessel, Gaslog Salem, three trading sources familiar with the incident say. Two separate security sources say the cause of the blast was a drone strike.

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The Houthis have threatened to shut down another key trade route, with the world economy already reeling from Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran and the U.S. have meanwhile stepped up their attacks as they vie for control of the strait, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and gas transited in peacetime, setting off a scramble for alternative routes.

As the U.S. carried out a 12th night of strikes across Iran, President Donald Trump threatened “major military punishment” against the Houthis if their attacks on ships continue.

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Source: https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-hormuz-strait-war-60d46bf8c83c43a8f2268b7b87627c55?fbclid=IwY2xjawTPSiFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeuZ1Lq2rDtiyR1dhQXh4d-X_zsuMMqtEntnSP8iRO6WTLYBvh-1iqVXhS2pc_aem_nGzQB1qm2sBC-rlaO2veHA

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The request, which is being reported for the first time, follows Pakistan’s role in brokering talks over the Iran war, which raised its ​diplomatic profile and stirred hopes that it could seek economic gains from Washington and other partners.

In the request to U.S. ‌Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Islamabad is seeking a Bilateral Exchange Stabilization Support Facility between the U.S. and the Pakistani government worth $10 billion with maturity of up to five years.

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Source: https://kelo.com/2026/07/21/exclusive-pakistan-seeks-10-billion-in-us-backstop-facility-to-boost-reserves-source-says/

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