BREAKING: YEMEN’S HOUTHIS HAVE COMPLETELY CAPTURED THE BAB EL-MANDEB COASTLINE — seizing MOCHA, taking DHUBAB and capturing the strategic ZUQAR ISLAND in a series of rapid gains that now put the entire chokepoint under COMPLETE HOUTHI CONTROL, per AFP and Reuters sources.
MOCHA gives them a critical foothold on the mainland. DHUBAB sits directly beside the strait. ZUQAR gives them a strategic island position overlooking the wider maritime approaches.
Now, the situation is escalating further: HOUTHIS ARE REPORTEDLY ATTEMPTING A LANDING OPERATION ON PERIM ISLAND — a strategically positioned island inside the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that also hosts an EMIRATI AIR BASE, which Israel had reportedly been granted access to in the past.
Houthi leadership previously discussed a TRANSIT FEE (Toll) SYSTEM modeled on Iran’s approach to the Strait of Hormuz. Regional sources say the issue was discussed during a Tehran visit earlier this year, with CHINESE VESSELS reportedly exempt under the proposal.
Trump's promise to give every American $5,000 if the Republicans win the midterm elections is almost a copy/paste of the movie Idiocracy (2006)—the premise being a future society that became increasingly stupid and anti-intellectual.
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🚨Ansarallah rapidly advances across the western Yemeni coast, claiming over 1,000 square kilometers in just a day.
Here is how the Saudi-backed forces collapsed, triggering a spike in oil prices:
Hodeidah Governorate: Overnight Ansarallah forces broke through the city of Hays after days of fighting with the Saudi-backed forces of Yemen's internationally recognized government. The loss of Hays triggered a widescale collapse that began with a retreat towards the port city of Al-Khawkhah, but then progressed to a full scale retreat from Hodeidah Governorate towards Al Mokha to the south.
Taiz Governorate: After the withdrawal from Hays and Al-Khawkah, the coalition forces of the internationally recognized government regrouped 50km south in the vital port city of Al Mokha. Shortly afterwards, the Giants Brigade – which was originally formed by the UAE, but now sides with the Saudi-linked forces – pulled out of Al Mokha to head for Aden and the collapse continued. After a few hours of encircling the port city, Ansarallah was seen driving through the city center without any clear indication of fighting.
Currently, Ansarallah is pressing further south to take the coastal town of Dhubab, which sits at the opening to the Bab Al Mandab, a key chokepoint for tanker traffic. Taking Dhubab would grant Ansarallah control over the entire western Yemeni coast down to the center of the Bab Al Mandab.
There are also reports from Yemeni analysts that Ansar forces launched an amphibious assault on the strategic island archipelago of Jabal Zuqar and Greater and Lesser Hanish that sit in the middle of the Southern Red Sea shipping corridor.
Brent crude oil prices surged above $105 before retreating slightly.
It's amazing how many people around the world egg on Iran to crash the Trump economy, despite the pain they will all have to endure. Trump, Netanyahu, and the Zionists are truly despised.
En el 50 aniversario de su paso a la inmortalidad, recordamos al líder histórico y fundador de la hermana República Popular China, Mao Zedong. Su incansable lucha antiimperialista, su revolución por la dignidad de los campesinos y su firme defensa de la soberanía frente a la dominación extranjera son un legado que acompaña a los pueblos libres del mundo. Hoy más que nunca, ante los constantes ataques del imperio, reafirmamos nuestra profunda hermandad con el valeroso pueblo chino en su constante camino de desarrollo y liberación.
"Once Stalin was buried, Hitler came out of his tomb. And in Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, etc., all the fascist heroes are resurrected, ilk such as Vlasov, Bandera, Antonescu, Tiso and other Nazi collaborators. The destruction of the Berlin Wall heralded the rise of neo-Nazism in Germany. Today, when faced with the unleashing of capitalism and fascism in Eastern Europe, it is easier to understand that Stalin did in fact defend worker's power.."
-Ludo Martens, Another View of Stalin, 1994