Iranian Retaliation Reaches Damietta: A New Front Opens Beyond the Gulf and the Red Sea

At a Glance Operational Overview The conflict’s geographic footprint has expanded beyond the Gulf and Red Sea into the broader eastern Mediterranean energy corridor. A drone struck ENERGOS WINTER, a U.S.-managed LNG floating storage unit moored at Damietta, Egypt, on the evening of July 29, with fire spreading to GASLOG SALEM alongside. Iranian state television…