🎖️ CENTCOM — Wave complete; but Trump named the next target last night. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: "Completed" is operational language for pause, not cessation — every prior wave was followed by another within 48-72 hours. With Pickaxe Mountain publicly named by Trump and Thursday's 9PM address hours away, CENTCOM's completion statement sets a brief window. The question isn't whether another wave comes — it's what Thursday's speech authorizes next.
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🎯 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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🏛️ CONGRESS — Third vote, same result: the House can't end a war the Senate won't stop. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: A House war powers resolution dies in the Senate — that's been the pattern twice already. With DEFCON 1 active and Trump's electoral timeline driving strategy,
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The Salalah Hormuz ministerial collapsed before it started: Saudi Arabia objected, Bahrain stayed home. Brent at $107.49. While diplomats argue over seats, Hossein Taeb — the cleric who blew up the June deal — now commands the Basij.
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Il vertice di Salalah sul corridoio Hormuz è saltato prima ancora di cominciare: Arabia Saudita contro, Bahrain assente. Brent a $107,49. Mentre i diplomatici litigano sui posti, Hossein Taeb — il clerico che ha fatto esplodere il memorandum di giugno — guida ora il Basij.