MANAMA: The United States is reinforcing defense infrastructure in the Middle East at a time of tension with Iran, which likely abandoned a plan to attack Saudi Arabia due to security ties, a US official said on Sunday.
Brett McGurk, the National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, told the annual IISS Manama Dialogue conference in Bahrain's capital Manama that his country was focused on deterring "imminent threats" in the strategic energy-rich and conflict-ridden region.
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