Mecca Pact Fails First Test: Saudi Sirens, Silent Allies
Sirens over Mecca, a fully closed Bab al-Mandeb, and a defence pact that answered with statements instead of support — inside Saudi Arabia’s widening September…
Bab al-Mandeb
Saudi Arabia Spent 45 Years Building an Escape Route From Hormuz. Yemen Just Shut That Too.
In 1981, as tankers burned in the Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War, Saudi Arabia’s oil planners made a quiet bet. They built a 1,200-kilometre pipeline…