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Houthi threat opens new regional doors for Israel, but old limits remain
Analysis: Houthi gains around Bab al-Mandab could deepen quiet Israeli-Saudi security cooperation as Riyadh seeks answers, but shared fear of Iran still falls short of a regional alliance and does not erase Arab demands on the Palestinian issue
Dr. Michael Milshtein
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09.25.26
Iran is pushing Gulf states toward Israel: The secret talks and the forming coalition
Behind the scenes, a new regional reality is taking shape: Arab countries are showing willingness to join the US-led coalition against Iran and are no longer ruling out cooperation with Israel, whose aid to the Emirates has become an example
Itamar Eichner
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09.16.26
Report: US weighs shrinking military footprint in Middle East after Iran batters bases
Washington Post says officials see a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to rethink damaged Gulf bases rather than rebuild them; a proposal to shift some forces to Israel has sparked debate in Washington over concerns about Israeli espionage
Lior Ben Ari
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08.18.26
Israel as the Middle East’s 'mistress': wanted behind closed doors, shunned in public
Security ties with Gulf states endure, but Saudi normalization now carries a higher political price, as the Palestinian issue, new regional alliances and years of war test whether Israel can still turn military strength into lasting regional integration
Lior Ben Ari, Itamar Eichner
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08.15.26
Five months without ships: What Hormuz closure is costing the Gulf
Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain cannot bypass Hormuz for most energy exports, while costly air freight, rerouted cargo and damaged facilities are pushing up prices and exposing how dependent Gulf economies remain on a single chokepoint
Jacob Wirtschafter / The Media Line
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08.10.26
From Israel to the US: Iran turns water systems into a weapon of cyberwarfare
Attacks attributed to Tehran have targeted pumps, treatment facilities and Israeli-made control systems, while strikes on desalination plants expose how easily conflict could disrupt drinking water across the arid Middle East
Ron Crissy, Dan Oren
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08.02.26
Not striking Iran is one risk; becoming a US vassal is much, much worse
Commentary: Tehran has learned to call Trump’s bluff, while Jerusalem is forced into costly alerts without consultation, influence or reliable coordination, undermining Israel’s sovereignty and ability to shape its own security decisions
Ron Ben-Yishai
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08.02.26
As US power wanes, Gulf States turn to China in bid to tame Iran crisis
Gulf Arab states are turning to China, rather than Washington, to use its economic leverage over Iran to reopen key waterways, testing Beijing’s influence as the Iran war disrupts regional energy exports and exposes limits on US power
Reuters
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07.30.26
Gulf-backed Oman plan would let Iran collect 'voluntary fees' in Hormuz, sources say
Proposal would deny Tehran sole control of the strategic waterway while allowing optional payments modeled on the Strait of Malacca, as Trump threatens renewed strikes if diplomacy fails
News Agencies
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07.28.26
US ends Iran strikes as Tehran keeps firing; oil prices surge, Gulf base damage revealed
Iran says it targeted bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Jordan; satellite images show damage at US facilities in region as Israel remains outside the conflict
Ron Crissy, Lior Ben Ari
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07.13.26
US strikes Iran again; Tehran targets Gulf bases and Jordan as Israel braces for wider escalation
CENTCOM says dozens of air-defense, radar, missile and drone targets were hit after renewed Iranian attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz; Tehran retaliates against bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait
Itamar Eichner, Ron Crissy
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07.13.26
Israel 'closely' following developments in Iran amid expected escalation
Following Iranian claims it killed 6 US soldiers in Kuwait, the conflict in the Gulf is likely to escalate overnight; Israeli source: 'For now we are outside it, but that could change'; Meanwhile, energy prices climb again as world fears all-out war
Itamar Eichner
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07.13.26
Iran widens Gulf attacks after US strikes 140 targets, warns ‘era of one-sided agreements is over’
Tehran says it attacked another vessel in the Strait of Hormuz and US-linked sites across six countries; Washington says precision strikes hit Iranian missile, drone, naval and surveillance facilities amid a deepening fight over the vital waterway
Lior Ben Ari
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07.12.26
Qatar’s former Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies at 74
Known as Qatar’s Father Emir, Sheikh Hamad ruled from 1995 to 2013, overseeing the country’s transformation into a gas-rich global power before handing the throne to his son, Sheikh Tamim
News agencies
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07.12.26
Iran pitches Gulf states on $40B fee plan for reopening Strait of Hormuz
Tehran is pushing a plan to charge ships for security, safety and environmental services in the strategic oil route, but US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said no country has the right to demand fees for international waterways
ynet
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06.25.26
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