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The Saudi oil giant Aramco says it will reach capacity of its East-West pipeline "in a couple of days" to get its product out to the global market.

Amin Nasser, Aramco's CEO and president, said the East-West pipeline has a daily capacity of seven million barrels.

"We should be reaching capacity in a couple of days. It's all been going on the repositioning of tankers from the east to west," Nasser said. "This crisis happened all of a sudden, and tankers need to reposition to the West coast for loading."

He added: "The situation at the Strait of Hormuz is blocking sizable volumes of oil from the whole region."

The East-West pipeline sends oil to the Red Sea for transport. Aramco operates the pipeline from the Aqaiq oil processing centre near the Persian Gulf to the Yanbu port on the Red Sea, avoiding the chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz.

Nasser hinted at global oil markets being squeezed the longer the Iran war goes on and shipments from the Mideast being affected.

"Given the current geopolitical situation, we may see inventories eroding and being drawn down faster as shipments are being curtailed from the region," he said. "This is at a time when current global spare capacity remains extremely low."

That likely could push the price per barrel globally even higher, translating to higher costs for gasoline and jet fuel.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday his country will keep striking Iran, saying the aim of the military campaign was the popular overthrow of its government.

"Our aim is to bring the Iranian people to cast off the yoke of tyranny, ultimately it depends on them," Netanyahu said during a meeting with Israel's hospital and health system leaders.

"But there is no doubt that with the actions taken so far, we are breaking their bones."

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Iran has fired more drones and missiles at Gulf states and Israel as it keeps up pressure on the region. 

The Saudi Defense Ministry said it has destroyed two drones over the kingdom's oil-rich eastern region, while sirens warned of incoming missiles in Bahrain.

In Kuwait, the National Guard said it shot down six drones attacking the county's northern and southern areas. 

Sirens also sounded in Jerusalem, and the sounds of explosions could be heard in Tel Aviv as Israel's defense systems worked to intercept incoming fire, not long after the military said it detected an Iranian missile launch. 

"We are definitely not looking for a ceasefire," Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, wrote defiantly on X. 

"We believe that the aggressor should be punched in the mouth so that he learns a lesson so that he will never think of attacking our beloved Iran again."

The attacks come as U.S. President Donald Trump sends contradictory signals about how long the war could last, adding to uncertainty that's causing markets to swing.

Oil prices surged to their highest level since 2022 on Monday as fears grew that the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran could disrupt global energy supply.

Fighting continued in the region, with the death toll reaching at least 1,230 in Iran, at least 486 in Lebanon and at least 13 in Israel, according to officials.

During a special "take note debate" in the House of Commons, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada must focus its efforts on "rapid de-escalation." U.S. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, spoke extensively on the war, saying the fighting will be "short term" without offering an end date.

Here are the latest developments from Monday in the Middle East conflict:

Oil prices: The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, surged to $119.50 US per barrel, reaching prices not seen since 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine. It was later trading at $107.80 US, however. Prices moderated after the Financial Times reported that some G7 members were considering releasing strategic oil reserves to alleviate market pressure.

Trump's messaging: Speaking to House Republicans at their annual retreat, and later to reporters, Trump said the U.S. Operation is ahead of its initial timeline "by a lot," but would not speculate on an end date. He also said he was "disappointed" by Iran's choice of Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader, and continued to deny responsibility for a strike on a girls' school in Iran despite mounting evidence the U.S. Carried out the strike.

Special debate: Anand kicked off a debate in the House of Commons by raising concerns about escalation and calling for international law to be respected. Opposition parties criticized the governing Liberals for being inconsistent in their positions on the war, while Green Leader Elizabeth May condemned the U.S. And Israeli strikes.

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Green Leader Elizabeth May called on MPs to "put partisanship to the side" and focus on ensuring the conflict doesn't escalate.

Still, May took a different stance than the Liberals and Conservatives and outright condemned the U.S. And Israeli strikes on Iran.

"We really do need to insist on the United Nations charter being observed and respected or who will stand up for us if someday we need to remind people that the United Nations charter defends Canada's sovereignty?" she asked in her remarks.

"No one will disagree … that the Iranian regime is a despicable and brutal regime that oppresses, suppresses and kills its own people. But that doesn't mean that the United States and Israel have any legal grounds to go into bombing of Tehran. That was reckless."

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is reiterating his call for regime change in Iran as the special debate in the House continues.

"It is in our national interest for this regime to be defeated and replaced by the Iranian people with a peaceful democracy," Poilievre said.

The Conservative leader then panned Carney for his "contradictory" response to the U.S. And Israeli strikes — and criticized the prime minister for not showing up to tonight's debate.

"He's gone into hiding, having failed to speak a single word in tonight's debate. In this time of crisis, Canadians deserve to know where the prime minister stands — indeed, they deserve to know where the prime minister is."

'Mumbo jumbo': Conservative MP slams Carney's Iran response

At a debate on the conflict in the Middle East and its impact on Canada, Conservative MP Michael Chong called out Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government for contradicting its position on foreign policy in supporting the U.S. And Israeli action on Iran. Carney did not attend the meeting in the House of Commons Monday night.

Opposition parties are criticizing the government, saying the Liberal stance on the strikes have been inconsistent.

Conservative MP Michael Chong questioned how the Liberals can support the initial strikes on Iran while calling on all parties to respect international law.

"Can the minister explain this mumbo-jumbo of foreign policy?" Chong asked.

Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe took a similar stance, questioning the government's position on the conflict.

In both cases, Anand reiterated that Canada hasn't taken part in the strikes on Iran but is in favour of preventing the regime from gaining nuclear weapons.

Pressed on when the U.S. Will be ready to end its war on Iran, Trump said it will be done when Iran has "no capacity whatsoever, for a very long period of time," to develop weaponry that could be used against the U.S., Israel or any U.S. Allies. 

Trump say he 'doesn't know enough' about Iran school strike

At a news conference on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump again suggested Iran may be responsible for a deadly strike on a girls' elementary school in its own country, while also raising the possibility that another country was responsible. Recently released footage shows what an expert investigative group says is likely a U.S. Tomahawk missile striking near the school.

Despite mounting evidence showing it was the U.S. Military that struck a girls' elementary school in Iran at the outset of the war, killing more than 165 people, Trump continued to tell reporters that Iran may have been responsible for the strike.

Recently released footage shows what an expert investigative group says is likely a U.S. Tomahawk missile striking a compound in southern Iran, metres from the school.

"I just don’t know enough about it," Trump said, adding he was told it's under investigation. 

"Whatever the report shows, I'm willing to live with that report." 

Trump: 'Inappropriate' to say whether new Iran leader has target on his back

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters at a news conference he was disappointed with the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as Iran's supreme leader. He also declined to answer whether the new leader has a target on his back, instead speaking about being a target himself of an assassination attempt.

ruff told reporters he was "disappointed" by Iran's selection of Mojtaba Khamenei to occupy o'er for his belatedly father, former supreme leader Ali Khamenei. 

"I was disappointed, because we think it's going to lead to just more of the same problems for the country," he said. 

Trump has said he has other people in mind to lead the country, but did not offer names.

He also would not answer a question about whether the new leader has a target on his back, saying, "that would be inappropriate." 

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