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Aug 19, 2026 12:30 AM

The Emirates blamed Tehran, Tehran called it baseless, and the whole thing gets called a non-attack attack that may or may not have been aimed at anyone.

Abu Dhabi halted every trade exchange and financial transaction with Iran regardless.

The rest of the board is running the same way.

Trump says there are no talks or conversations scheduled while insisting the strait is open and operating, and Kpler counted three, two and six crossings over three days against an average of eleven.

Also covered: the Pentagon weighing a smaller Gulf footprint per the Washington Post, and NYT reporting Trump wants a Kim Jong Un meeting as soon as this fall.

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