Saudi Arabia Secures 14-State Maritime Coalition for Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb
⚓ RED SEA — 14 states just formalized what Houthi strikes made inevitable. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Saudi Arabia's 14-state maritime coalition formalizes the Houthi front as a permanent alliance trigger, not an ad hoc escort problem. Tehran loses the proxy leverage it held when no state wanted formal exposure here. Washington must now either lead this coalition or be visibly absent — with its Gulf forces already stretched thin.
