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No One Has Really Grokked How Big The Suez/Houthi Gambit Is
No One Has Really Grokked How Big The Suez/Houthi Gambit Is We’ve had a lot of foreshadowing of the Suez Canal being a major hotspot for conflict over the past couple of years. Think back to the Evergreen beaching itself in the canal in 2021. Everyone is just now waking up to the idea that global shipping […]
100 Container Ships Diverted, Insurance Surges As Red Sea Chaos Worsens
100 Container Ships Diverted, Insurance Surges As Red Sea Chaos Worsens Global transport and logistics company Kuehne + Nagel International AG reports more than 100 container ships have been rerouted from the Red Sea around Africa to avoid Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen who attack commercial vessels with missiles and drones. Bloomberg released two headlines […]
UK Navy Alerted To Incident Near Djibouti As Houthis Paralyze Red Sea Shipping
UK Navy Alerted To Incident Near Djibouti As Houthis Paralyze Red Sea Shipping International shipping in the Red Sea and vital Bab al-Mandab Strait is grinding to a halt with tankers, container ships, and other types of commercial vessels rerouting around the Cape of Good Hope to avoid missile and drone attacks from Yemen’s Iran-backed […]
Houthi Rebels Hit Norwegian-Flagged Tanker With Anti-Ship Cruise Missile At Key Maritime Chokepoint
Houthi Rebels Hit Norwegian-Flagged Tanker With Anti-Ship Cruise Missile At Key Maritime Chokepoint An anti-ship cruise missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea near a key maritime chokepoint known as the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, where nearly 10% of all crude traded at sea passes through. Reuters quoted Houthi military […]
Pentagon Confirms US Warship, Commercial Ships Under Attack In Red Sea
Pentagon Confirms US Warship, Commercial Ships Under Attack In Red Sea Update (1409ET): A reporter from the Israeli public broadcasting corporation shared on X that a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces reported a UK commercial ship was targeted in the Houthi attack. * * * Update (1305ET): CNN’s Pentagon reporter Haley Britzky reports that […]
Saudis Intercept Houthi Ballistic Missile Targeting Riyadh Royal Palace
Saudis Intercept Houthi Ballistic Missile Targeting Riyadh Royal Palace For the third time in roughly seven weeks, Houthi rebels have fired a ballistic missile into Saudi Arabia, according to a spokesperson. This time, the target was al-Yamamah palace in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. US President Donald Trump notably held meetings with the Saudi king at […]
Saudi Arabia sinks UN war crimes probe in Yemen, Washington stays silent
Saudi Arabia sinks UN war crimes probe in Yemen, Washington stays silent The Netherlands dropped their bid to establish an independent UN-led probe into alleged war crimes in Yemen, yielding to an alternative resolution proposed by Saudi Arabia, which stands accused of causing most of the civilian deaths in the conflict. The Saudis are leading […]
Armed With US Weapons, Yemen Rebels Advance On President As Saudi Arabia Prepares For War
Armed With US Weapons, Yemen Rebels Advance On President As Saudi Arabia Prepares For War UPDATE: *PRESIDENT OF YEMEN SAID TO HAVE LEFT THE COUNTRY ON BOAT FROM ADEN, AP SAYS Previously we reported that in the latest “coup” for US foreign policy, the US had “lost” over $500 million in weapons in Yemen, until recently an […]
