π JERUSALEM β Netanyahu and Trump consult as the burial pause expires. π LOOK CLOSER: The burial pause both sides honored is now closed. A Netanyahu-Trump call at this exact moment signals Israel is pressing Washington before Tehran recalibrates. Netanyahu's threat against Mojtaba remains live; Trump's "ten times harder" pledge is on the table. What Israel asks for now shapes the next US strike decision.
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ποΈ SANAA β Washington is negotiating in Oman without knowing who holds the wheel. π LOOK CLOSER: As Houthis consolidate Bab el-Mandeb and down Saudi F-15s, internal command is reshaping. An obscure figure rising now β while US talks Oman and Riyadh reels β means any deal reached may not bind the faction&
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ποΈ CENTCOM β Washington just admitted its boots are guiding Riyadh's campaign. π LOOK CLOSER: CENTCOM confirming advisors via Al Jazeera β not a Pentagon briefing β signals US commitment to Riyadh after the F-15 shootdown, without triggering War Powers thresholds. But with US-Houthi talks in Oman just revealed, Washington is
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π€ MUSCAT β Washington is talking to the proxy while bombing the patron. π LOOK CLOSER: Direct US-Houthi contact in Oman β while Saudi F-15s are downed and Yanbu is struck β signals Washington is pursuing a Yemen off-ramp independent of Riyadh. Oman as venue is deliberate: same channel used for Iran
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π¦ ANKARA β Turkey just nationalized the bank Washington sanctioned for Iran. π LOOK CLOSER: State takeover doesn't dissolve US sanctions β it absorbs the liability into Ankara's sovereign balance sheet. ErdoΔan is signaling Turkey won't let Washington's Iran pressure reshape domestic finance. This fractures NATO