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Riyadh Seeks To Replace Israel With Syria For EU Fiber-Optic Cable Route Via Middle East Eye Saudi Arabia wants to replace Israel with Syria as the transit country for a fiber-optic cable designed to connect the kingdom to Greece through the Mediterranean Sea, two regional officials familiar with the project told Middle East Eye. Saudi Arabia's insistence that it be connected to Greece through Syria, and not Israel, as previously discussed, underscores how regional alignments are shifting as Riyadh looks to bolster Damascus’s standing in the region and potentially isolate Israel. via AFP Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has...

US Housing Starts Collapsed In May To Lowest Since COVID With housing inventories at recent highs, the US housing market just suffered another sentiment setback as Housing Starts crashed by 15.4% MoM in May (far worse than 2% drop expected and worse since March 2024)), following a revised 8.5% MoM drop in April. Building Permits slipped 0.7% MoM (in line with expectations)... Source: Bloomberg That pulls the Housing Starts SAAR to its lowest since COVID (after reaching the highest since 2024 in April)... Source: Bloomberg Under the hood, it was multi-family (rental) starts that...

Ukraine Intensifies Attacks On Russian Tankers In The Black Sea By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com After striking 116 vessels linked to Russia’s shadow fleet in the Sea of Azov in recent weeks, Ukraine’s military is turning its sights on ships in the Black Sea, hitting in drone attacks as many as 20 vessels overnight on Wednesday. Ukrainian forces struck 17 Russia-linked oil tankers, 2 gas carriers, and one tugboat early on July 15, drone unit commander Robert Brovdi said on Telegram today, adding that an official report with video evidence would follow...