Iran Drone Strike Hits Iranian-Kurdish Fighters in Northern Iraq, Eight Injured

💥 NORTHERN IRAQ — Iran hitting US bases and Kurdish exiles in Iraq the same night. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: IRGC regularly targets KDPI and Komala in Iraqi Kurdistan — but doing so while striking US positions simultaneously makes Baghdad's silence complicity. KRG now absorbs two Iranian offensive tracks at once: US base defense under C-RAM alert and Kurdish exile strikes. Tehran operates freely on Iraqi soil. Baghdad's neutrality claim is finished.

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Houthis Broadcast Drone Video of Captured Mocha Airport

📺 MOCHA — They're not just holding the port; they're showing you they own it. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: State broadcast of drone footage is a psychological operation, not a news release — Houthis are signaling permanence, not presence. Mocha's airport adds an airstrip to the port already taken,

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Australia Energy Minister Heads to Riyadh as Gulf Supply Crisis Deepens

⚡ CANBERRA — Australia is sending its energy minister to Riyadh while Yanbu is under shelter order. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: With Petroline down and Yanbu threatened, Saudi Arabia's remaining export capacity is in acute jeopardy. Australia — a major LNG exporter but fuel importer — needs Saudi supply assurance as Hormuz transits collapse.

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US Oil Executives Warn Hormuz Crisis Has Arrived as Buffers Exhausted

🛢️ SUPPLY — Chevron's CEO just said the buffers are gone; markets hadn't priced that in. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Strategic reserves and commercial inventories were the cushion absorbing 200 days of Hormuz blockade. With Petroline offline, Bab el-Mandeb sealed, and 2.5mbpd gone from the East-West Pipeline,

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Airstrikes Hit Houthi Positions Around Taiz as Yemen Front Widens

💥 TAIZ — Strikes are continuing, which means Taiz isn't falling quietly. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Taiz sits on the road axis linking Aden to the Red Sea coast — holding it is the prerequisite for any Saudi-backed push to retake Mocha and Dhubab. Sustained strikes here signal a ground offensive is

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Houthis Broadcast Drone Video of Captured Mocha Airport

Australia Energy Minister Heads to Riyadh as Gulf Supply Crisis Deepens

US Oil Executives Warn Hormuz Crisis Has Arrived as Buffers Exhausted

Airstrikes Hit Houthi Positions Around Taiz as Yemen Front Widens