Oman Summons Iran's Ambassador After Iranian Drones Strike Omani Territory

🏔️ MUSCAT — Iran just struck the country drafting its Hormuz exit plan. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Oman was the only neutral actor Tehran accepted as framework designer for Hormuz reopening. Iranian drones hitting Musandam and Al Batinah — both on the strait — force Muscat to suspend that role. With Qatar's channel already broken by Al Udeid and its own condemnation of Iran, both active mediation tracks are now gone. Washington has no back-channel left.

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Houthis Claim Strike on Yanbu Aramco Facilities, Khamis Mushait Airbase

🛢️ YANBU — Houthis claim Aramco's last Red Sea outlet; Riyadh stays silent. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Yanbu is Saudi Arabia's only functioning Red Sea export terminal — Petroline already down, Hormuz mined. If confirmed, this closes the last escape valve. With MBS in Cairo and Saudi F-15s newly contested

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Iran-Backed Iraqi Militias Refuse Disarmament as US Troops Exit

🇮🇶 BAGHDAD — The US is leaving; the militias aren't going anywhere. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: US withdrawal removes the only external pressure forcing militia restraint. With IRGC proxy coordination active across Yemen and Lebanon, Iraqi factions refusing disarmament signals Tehran will retain a land corridor to Syria post-withdrawal. Baghdad loses

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Pakistan Condemns Houthi Drone Attack on Mecca

🕌 ISLAMABAD — Islamabad condemns loudly; what it won't do is act. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Pakistan's condemnation is calibrated — strong enough to signal Sunni solidarity with Riyadh, silent enough to avoid entangling Islamabad in Yemen. With MBS in Cairo seeking Egyptian troops, Sharif's statement is a diplomatic

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Houthis Confirm Saudi F-15 Shot Down by Locally Made Surface-to-Air Missile

🎯 YEMEN — Riyadh's air superiority just became the war's biggest open question. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: An indigenous Houthi SAM killing an F-15 ends the assumption underpinning 52 daily strikes. Saudi pilots now fly into contested airspace over Taiz and Dhubab without reliable threat data. Riyadh's

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Houthis Claim Strike on Yanbu Aramco Facilities, Khamis Mushait Airbase

Iran-Backed Iraqi Militias Refuse Disarmament as US Troops Exit

Pakistan Condemns Houthi Drone Attack on Mecca

Houthis Confirm Saudi F-15 Shot Down by Locally Made Surface-to-Air Missile