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Read the Analysis →IMAGE //Saudi oil’s Red Sea route: Abqaiq to Yanbu, then north through Suez or south through Bab el-Mandeb. Pipeline and sea routes are schematic. NASA Blue Marble, September 2004 composite. Map: Global Recon · @IGRecon.
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Iran//September 10, 2026
The Houthis Are Advancing on the Red Sea’s Southern Exit
Their coastal gains could deepen pressure on Saudi Arabia’s oil bypass, whose cargoes already reroute through Egypt when the strait is too risky.
John Hendricks
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