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China and Russia have announced joint drills near Vladivostok in August, coinciding with the US Air Force holding its “biggest combat exercise in the region”. Beijing insists the 11th iteration of these ‘Joint Sea’ drills isn’t aimed at any country, but the timing speaks volumes

Videos shared on social media show a massive fire in the Akhi Jahan area of Azarshahr County in northwestern Iran. The fire broke out at a chemical factory, according to social media reports. The thick smoke from the blaze was visible from several kilometers away. Firefighting

The spin is almost impressive: “We’re not starving hostages, we just feed them exactly what everyone else gets under siege.” Translation: collective punishment by another name. It’s the rhetorical equivalent of blocking the fire exit, then claiming you didn’t set the blaze.

#Houthis are forcing academics & admins at universities to undergo combat training. Courses end with a visit to Saada & a pledge of loyalty to their leader. This is the 2nd phase of a militarization campaign targeting #Yemen’s education & health sectors

This is humiliating. And cultish. Professors, doctors, and civil servants in Iran-backed Houthi-run areas are being forced into combat training, then hauled to Saada to swear loyalty at a grave. They want everyone to submit to them.

#BREAKING Reuters, citing security sources: Death toll from migrant boat sinking off #Yemen rises to 86 #south24

"When mass spectacle replaces journalism, when lectures get interrupted for weapons training, when dissent becomes treason, you're no longer dealing with a functioning society. You've got a staging ground." An absolutely essential read by Fatima Alasrar ideologymachine.com/p/manufacturin…

An Iranian scientist executed on Wednesday for allegedly spying for Israel had worked with the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, according to his Google Scholar profile. Rouzbeh Vadi, a member of the Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute and a doctorate holder in

اليمنيون يهتمون بغزة. ولكن في المناطق التي يسيطر عليها الحوثيون، لا يتمتعون بحرية التعبير عن هذا الاهتمام بشروطهم الخاصة، ولا يسمح لهم بالتجمع من أجل قضاياهم الخاصة: حرية سجنائهم، أو حتى الحقوق الأساسية. يتم فلترة كل شيء من خلال أجندة الميليشيا.

"What the Houthis are building is a permanent shadow state where every march tests loyalty, every school could become a barracks, and every televised rally distracts from collapsing public services and civic life." Important article by Fatima Alasrar ideologymachine.com/p/manufacturin…

For a decade, the world lied — portraying Yemen’s war as a fight against a weak, isolated Houthi militia. The truth? Yemen’s government was battling the full weight of Iran’s axis, backed by vast networks of arms smuggling, shadow financing, and a regional agenda to break the

Disarming Iran's proxies is a must for regional stability. The push to disarm Hezbollah in Lebanon is a step in the right direction. The same is useful in Yemen. Western policymakers treated Houthi disarmament as a non-starter, but this needs to change. aje.io/oh4m7n

#BREAKING Hadramout Transitional Council (STC): We strongly condemn suppression of peaceful protesters in Tarim by First Military Region forces #south24

In a new piece for The Times of Israel, I offer some takeaways from the appointment of Ali Larijani as the new secretary of #Iran's regime's SNSC: unification of the political elite; addressing security failures; and managing relations with the East and West. blogs.timesofisrael.com/ali-larijanis-…

Sana’a University held a mass “graduation” for 6,000 students from the Houthis’ Flood of al-Aqsa cohorts. Students marched with rifles, pledged loyalty to Abdulmalik al-Houthi, and framed it as support for Gaza. A civic institution repurposed to glorify armed violence.

My last for Gulf Int'l Forum examines how rising interdictions of #Iran|ian weapons bound for #Houthis, anti-smuggling coordination (with #EU, #US, #UN), and naval threats are reshaping #RedSea and #Yemen security dynamics. Thanks to Anas Alqaed أنس القائد & GIF team gulfif.org/yemens-breakth…