Flare Up in the Middle East: What's Behind the Smoke and Flames? The past week has seen a familiar pattern emerge from the region: explosions, smoke, and flames near key infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
Tensions between Iran and its adversaries continue to simmer, with the Saudi Civil Defense Directorate issuing alerts to citizens on Saturday morning following two booms in Riyadh, accompanied by a large plume of smoke visible near King Khalid International Airport.
The escalating tensions are driven, in part, by energy supplies.