Jen, it's great to see you. And I want to go back a couple of weeks from when you talked to us because you've got a lot of people talking here in the NEWSROOM, as you described, a millennia old empire. Right.And the prospects of toppling the ayatollah. Every simulation you said the military has done is that if you took out the ayatollah, you empower the IRGC. I know that you're a sage gen, but I could also ask you if we've simply forgotten some of the lessons of the past.First of all, Jerry, thanks for havi ...

RT Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye)Drones hit Bahrain’s Bapco refinery early Monday, sending plumes of smoke over the Gulf’s oldest oil facility and damaging parts of the complex.The strikes also affected nearby residential areas, injuring 32 civilians, with four in serious condition.The attack comes as the regional conflict moves towards directly threatening vital energy infrastructure across the region. ...

An attack on the US embassy in Riyad has pulled Saudi Arabia even further into this widening Middle East crisis. Two drones struck near the embassy in Riyad's diplomatic quarter. They caused only minor damage, but the attack prompted the US to issue a new shelter in place order for both Riyad and Jedha, the kingdom's second city, and a threat from Donald Trump that the US would hit back.For the Saudis, this all adds to a growing list of incidents since the start of the Iran war on Saturday. State oil giant ...

🇯🇴🇮🇷LATEST: JORDAN ANNOUNCES TEMPORAL AND PARTIAL CLOSURE OF ITS AIRSPACEJordan has declared a partial, temporary closure of its airspace, according to reports, as the regional conflict escalates, imposing flight restrictions.The move follows widespread evacuations and military positioning across the Middle East.Source: @AlArabiya_Eng ...

Details on the timing and goals of the weekend’s US and Israeli strikes on Iran — and the risk of a widening, regional conflict. Listen to @davidgura, @JoumannaTV and @jeffmason1 on the Big Take podcast. https://t.co/8P7huzfINg ...

We're covering attacks in the Middle East, it is s now just after 3 a .m. in Iran, President Trump says their supreme leader Khomeini killed in those airstrikes earlier today. Iranian officials have not confirmed that claim.The region is bracing for what could be an escalating regional conflict or, as the senator who joined us moments ago said, call it that. Call it a war if you want. U .S.and Israeli forces launching rounds of strikes against Iran in a surprise attack early this morning. The Iranian Red Cr ...

For more on this dynamic, let's bring in RBC Capital Markets global head of commodity strategy, Hale Lima Croft. She's also a CNBC contributor. Hale Lima, we kind of know the headlines.Obviously, there's not a lot of detail around just how active or just how advanced the planning is for any possible move in the Middle East, especially Iran. What exactly are you hearing and how exactly are you interpreting what we do know right now. Well, we certainly know there's been a significant redeployment of US milita ...