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Yemen’s Counter-Blockade Brought the House of Saud to the Brink
The Yemeni Armed Forces have struck the heart of Saudi Arabia’s energy infrastructure, paralysed its airports, and seized the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, exposing the terminal vulnerability of a petro-state that can no longer export its oil or defend its skies. General Article | October 2026 The strategic equation in West Asia has undergone a… Continue reading
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Reading Between the Lines: Why Rezaee’s CNN Interview Is More About Messaging Than Negotiation
Tehran does not expect negotiations to produce a breakthrough, it wants to shape the narrative around any future escalation My reading of Rezaee’s CNN interview is that it is primarily directed at Western audiences and the cameras, not because Tehran genuinely expects negotiations to produce a breakthrough, but because it wants to shape the narrative… Continue reading
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