Saudi Arabia Closes the East-West Line as a Precaution
Reuters files a temporary East-West pipeline closure after Thursday's Iraq-launched hits; a precaution is not a destroyed bypass.
Yosef Stern
Bureau: Jerusalem
Lebanon Arrests an Assad Cousin on Drug Charges
L'Orient-Le Jour files Sleiman Hilal al-Assad arrested in Baalbeck in a drug raid; an arrest is not a conviction.
Gulf States Prepare to Meet Iran via Oman
The FT files Gulf-Iran talks via Oman ahead of a Hormuz arrangement; a table is not a corridor and not a postponement.
The Prohibited Zone Is Still Unmapped
Malay Mail and Al Jazeera filed Rezaei's coming zone on the 7th; Friday still has no coordinates.
Five U.S. Sinkings Are Not Ten IRGC Claims
The hull ledger this paper has been keeping still does not reconcile named American sinkings with IRGC tallies.
Thursday's Pump Fire Is Now a Named Closure
Thursday's East-West pump fire is already the Friday ministry closure on this page; this brief does not reprint a destroyed bypass.