New attacks in Gulf as Iran vows more

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Sun Tzu rises from his grave to offer Iran a strategic masterstroke to counter the "Don Tzu" blockade: instructing the Houthis to obstruct the Bab-el-Mandeb. By blockading this vital chokepoint between Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula, they may have driven oil prices to record-breaking highs.

 

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Bab el Mandeb still kept alive by the poverty and military stricken terrorist IRGC dogs, the Houthis?

Had they or anyone else who attempt to control the Red sea NOT see how easily such terrorists pirates can be destroyed?

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BREAKING NEWS UPDATES

Live updates: US military set to begin its blockade of Iranian ports and coastal areas​

President Donald Trump and the U.S. military say a U.S. blockade of all Iranian ports and coastal areas will begin on Monday.
Edited By BRIDGET BROWN, LORIAN BELANGER, HRVOJE HRANJSKI and MIKE HARRISON
Updated 10:52 PM GMT+8, April 13, 2026

Major developments we’re following:

• The U.S. military announced it will begin a blockade of all Iranian ports and coastal areas on Monday, tempering U.S. President Donald Trump’s earlier vow to entirely block the strategic Strait of Hormuz, as early reports indicated that ships had stopped crossing the waterway. Trump warned in a social media post that Iranian ships that come “anywhere close” to the U.S. blockade will be destroyed by a “quick and brutal” strike. It wasn’t clear whether the blockade had started by the designated time of 10 a.m. EDT.
• The move has set the stage for a showdown as Iran responded with threats on ports in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. “Security in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman is either for everyone or for NO ONE,” according to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, IRIB. “NO PORT in the region will be safe,” the Iranian military said.
• U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV pushed back Monday on Trump’s broadside against him over the U.S.-Israel war in Iran, telling reporters that the Vatican’s appeals for peace and reconciliation are rooted in the Gospel, and that he doesn’t fear the Trump administration.
• Ceasefire talks between the U.S. and Iran ended in the early hours of Sunday without an agreement, raising questions about what happens when the current two-week truce expires on April 22. As the talks wrapped up in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, both sides blamed each other for the failure.

 

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Under President Biden's leadership, the US and UK launched a joint military operation against Houthi targets in Yemen on January 12, 2024. Despite the attack, the Houthis suffered minimum damages.
President Trump launched an intensified campaign on March 15, 2025. On May 6, 2025, Trump announced a ceasefire agreement brokered by Oman. Houthis claimed the US "backed down" with monetary rumored