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The Economic D-Day That Never Came
Washington promised to drive Iranian oil exports to zero and ground Iran’s airlines by late September. Nearly fifty days later, the oil is still moving, the planes are still landing, and the political and monetary costs are landing squarely on the United States. Editorial Analysis | October 2026 The “Economic D-Day” was presented as the… Continue reading
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The Kingdom That Cannot Sell Its Oil: How Yemen and Iran Have Trapped Saudi Arabia
Riyadh’s export lifelines are severed, its allies are wavering, and its American patron has no spare capacity to save it Editorial Analysis | September 2026 The suspension of all crude oil loadings from the Red Sea port of Yanbu represents the most severe disruption to Saudi Arabia’s oil export capacity since the kingdom began exporting… Continue reading
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Trump Declines Direct Strikes as Houthis Tighten Hold on the Red Sea
Public reassurances in Dublin contrast with CENTCOM coordination in Riyadh and the shutdown of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline after the fall of Mokha General Article | September 2026 President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters in Dublin on 12 September after meeting Irish leaders, stated that the Houthis had contacted the United States and did not… Continue reading
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Yemen’s Ansarallah “aka Houthi’s” Take Mokha
The fall of Yemen’s last major western port brings Houthi forces within striking distance of the Bab el-Mandeb and exposes the limits of Saudi and American air power General Article | September 2026 Saudi Arabia poked a beehive. Yemeni forces aligned with Ansarallah have taken the Red Sea port city of Mokha and its airport,… Continue reading
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The Kharg Island Question After Leadership Decapitation Failed
Why Kharg Island Is Emerging as the Next Coercive Economic Decapitation Option Designed to Break Iran’s War Economy Accepting defeat is not an option; the Epstein coalition has chosen a scorched-earth escalation policy instead. Only yesterday the coalition went after civilian infrastructure, another transgression against the rules of war. They struck a water desalination plant… Continue reading
