Houthis Resume Saudi Arabia Fight After Five Months on Sidelines

⚔️ HOUTHIS — Iran absorbed five months of strikes. Now its proxy is back. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Houthi re-entry signals Tehran activating its proxy layer after absorbing direct hits — shifting from endurance to attrition. Riyadh, already lobbying Trump to halt strikes to protect Aramco, now faces dual pressure: US wants coalition support while Houthis target its infrastructure. The MBS phone call to Trump just got harder to sustain.

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Gulf Stocks Rally on Iran De-escalation Hopes Despite No Signed Deal

📉 GULF MARKETS — Stocks rising on a deal nobody has signed yet. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Tehran publicly denied deal parameters today, Hormuz stays blocked, and Houthis just re-entered against Riyadh — yet Gulf equities are pricing de-escalation. That gap between market sentiment and operational reality is a trap. If Iran'

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UK, Bulgaria, Ukraine Tell Iran They Will Not Enter the War

🤝 COALITION — Three capitals just told Tehran they're not coming for it. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: UK holds an active Iran back-channel; going public forecloses US pressure to join strikes. Ukraine's declaration is notable — Russia feeds Iran satellite data, yet Kyiv won't antagonize Tehran while its

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Iran-Oman Hormuz Mechanism Reaches Final Stage, Tehran Says New Route ≠ Reopening

⚓ HORMUZ — Iran says talks are final stage, then says that doesn't mean it's open. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Tehran's qualifier — new route ≠ reopening — is the tell. Iran claims progress while keeping the blockade intact as leverage. Oman gets a deal to announce; Washington gets no verified

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Iran Weighs Pre-emptive Strike on US If Diplomacy Fails, WSJ Reports

⚔️ TEHRAN — Iran is threatening to shoot first. That's a different war than the one running now. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: A pre-emptive posture inverts Tehran's current logic — absorbing strikes while building diplomatic cover. If real, it signals Iran's threshold for endurance is closer than Washington&

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Gulf Stocks Rally on Iran De-escalation Hopes Despite No Signed Deal

UK, Bulgaria, Ukraine Tell Iran They Will Not Enter the War

Iran-Oman Hormuz Mechanism Reaches Final Stage, Tehran Says New Route ≠ Reopening

Iran Weighs Pre-emptive Strike on US If Diplomacy Fails, WSJ Reports