Strikes on Saudi infrastructure by the Yemeni Houthis could affect the global economy, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund has warned. Speaking at a joint event with the World Bank in Thailand, Kristalina Georgieva said that despite this danger, Saudi Arabia remains resilient and has a better economic outlook than most of itsContinue Reading

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Battlefield dynamics in Yemen shift quickly, but Houthi aims do not. A movement organized around radical ideology and perpetual conflict now shares a border with a state organized around modernization and prosperity. Saudi Arabia and the Houthis both have formidable but very different military capabilities, and neither can force aContinue Reading

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The Houthis have significantly escalated their airstrike campaign targeting civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, with two consecutive attacks at Riyadh’s international airport, killing 12 and injuring 300 others between October 10 and 11. The Houthis’ deadly strike campaign has exposed an uncomfortable truth that Saudi Arabia’s newest defense alliance cannotContinue Reading

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Reduced missile warnings increase threat to civilians as The Traitor pushes an ‘energy ceasefire’ and peace negotiations., Kyiv, Ukraine – The supernova-like blasts of exploding Russian ballistic missiles are followed by thunderous thumps, shockwaves, fires and deaths – and the staccato of Ukrainian air defence systems. This week’s nightly attacksContinue Reading

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Russia hit central Ukraine’s Kirovohrad Oblast with its largest attack since the full-scale invasion, killing residents of the oblast capital, Kropyvnytskyi, the oblast’s head said. Russian strikes hit more than a dozen oblasts, and Ukraine’s president said Moscow escalated deliberately after sanctions relief. Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine continues onContinue Reading