{"id":9620,"date":"2026-09-11T08:23:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=9620"},"modified":"2026-10-03T15:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T20:27:10","slug":"9620","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/09\/11\/9620\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/yemen\/irans-second-front?utm_medium=newsletters&amp;utm_source=twofa&amp;utm_campaign=Iran%E2%80%99s%20Second%20Front&amp;utm_content=20260918&amp;utm_term=FA%20This%20Week_Newsletter\">\u201cIran\u2019s Second Front:\u00a0 The Houthis\u2019 Bold Advance Has Transformed the Middle East\u2019s Wars,\u201d<\/a> Foreign Affairs, 9-11-26.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t need to revisit the Regime&#8217;s connections to Bin Laden and AQ today, but here will start with the Houthis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/middle-east\/houthis-control-bab-el-mandeb-yemen-red-sea-saudi-iran-war-oil-rcna597186\">\u201cStrikes shut down key Saudi pipeline as Iran-backed Houthis tighten grip on crucial shipping lane,\u201d<\/a> NBC, 9-11-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c4gl92lw8vpo\">\u201cIsrael says it has destroyed major underground Hezbollah base,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 9-11-26.\u00a0\u00a0Iran assisted with the construction of this tunnel complex near northern Israel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iraq-orders-closure-shalamcheh-border-crossing-with-iran-two-sources-say-2026-09-11\/\">\u201cIraq orders closure of Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran, two sources say,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 9-11-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/saudi-arabia-tells-trump-time-military-action-iran-backed-houthis-advance\">\u201cSaudi Arabia tells Trump now is the time for military action as Iran-backed Houthis advance,\u201d<\/a> Fox, 9-11-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran\u2019s Second Front:\u00a0 The Houthis\u2019 Bold Advance Has Transformed the Middle East\u2019s Wars,\u201d Foreign Affairs, 9-11-26.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t need to revisit the Regime&#8217;s connections to Bin Laden and AQ today, but here will start with the Houthis. \u201cStrikes shut down key Saudi pipeline as Iran-backed Houthis tighten grip on crucial shipping lane,\u201d NBC, 9-11-26. \u201cIsrael &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/09\/11\/9620\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2819,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9620"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9736,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9620\/revisions\/9736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}