US President Donald Trump and Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu draft plans to launch another attack on Iran – as oil prices continue to rise once again. In this episode of The Target Mint Press News’ Robert Inlakesh looks at the developments that have put a stranglehold on the US in the Persian Gulf and why Yemen has been bombing Saudi airports.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has managed to re-assert its dominance over the Strait of Hormuz, releasing footage demonstrating that it has mined the territory and is striking vessels that are violating its blockade at an unprecedented rate. Video evidence of a ship being struck by a mine has sent shockwaves through the oil market, as the US had previously claimed to have de-mined the strategic water way.

Meanwhile, Yemen’s Ansarallah-led government in Sana’a has been delivering enormous blows to Saudi Arabia’s infrastructure. A major international incident stole the headlines this weekend, when on October 10, a Yemeni missile inflicted a mass casualty event at Riyadh’s main international airport.

At least 13 people were killed in the Yemeni missile strike, which also injured a further 307. The attack on Terminal 3 of King Khalid International Airport drew condemnation from the UN and World Leaders around the globe. Officials in Riyadh then used the incident in order to lionise their ongoing war effort against Yemen and paint themselves as the victim.

In this Monday’s show, Inlakesh takes a critical look at the events as they unfolded and the inverted reality portrayed by the corporate media. The ceasefire between Saudi Arabia and Yemen was broken by Saudi Airstrikes on Sana’a International Airport, a key detail that has been left out of the discussion.

On March 26, 2015, Saudi Arabia began launching strikes against Yemen, one of the first targets struck was Sana’a Intl. Airport, the largest airport in the nation’s Capital City. The initial attack on the airport and neighbouring residential area resulted in over 30 civilian deaths. Over the next decade, Saudi fighter jets would go on to strike Yemeni airports over 227 times, none of which received wall-to-wall coverage like the latest event.

This edition of The Target looks at the history behind what is unfolding today, as well as the current context. Saudi Arabia decided to launch 1,000 strikes, using 100 aircraft, at the beginning of October, triggering the Yemeni Armed Forces to impose a no-fly zone over Saudi territory. The decision was a move to impose a counter aerial blockade, in response to closure of Yemeni airspace that has been forced upon the nation since 2015, even during a man made famine.

As this has all been happening, a group of Israeli students were on a hike near the border of occupied southern Lebanon. One of the Israelis picked up a cluster munition and placed it in their bag, before it exploded, killing at least one and injuring 24 others. Never letting a massacre go to waste, the Israeli media and leadership seized on the opportunity to blame Hezbollah for the event, instead of the decision of teachers to direct students to hike in a war zone.

Election season is in full effect, both in Israel and the United States, meaning that the rhetoric and tensions couldn’t possibly be higher, all as Iran and its allies wait with their fingers on the trigger.

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