Pentagon Prepares A-10 Warthog Surge As Mideast Fleet Set To Double

US Africa Command said on Friday that its forces launched more airstrikes in Somalia on April 6 and April 7 as the US bombing campaign in the East African country continues with virtually no media coverage. AFRICOM said the strikes targeted the ISIS affiliate based in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region, where the US backs local […]

Will QatarEnergy's LNG Fiasco Derail Goldman's Prewar View Of A Mega LNG Wave Global energy flows are being rewired across Eurasia as the Russia-Ukraine war and the latest U.S.-Iran conflict disrupt Gulf energy flows in what may be the worst energy shock on record. One major new development is that roughly 20% of global LNG flows remain shut in the Gulf region because of the Hormuz chokepoint, with QatarEnergy warning last week that 17% of its LNG export capacity could be offline for three to five years. That brings us to Goldman commodities...

These Seven Allies Concocted A 'Hormuz Coalition' Statement To Placate Trump, Which Failed We reported earlier that President Trump has again expressed his extreme frustration at lack of direct NATO participation in a plan to open up the Strait of Hormuz. He declared the US has "militarily WON" - and lambasted lack of allied interest in a "simple military maneuver" to open the Strait of Hormuz, calling NATO a "Paper Tiger" without the US. And so clearly Trump himself is unconvinced after on Thursday seven allied nations signed a statement expressing a readiness to contribute to...