
Under pressure from Iran and its Yemeni ally, Riyadh is seeking intelligence and defense capabilities from the Jewish state.
Under pressure from Iran and the Houthis in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is quietly strengthening its security and intelligence cooperation with Israel, despite the freeze on their political normalization.
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Riyadh is seeking intelligence and defense capabilities from the Jewish state under pressure from Iran and Yemen.
“Saudi distress can increase Israel’s need”: faced with the Houthis, Saudi Arabia discreetly turns to the Jewish state
DECRYPTION - Under pressure from Iran and its Yemeni ally, Riyadh is seeking intelligence and defense capabilities from the Jewish state. Security cooperation is progressing, even though political normalization between the two countries remains frozen.

Faced with pressure from Iran and Houthi rebels in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is quietly turning to Israel for intelligence and defense capabilities, while political normalization remains frozen.

At least two people were killed Thursday in Russian strikes on kyiv, where AFP journalists heard dozens of explosions during a missile alert. The attack comes during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the United States to call for tougher sanctions against Moscow. Zelensky denounced Russia's "ballistic terror" and called Vladimir Putin "patient zero" of the war.

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At least seven people were killed in Russian strikes in Ukraine on Wednesday, hitting kyiv, Odessa and Donetsk, with damage to civilian and economic infrastructure. Moscow, through Lavrov, refuses any pause in its special military operation, while Zelensky accuses Russia of seeking to paralyze the Ukrainian economy. The attacks also targeted ships in the Black Sea and data centers, causing internet outages for 100,000 homes.