Audio Briefing: Gulf on Edge as Saturday Strikes, Warnings and 117-Dollar Oil Collide

DUBAI — In this News Plus Globe Audio Briefing, Alexander Vance reports on Saturday's sharp Gulf escalation: Saudi interceptions of Houthi missiles aimed at Taif, Yanbu and Riyadh, Saudi airstrikes on Sanaa, Iran's warning that American warships will not be allowed into the Gulf, and the American carrier USS George Washington rearming in the Arabian Sea — as Brent crude climbs to 117 dollars a barrel.

The briefing also covers the October 23rd American intelligence warning about Iranian plotting against American personnel, the embassy staffing cuts across the region, and the Istanbul diplomacy still under way, in the context of our ongoing Middle East coverage.