— 🇮🇷 NEW: Iran has started using hybrid missiles, to save considerable costs but maintain the same lethality

In the image on the right, an advanced ‘Kheybar Shekan’ warhead can be seen mounted on a relatively cheap and simple ‘Hajj Qassem’ booster, which is easier to produce.

In the image on the left, a hypersonic ‘Fattah’ warhead can also be seen mounted on a Hajj Qassem booster.

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Saudi Arabia has announced an ‘international alliance’ to protect shipping in the Red Sea from Houthi attacks

Participants include Arab states such as Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Jordan, none of which have a navy, as well as the third world nations of Bangladesh, Nigeria, Sudan, and Djibouti.

The only three major nations in the alliance are Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt. America did not agree to join the alliance, nor did any other European or Western country.

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— 🇪🇬/🇮🇷 Egyptian President El-Sisi: ‘We have launched a thorough investigation to determine the origin of the drones that struck Damietta Port’

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2015: A Saudi-led coalition to attack Yemen

2026: A Saudi-led coalition to defend Saudi Arabia from Yemen.

—❗️🇮🇷/🇪🇬/🇮🇱 Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi:

‘Egypt is considered a friend and important partner in the region, and its security constitutes an utmost priority for us.

We must all remain vigilant toward Israeli schemes and ‘false flag’ operations that aim to undermine regional peace.

The [Zionist] threat is clear, shared, and it fears Muslim solidarity.’

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Initial reports of an incident in Bab Al-Mandab.

Nothing.