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Sep 25, 2026, 5:41 PM

Will Iran Join a Saudi-Pakistan-Turkey Pact: What Would It Mean for the Houthis?

’According to Fox Business, oil began the week at $102 a barrel, fell to $97 by midweek, and is settling at $92.5 toward the end of the week. The decline signals that the oil market currently expects diplomatic easing...

Sep 25, 2026, 10:47 AM

The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Enemy

When Benjamin Netanyahu walked toward the podium of the United Nations General Assembly, dozens of diplomats began walking in the opposite direction. Most delegations from Arab and Muslim countries left the hall, while the United Arab Emirates remained. Netanyahu...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Sep 22, 2026, 2:37 AM

Bag Ortega Before the Houthis Bag Haifa

Houthi missile batteries have officially entered a kamikaze phase, mimicking the exact suicide tempo that the Iranian regime deploys against global shipping and sovereign cities on this side of the world. Illustrating the stakes, Saudi air defenses intercepted a...

Sep 21, 2026, 7:45 PM

Trump and MBS at the Scorpion’s Gate – Part 2

A month ago I compared Donald Trump's and Mohammed bin Salman's predicament to the trap in Richard Clarke's 2005 novel Scorpion's Gate: a strategic position in the Persian Gulf that is cheap to enter and expensive to leave. Trump...

Sep 20, 2026, 4:31 PM

Houthis’ Threats and Pakistan’s Resolve

The recent threats from Yemen's Houthi movement towards Pakistan and Türkiye are hard to misinterpret. When Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a key figure in Ansar Allah, warned that Pakistan would face an “iron fist” if it intervened on behalf of Saudi...

Sep 18, 2026, 7:02 PM

The Mecca Pact: An alliance on paper

Confronted by the Houthis, Riyadh discovers the fragility of Its alliances—and the unacknowledged usefulness of Israel

Sep 18, 2026, 5:53 PM

Iran Is Weaker. The Houthis Are Not.

Two decades of reshaping religious authority, tribal power and mass mobilization carried the Houthis to the Red Sea. Holding what they have gained — and eventually passing it on — is a different task. The Houthis began in the mountains...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Sep 18, 2026, 5:16 AM

Israel Must Protect the Mecca Holy Sites

Fifth-century Yemen supplies the modern State of Israel with a vital historical precedent that Middle East analysts foolishly ignore. When the Himyarite Jewish king Abu Kariba As’ad marched to raze the Kaaba, two traveling rabbis halted the demolition by...

Sheldon Kirshner

Sep 17, 2026, 8:22 PM

The Middle East Is Enmeshed In A Regional War

Hamas launched its invasion of southern Israel on October 7, 2023 with the broad intention of igniting a regional war whose end result would be Israel's destruction. While Hamas clearly failed to destroy Israel, which has since grown stronger...

Sep 14, 2026, 6:30 PM

Iran’s Two-Strait Strategy

A civil war that has dragged on for more than a decade is suddenly threatening to become a global problem. The reason is geography. If the Houthis consolidate their advance towards Bab al-Mandab while Iran keeps pressure on the...

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