
NYTimes
Countries in the region are scrambling to come up with new ways to bypass the now Houthi-dominated Red Sea, with Saudi Arabia proposing a new land route as follows:

And the situation has gotten so bad that the US is forced to shame-facedly beg China to intervene in de-escalating Iran’s unleashed fury:

US officials are looking for
any possible vector that can buy them a breath or two of relief.
Recently I had reported how new strikes by Iranian-backed groups had again caused major damage at US’ second largest base, as well as wounding many troops. It was the latest in a slew of strikes over the past few months:

Here’s Kirby trying desperately to downplay it in order to excuse the fact that US is unable to respond in any declarative way against Iran