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Saudi-backed forces have retaken ground on Yemen’s Red Sea coast, but the war will be settled at Taiz and by how long Saudi Arabia can absorb Houthi missiles. Patriot stocks, the economy and the Mecca Pact set the endgame.
Saudi Arabia has formally joined Yemen’s war with 100 fighter jets behind Operation Dawn of Yemen. The Houthis overreached at Taiz for Iran’s agenda, are losing Bab el-Mandeb and Mokha, and cannot recover.
A Houthi drone hit the power station serving the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina. Saudi Arabia will answer with overwhelming force once US troops rejoin the war after the midterms, and the signs of that return are already visible.
Trump’s rejection of Iran’s Hormuz offer and his plan to resume strikes after the midterms set the clock for Saudi retaliation against the Houthis. Riyadh is not surrendering; it is preparing.
