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A King’s College Expert Doubts Tehran Ordered This at All — He Thinks the Houthis Are Exploiting Iran’s Distraction

Riyadh has confirmed that the tanker Encelia caught fire near Bab el-Mandeb, with its crew safe and no significant spill. The Houthis call it...

Brandon WeichertJuly 23, 2026

151111-N-KM939-021 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 11, 2015) - USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) travels behind the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) during a Missile Exercise (MSLEX). Sailors from the John C. Stennis Strike Group are participating in a sustainment training exercise (SUSTEX) to prepare for future deployments. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)

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American Analysts Say Iran Told the Houthis to Stand Ready to Close the Red Sea if Washington Hits Its Power Plants

The Houthis say ballistic and cruise missiles set two Saudi oil tankers ablaze in the Red Sea, and British maritime authorities confirmed at least...

Stephen SilverJuly 23, 2026

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The Houthis Just Declared a Dangerous ‘Gate of Tears’ Strategy That Could Send Oil Prices Souring Even Higher

The Houthi strike on a Saudi tanker has turned Bab el-Mandeb, the Gate of Tears, into the Iran war’s second oil front. Saudi Arabia...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 23, 2026

A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 participates in an air power demonstration near the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) April 24, 2013, in the Pacific Ocean. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group was returning from an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and U.S. 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Ignacio D. Perez/Released)

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The Real Houthi and Hormuz Problem: The U.S. Navy Can’t Win a War Over Fear

Three tankers loaded with Saudi crude for Asia reversed course in the Red Sea on Tuesday and headed for Suez instead. Nobody fired at...

Andrew LathamJuly 22, 2026

Dollars and Sense

Iran Just Declared Hormuz “Belongs to Us” — and That Anyone Who Fails to Understand Will “End Up at the Bottom”

Oil has climbed sharply since hostilities resumed on July 7, and the water tells the story better than the price does. CENTCOM insists Hormuz...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 22, 2026

Donald Trump Back in 2025 White House Photo

The Treaty

The Solution Is in the Hands of Mr. Trump, a Karachi Fruit Exporter Says — With His Mangos Stuck at the Iranian Border

Pakistan shares a long border with Iran and once traded briskly across it. Since the war began that border has opened and closed repeatedly,...

Isaac SeitzJuly 22, 2026

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), while participating in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, fires the first naval strike missile from a U.S. destroyer July 18. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jordan Jennings)

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The Regime Decentralized to Survive — and Now Iran No Longer Speaks With One Voice or Answers to a Single Commander

More than ten days into the renewed fighting, Iran faces three strategic paths over the Strait of Hormuz, according to a BBC assessment: settle...

Brandon WeichertJuly 22, 2026

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 21, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) transits the Mediterranean Sea in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel Gaither/Released)

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Saudi Arabia Built a Whole Pipeline to Escape Hormuz — and Now Needs the One Strait the Houthis Are Threatening to Close

The Houthis are threatening to blockade the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Red Sea passage Saudi Arabia leaned on after building a pipeline to bypass...

Brent M. EastwoodJuly 22, 2026

U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Combat Drill. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Dollars and Sense

An Oil Tanker Bound for China Made a Complete U-Turn at the Yemen Border — and Five More Have Already Changed Course

The Iran-backed Houthis have declared a naval blockade of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a passage just fourteen miles wide that Saudi Arabia depends on...

Isaac SeitzJuly 22, 2026

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

A King’s College Expert Doubts Tehran Ordered This at All — He Thinks the Houthis Are Exploiting Iran’s Distraction

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

American Analysts Say Iran Told the Houthis to Stand Ready to Close the Red Sea if Washington Hits Its Power Plants

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Houthis Just Declared a Dangerous ‘Gate of Tears’ Strategy That Could Send Oil Prices Souring Even Higher

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Real Houthi and Hormuz Problem: The U.S. Navy Can’t Win a War Over Fear

Dollars and Sense

Iran Just Declared Hormuz “Belongs to Us” — and That Anyone Who Fails to Understand Will “End Up at the Bottom”

The Treaty

The Solution Is in the Hands of Mr. Trump, a Karachi Fruit Exporter Says — With His Mangos Stuck at the Iranian Border

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Regime Decentralized to Survive — and Now Iran No Longer Speaks With One Voice or Answers to a Single Commander

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Saudi Arabia Built a Whole Pipeline to Escape Hormuz — and Now Needs the One Strait the Houthis Are Threatening to Close

Dollars and Sense

An Oil Tanker Bound for China Made a Complete U-Turn at the Yemen Border — and Five More Have Already Changed Course

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