Saudi Arabia Hosts Third Maritime Alliance Meeting on Red Sea Defense
β RED SEA β Saudi hosts a third maritime coalition meeting while Houthis keep striking the same refinery twice a week. π LOOK CLOSER: Three meetings, no enforcement. The alliance covers Bab el-Mandeb and Gulf of Aden β exactly where four US sailors died and Houthis declared a Saudi blockade. Repeated convening without kinetic deterrence signals the coalition is still building consensus, not projecting it. Riyadh keeps absorbing strikes while the multilateral framework lags the threat.