Edition No. 33 · Sat 25 Jul 2026 · Story 1 of 14

"'No good ways out of this mess'"

Semafor

The Houthis attacked two Saudi tankers bound for Bab el-Mandeb, the workaround Saudi Arabia has used with Hormuz effectively blockaded.

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