The Arab countries of the Persian Gulf expressed solidarity with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), supporting all measures that their two allies take to protect their security and interests in the wake of what they called “terrorist attacks carried out by the Houthi terrorist militias” on oil interests in the region. Two pumping stations along Aramco’s East-West oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia were attacked by explosive-laden drones earlier this month, a day after the UAE said that a total four vessels were attacked off its coast at the port of Fujairah, the world’s second-largest bunkering port. The GCC Supreme Council condemned both attacks, saying that these terrorist acts are a threat to regional security and the global economy. The attack on four commercial vessels off the UAE coast is a “dangerous escalation that threatens the security and safety of maritime navigation in this vital region of […]