Fifth Medal Added to Saudi Billiards National Team in Arab Championshiphttps://english.aawsat.com/4352786-fifth-medal-added-saudi-billiards-national-team-arab-championship
Fifth Medal Added to Saudi Billiards National Team in Arab Championship
Fifth Medal Added to Saudi Billiards National Team in Arab Championship
Saudi flag - Reuters
Saudi billiards player Ahmed Al Jabbar won the bronze medal in the 9-ball singles competition in the Arab Billiards and Snooker Championship, currently being hosted in Riyadh, while the Lebanese player Mazen Berjawi won the gold medal, and the silver medal went to the Iraqi player Habib Mustafa.
By winning this medal, the balance of the Saudi billiards national team becomes five medals on the sixth day of the tournament, state news agency SPA reported.
In the junior 9-ball singles billiards competition category, eight players from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iraq, and Lebanon qualified for the quarter-finals.
In the women's billiards competition, four women qualified for the semi-finals of 9-ball singles from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, and Kuwait.
Rapid Recovery of Oil Facilities Reinforces Saudi Arabia’s Reliability as a Global Energy Supplierhttps://english.aawsat.com/business/5261531-rapid-recovery-oil-facilities-reinforces-saudi-arabia%E2%80%99s-reliability-global-energy
Rapid Recovery of Oil Facilities Reinforces Saudi Arabia’s Reliability as a Global Energy Supplier
Two Aramco employees at one of the company's facilities (Aramco)
Saudi Arabia demonstrated exceptional readiness and a rapid response in containing the fallout from the recent attacks on some of its oil facilities, restoring operations in record time. It swiftly repaired damage and brought production systems back online with high efficiency.
The Kingdom’s success in restoring full crude throughput via the East–West pipeline, returning the Manifa facility to full operating capacity, and countering attempts to disrupt critical infrastructure underscores its technical and professional capabilities.
This was achieved through a highly professional emergency response system that thwarted attempts to cut off a key artery of global energy supply.
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy announced on Sunday the full restoration of crude throughput via the East–West pipeline to approximately 7 million barrels per day, along with the return of the Manifa facility to its full operating capacity of around 300,000 barrels per day. This came just days after assessing damage from the attacks. Efforts are still ongoing to restore the full production capacity of the Khurais field, estimated at 300,000 barrels per day.
The East–West pipeline (Petroline) stretches 1,200 kilometers from Abqaiq in the east to Yanbu on the Red Sea coast and serves as a primary alternative route for crude exports in light of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
The Kingdom activated an emergency plan to increase exports via this pipeline to the Red Sea amid the effective closure of the strait due to ongoing regional conflict, which has constrained a major export route for Gulf producers. As a result, oil tankers were rerouted to Yanbu port to load shipments, providing a critical supply artery for global markets.
Yanbu Commercial Port, one of Saudi Arabia's important seaports in the current period (Ports)
Operational Flexibility and a Global Safety Valve
The operational flexibility demonstrated by Saudi Aramco and the broader energy system reflects a qualitative shift, underscoring the Kingdom’s ability to protect its assets through advanced engineering and technical infrastructure capable of rapid recovery.
This response extended beyond the technical dimension, reaffirming Saudi Arabia’s firm commitment to ensuring the stability of oil supplies and strengthening its position as a reliable supplier capable of managing crises with high efficiency.
The swift restoration of operations also sends a reassuring signal to global markets that Saudi energy security remains a stabilizing force for the international economy, regardless of the severity of threats. It reinforces the Kingdom’s leadership role in supporting global stability and the reliability of its supplies under the most challenging geopolitical conditions.
In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, energy expert and former adviser to the Saudi oil minister, Dr. Mohammad Al-Sabban, said the Kingdom has, for decades, particularly since the 1970s, proven itself a dependable source of global oil supplies under all circumstances.
He noted that Saudi Aramco’s response reflects a high level of efficiency and preparedness, successfully addressing the impact of attacks that disrupted around 300,000 barrels per day in production, in addition to damage affecting the East–West pipeline.
He added that the company was able within a short period to restore affected refined products, repair faults, and resume operations efficiently, highlighting the Kingdom’s strong resilience and Aramco’s accumulated expertise in crisis management and navigating global market fluctuations.
Al-Sabban said restoring throughput to around 7 million barrels per day via the East–West pipeline, as announced by the Ministry of Energy, sends a clear reassurance to global markets regarding the stability of Saudi supplies.
He stressed that these developments confirm Saudi Arabia’s ability to remain a reliable energy supplier, particularly amid ongoing geopolitical challenges in the Gulf region, including tensions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz.
The East–West pipeline, built in the last century, has become a strategic and vital corridor for Saudi oil exports to global markets.
Putin Offers to Mediate Peace in Call with Pezeshkian, Tehran Says 3,375 Killed in US-Israel warhttps://english.aawsat.com/world/5261514-putin-offers-mediate-peace-call-pezeshkian-tehran-says-3375-killed-us-israel-war
Putin Offers to Mediate Peace in Call with Pezeshkian, Tehran Says 3,375 Killed in US-Israel war
Rusya Devlet Başkanı Vladimir Putin, Moskova’daki Kurtarıcı İsa Katedrali’nde düzenlenen Ortodoks Paskalyası ayininde (AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday that he was ready to help mediate efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East, the Kremlin said, AFP reported.
"Vladimir Putin emphasized his readiness to further facilitate the search for a political and diplomatic settlement to the conflict, and to mediate efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace in the Middle East," the Kremlin said in its readout of the call.
This came as head of the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization, which sits under the country's judiciary, said on Sunday that 3,375 people in Iran had been killed in the war with the United States and Israel.
"During the recent imposed war, the bodies of 3,375 martyrs were identified by the Legal Medicine Organization using scientific and specialised methods," said Abbas Masjedi, state news agency IRNA reported.
He said the toll included 2,875 males and 496 females, without specifying if they were adults or children, according to the agency.
Trump Renews Threat to Destroy Iran Energy Infrastructure as IRGC Warns of ‘Deadly Hormuz Vortex’https://english.aawsat.com/world/5261509-trump-renews-threat-destroy-iran-energy-infrastructure-irgc-warns-%E2%80%98deadly-hormuz
Trump Renews Threat to Destroy Iran Energy Infrastructure as IRGC Warns of ‘Deadly Hormuz Vortex’
US and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
US President Donald Trump on Sunday reiterated his threat to destroy Iran's power plants and other civilian energy infrastructure if no deal is reached to end the conflict in the Middle East.
"I could take out Iran in one day," Trump told Fox News show "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo."
"I could have their entire energy everything, every one of their plants, their electric generating plants, which is a big deal."
Meanwhile, - Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Sunday said Iranian security forces had the Strait of Hormuz key shipping bottleneck under full control, warning that enemies would be trapped in its "deadly vortex" in case of any miscalculation.
"All traffic... is under the full control of the armed forces," the Guards naval command said in a Persian language post on X after Trump ordered a US naval blockade of the Strait.
"The enemy will become trapped in a deadly vortex in the Strait if it makes the wrong move," it added, posting a video showing vessels in crosshairs.
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