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14-Country Maritime Defense Alliance Moves Closer To Deploying To Red Sea, Gulf Of Aden

With Saudi shipping traffic in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait under unprecedented peril, the recently-launched Multinational Maritime Defense Coalition is moving closer to deploying ships to ensure freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, the Saudi Ministry of Defense announced on Friday. 

Formed on July 30 at the initiative of Saudi Arabia, the Multinational Maritime Defense Coalition comprises 14 countries: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Sudan, Djibouti, and Somalia. Representatives from 41 countries and the European Union, including 154 naval officers and officials, attended the coalition's fourth planning meeting at the Saudi Western Fleet Command in Jeddah.

Representatives of the countries that comprise the new Multinational Maritime Defense Coalition at their Friday meeting in Jeddah (Saudi Defense Ministry)

"The Alliance is currently working on integrating capabilities and preparing for operational implementation and actual presence in the maritime operations area, following its achievement of the Initial Operational Capability stage," the Saudi Defense Ministry said. The undertaking is organized to encompass joint training, intelligence-sharing, and -- most importantly -- maritime security operations. The entity is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and commanded by Saudi Major General Abdullah Al-Shahri.

On Friday, Al-Shahri told reporters the coalition will confront any threat to maritime navigation, but it's far from clear how much impact it will have.The fact that the entity has been the topic of very little conversation amid the growing economic crisis emanating from the Middle East suggests the markets are profoundly skeptical.  

“We have seen several maritime security initiatives before, including those established during the piracy crisis in the Gulf of Aden," International Crisis Group's Ahmed Nagi told al Jazeera last month. "While some of these initiatives had political significance, many struggled to translate their objectives into tangible results on the ground." 

The multi-mission combat ship His Majesty King Saud was floated in Wisconsin in December 2025 (SPA photo via Asharq Al-Awsat) 

Saudi Arabia has invited European states to join the coalition, but they've thus far been reluctant to join. In July, diplomats told the New York Times the Europeans wanted to see how the coalition's schemes and expectations developed before taking the plunge. When it formed, the coalition stressed that it was "purely defensive and not targeting any country."

The coalition was formed just 10 days after Yemen's Ansar Allah movement -- nicknamed "the Houthis" after its founder -- announced a blockade on Saudi-related shipping in the Red Sea. Earlier this month, Ansar Allah achieved a stunning battlefield success by seizing the remainder of Yemen's Red Sea coast it hadn't yet controlled -- by the group's claim, some 2,000 square miles. The lightning blitz put well-armed Ansar Allah forces directly beside the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and on islands that command it. Though frequently called "rebels," Ansar Allah -- "Defenders of God" -- controls Yemen's capital and territory in which some 80% of Yemenis live. 

Following the west-coast setback for Ansar Allah's Saudi-backed opponents, the kingdom was dealt another major blow when Iraqi militias struck Saudi Arabia's east-west pipeline, which had been serving as a critical export outlet amid the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz. With the pipeline requiring repairs that will take weeks if not months, Saudi Aramco has started cancelling October crude oil delivers to Europe.

Tyler Durden Sat, 09/19/2026 - 11:05

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Los Angeles Ranks Last Among 100 US Metros For Affordability And New Home Construction

Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times,

Des Moines, Iowa, ranked first and Los Angeles ranked last in Realtor.com's inaugural report grading the 100 largest U.S. metros on housing affordability and homebuilding activity.

A sign is posted in front of a home for sale in Los Angeles on July 9, 2026. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The results highlighted how local zoning and permitting can affect housing affordability in different areas.

The real estate platform's first Metro Affordability and Homebuilding Report Card, released on Sept. 16, showed that Des Moines received an "A+" grade with a score of 83.4, the highest among the 100 metros analyzed, reflecting its strong residential construction activity and affordability.

The city has a median listing price of $349,903, with the monthly mortgage payment requiring 27.5 percent of a median-income household's income, below the commonly cited threshold of 30 percent.

The calculation assumed a 10 percent down payment and a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage with a 6.5 percent interest rate.

At the other end of the list, Los Angeles received an "F" grade with a score of 12, leaving it at the bottom of the 100-metro ranking.

The median listing price in the city stands at $1.129 million, requiring a household earning the median income to spend 84.4 percent of its income on the monthly mortgage payment on a typical home, according to the report.

Meanwhile, the report said that local housing policies can help explain the gap between the highest- and lowest-performing metro areas in new home construction and affordability.

"Beyond land availability, the biggest difference between the 'A' metros and the 'F' metros is local housing policy, especially related to zoning and permitting," Realtor.com senior economist Joel Berner said in the report.

"The 'A's share regulatory flexibility and streamlined approval processes, while the 'F's are locked in restrictive land-use frameworks."

The report noted that Des Moines had a permit-to-population ratio of 1.85, meaning the city was issuing permits for new homes at a rate 85 percent higher than the national average relative to its population.

By contrast, Los Angeles' ratio of 0.47 meant that the city was permitting less than half the national average relative to its population.

"The combination of extreme affordability pressure and limited new supply placed it at the bottom of the class," the report noted.

Along with Los Angeles, New York City, Providence, Rhode Island, Honolulu, and Boston also had failing grades.

For example, Berner said, Boston has four times as many pages of zoning law as Austin, Texas, and 79 percent of its land is zoned, compared with just 15 percent in Austin.

Minimum parking mandates apply to 88 percent of land in Boston, while in Austin, the requirement is 37 percent.

Boston also has less land that allows unrestricted accessory dwelling units, limiting the supply of smaller, more affordable homes.

"The contrast between Austin and Boston makes clear that the rules governing what can be built can be just as consequential as the land available to build on," Berner added.

Those top-ranked metros with less restrictive zoning and permitting also include: Raleigh, North Carolina; Columbia, South Carolina; Houston; and Indianapolis.

Regionally, the South and Midwest performed best for both new construction and affordability, while the Northeast and West lagged.

The report attributes the difference to more available and lower-cost land in the South and Midwest, in addition to more flexible zoning and permitting policies.

"Homebuilding and affordability are inseparable, and if we want to improve affordability in a lasting way, we need to build more homes," Realtor.com chief economist Danielle Hale said in the report. "The metros at the top of these rankings show that buyers benefit most when communities pair homes that are attainable for today's local earners with enough new construction to support tomorrow's demand."

In its Sept. 16 report, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the Wells Fargo Housing Market Index found that builder confidence in September hit the lowest level since September 2025.

"Buyer traffic has weakened across much of the country, largely because of rising mortgage rates," NAHB Chairman Bill Owens said in the report.

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 6.95 percent for the week ending Sept. 17, up from 6.76 percent the previous week and 6.26 percent a year earlier, according to Freddie Mac.

Owens also said builders continue to face higher material costs, rising energy prices, and ongoing labor shortages.

NAHB chief economist Robert Dietz added that 42 percent of builders rated current lot availability as "poor," and 38 percent as just "fair."

According to Realtor.com, the United States remains short of more than 4 million homes, putting financial strain on first-time homebuyers.

Tyler Durden Sat, 09/19/2026 - 10:30