NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
The US is concerned that Iran is preparing to launch military strikes on energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh and Washington have reportedly exchanged intelligence which suggests planning is under way for a series of attacks.
Saudi Arabia and Iran are engaged in a decades-long proxy conflict, which has been dubbed the Middle East Cold War, and relations have deteriorated further in recent years.
Factions backed by both countries in regional disputes like Yemen, Syria and Iraq have fought one another but now there is growing concern a direct clash could be looming.