Gulf Allies Urge Trump to Keep Fighting Iran

Gulf allies making case to keep fighting

WASHINGTON — Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war against Iran, according to U.S., Gulf and Israeli officials, arguing that Tehran hasn't…

Gulf allies privately make case to keep fighting until Iran is decisively defeated

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf allies of the United States are urging President Donald Trump to keep prosecuting his war against Iran, saying the month of strikes has not weakened Tehran enough.

In private, Gulf leaders push for Iran escalation

The US has been accused of muddled thinking in its prosecution of the Iran war, but Gulf leaders may be sending confused messages too: calling for de-escalation in public while reportedly urging the White House in private to keep hammering Iran. Officials from Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE have told their US counterparts they want the conflict to continue until Tehran changes its behaviour, according to the Associated Press. If so, …

Gulf Allies Urge Trump to Keep Fighting Iran

Associated Press: “Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war against Iran, arguing that Tehran hasn’t been weakened enough by the monthlong U.S.-led bombing campaign.” “After private grumbling at the start of the war that they were not given adequate advance notice of the U.S.-Israeli attack and complaining the U.S. had ignored their warni…

Gulf allies privately call on Trump to keep fighting until Iran is decisively defeated

America’s allies in the Gulf, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue with the war against Iranunder the argument that Tehran has not been weakened enough by the month-long US-led bombing campaign, US, Israeli and Gulf officials said. After private complaints at the start of the […]

Gulf States Press Trump To Escalate Iran War For Regime Change

Gulf allies of the United States, spearheaded by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are privately urging President Donald Trump to p...