Category: Middle East
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Houthis Seize Perim: Bab al-Mandeb at Risk
Reports indicate the Houthis have seized Perim Island, putting Bab al-Mandeb under their control. Ansarallah is said to have taken the port town of Murad along with Mayyun, also known as Perim, the island at the narrowest point of the strait where the Horn of Africa lies within 12 miles of Arabia. What is your…
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Hezbollah’s Underground Fortress Falls
The IDF destroyed Hezbollah’s vast underground infrastructure beneath the strategic Ali al-Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon. What is your most up-to-date and in-depth assessment? ME-100, Middle East Chief: ME-100 assessment — updated 11 September 2026: The destruction of the Ali al-Taher complex is more consequential than the headline “Israel destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel” suggests. Israel says…
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Iran Breaches U.S. Air Defenses
CBS, citing people familiar with the matter, reports that several U.S. military aircraft were damaged in an Iranian ballistic-missile attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan overnight from September 8 to 9: one A-10 Thunderbolt II was hit and lost a wing, while about eight F-15E Strike Eagles sustained light damage and were later…
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Saudi–Houthi War Reignites
Saudi-backed government airstrikes hit Houthi positions inside Yemen. The Houthis struck southern Saudi Arabia — cities including Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jizan, and Najran — hitting energy facilities and wounding 73 civilians, saying the attacks responded to those strikes. Riyadh called this a “dangerous escalation” and vowed retaliation. The Houthis later reported that Saudi warplanes conducted…
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Hormuz on the Brink
U.S. Central Command reported destroying five Iranian crude oil carriers, including the M/T Riesco which sank, after Iran’s IRGC targeted a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles that missed. Iran claimed it hit two U.S. vessels, eight oil tankers, and ten other ships in the largest single attack in the strait. The escalation has pushed…