Has Russia helped Iran target CIA sites in the Gulf?

When US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Secretary Sergey Lavrov on Thursday in Manila, on the margins of a summit of Southeast Asian nations, Moscow’s war on Ukraine was officially the top agenda item.But the meeting between Rubio and Lavrov was held under the shadow of fresh reports suggesting that Russia might be playing a more active role than it has publicly acknowledged in Iran’s attacks on United States military sites in the Middle East.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3What are ‘civilian’ sites in international law and where have US, Iran hit?list 2 of 3Can the Suez save Asian oil consumers after Houthis shut Bab al-Mandeb?list 3 of 3Ukraine’s new military chief pledges to escalate retaliation against Russiaend of listReports of Iran targeting sites belonging to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) first emerged in the early days of the US and Israel’s war on Iran. Three days into the war, on March 3, The Washington Post reported that a CIA station in the US embassy in Riyadh had been targeted, according to two people familiar with the matter. On March 6, CNN reported, citing US intelligence sources, that Moscow had been helping Tehran loca...