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Security · Operations2 Sept 2026Red Sea · Bab el-Mandeb · Gulf of Aden

Saudi-led Red Sea coalition is standing up. Membership still moving

Qatar News Agency, reporting from Riyadh on 30 July, said a Multinational Maritime Defense Alliance was announced after a Saudi Ministry of Defense meeting of chiefs of staff from 43 countries plus an EU delegation.