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Canberra brings the Saudi flare-up back to the price of a barrel, as Brent and WTI head towards their highest levels since July 23.

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Dhaka strongly condemns the Houthi strikes and reaffirms its unconditional support for Saudi sovereignty, framing the crisis in a context of diplomatic solidarity between Gulf partners.

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Brasília links the Houthi strikes on Aramco to the surge in oil prices, placing Yemen in the wake of the Iranian-American conflict rather than on a isolated front.

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Canada is first concerned about the energy bill from the Houthi attack: Irving Oil's supply of Saudi crude disrupted, with the barrel above $99, before the disputed human toll on the Yemeni front.

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Beijing is first examining what these strikes against Aramco mean for the world's largest crude oil exporter, without taking a stance on whether the Houthi or Saudi camp is responsible.

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France is gauging the escalation of a already deadly Yemeni war into a regional confrontation, where the Saudi toll of 73 wounded responds to the eleven deaths at Al-Hazm prison and the hundreds of fighters killed since Thursday.

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New Delhi is particularly mindful of Pakistan's warning, which activates the Mecca defense alliance, more so than the details of the strikes themselves on Saudi cities.

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Islamabad is highlighting the binding force of the Mecca defense pact: an aggression against one of its three members would be considered an aggression against all, warned Defense Minister Khawaja Asif after Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia.

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Doha condemns the Houthi strikes in line with the collective security framework of the Gulf, relying on UN resolutions rather than a military interpretation of the escalation.

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Riyadhh makes it clear that the sovereignty of the Kingdom is non-negotiable and promises to neutralize the sources of the Houthi threat, without setting a timeline for its response.

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The United States government estimates the oil cost of an escalation that strikes a key ally while the Strait of Hormuz remains already strangled by the war with Iran.

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Pretoria is more concerned about the oil shock than the drone attacks: the South African press, based on the same Reuters dispatches, frames the Houthi strikes as a shock to Brent and WTI before seeing it as a new regional war.

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