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| US eyes Eritrea reset to counter Iran | |
| 2026-04-24 | |
Text: 🚨 US EYES ERITREA RESET TO COUNTER IRAN The Trump administration is reportedly exploring a shift in policy toward Eritrea — including lifting some sanctions — as part of a strategy to push back against Iranian influence in the Red Sea. Eritrea controls more than 700 miles of coastline along a critical maritime chokepoint now threatened by Iran-backed Houthis. US envoy Massad Boulos has already met with Eritrea’s president and Egypt’s Sisi to move talks forward. Eritrea has long been labeled “Africa’s North Korea” due to its repression. But officials are now arguing that sanctions alone haven’t worked — and the strategic stakes are too high. Related: Eritrea: 2026-03-16 Yemen threatens to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to the US and Israel – media Eritrea: 2026-02-15 Situation in northern Ethiopia 🇪🇹 is rapidly worsening, with ENDF mobilizing massive reinforcements to Tigray Eritrea: 2026-02-06 Over Half of Immigrant Households Are on Welfare, Far Surpassing American Households | |
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