The United States is beefing up defense systems amid tensions with Iran in the Middle East, a US official said on Sunday (Nov 20), saying such cooperation may have prevented an Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia.
Brett McGurk, the National Security Council’s Middle East coordinator, emphasized his country’s commitment to countering “immediate threatsduring the annual security conference in Manama, Bahrain, in the energy-rich region. “The US is building a complex air and sea defense architecture in the regionsaid Brett McGurk. What has been talked about for a long time is now happening thanks to innovative partnerships and new technologies.»
Hundreds of US drones in the Gulf
At a conference on Saturday, the head of the US Central Command (Centcom), General Michael Kurila, announced the deployment of more than 100 drones in Gulf waters by next year by a US-led task force. . The announcements come after last week’s attack on an oil tanker owned by an Israeli billionaire in the Arabian Sea, which Israel and the United States blamed on Iran.
The United States and several Gulf states have regularly condemned Tehran’s actions in this particularly strategic maritime zone, a near-exclusive maritime route to connect Gulf oil states to global markets. American forces havebe exposed to and stay away from immediate threatsFrom Iran, Brett McGurk claims, following reports that the Islamic Republic is planning an attack on its regional rival, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. “This attack probably did not happen because of the close security cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the United States, which is permanent and ongoing.»
In recent months, the Jewish state has been trying to persuade the West to close the door on talks with Tehran aimed at reviving the historic 2015 deal on Iran’s nuclear program. The negotiations, which are going on in Vienna, have reached a dead end.
Source: Le Figaro
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