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🇾🇪 Critical global supply lines are allegedly facing a massive proxy escalation as the Red Sea ceasefire begins to unravel overnight. Quincy Institute EVP and Middle East Analyst Trita Parsi , notes that the intense Houthi assault on Al Hudaydah shows regional powers rushing to secure local leverage. Mr.... show more

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