A series of incidents have pushed the Persian Gulf region to the brink of war in recent years. In 2019, drones were used to attack Saudi Aramco facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais in eastern Saudi Arabia. Although the Yemeni Houthi movement claimed responsibility for the attack, Saudi Arabian offic...
In the aftermath of the use of ammunition containing Depleted Uranium (DU) during the Gulf War in 1991 and in the Balkans in the nineties, a controversy emerged in the public opinion on the alleged effects of DU on man's health and on the environment. Official reports, mainly of military origin,...