Medina Province

Well, the war is escalating like crazy while folks are competing to see who can do the most provocative thing.

We've got Iran sinking ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the Houthis raining down missiles upon Saudi Arabia, and France sending troops to Yambu to protect Aramco infrastructure right down the road from Medina.

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It is the 15th, October, 2026.

It's up here.

Yeah.

Next to Medina.

That whole area between Yanbu and Sana on the coast is very heavily Shia.

Four weeks ago, this was a border fight.

Since then, the Houthis have taken the Red Sea coast and an island in the Bab el-Mandeb, struck oil installations at Riyadh and at Yanbu, reached an electricity station at Medina, and are now hitting Saudi airports, while the coalition bombs their positions and the Yemeni government claims ground back.

Nearly 130,000 people have been driven from their homes in this round alone by the count of the International Organization for Migration.

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