Houthi forces said their offensive was over after expelling government troops from six districts. [1] This paper printed Perim seized as Friday's island. An announcement of an end is not a cease-fire. Print the claim. Do not print a closed Bab.

Long War Journal filed the western-coast claim with the island. [1] Government forces disputed gains in the same week's file. A dispute is not a vanished claim. Print six districts as the Houthi word. Leave a recapture to the edition that owns a recapture.

New islands belong to the edition that owns them. Friday prints Perim and a claimed end in six districts. Do not stitch them into Hormuz.

Friday is not a cease-fire.
Perim already owns Friday's only named island on this desk.
Claimed ends to offensives are standard punctuation; verification takes weeks. Six districts quiet would matter if confirmed. Friday prints the claim with the dispute attached.

Punctuation needs verification; exclamation marks need proof. Friday prints the comma. Weeks supply the period.

Claimed quiets stay claimed; Friday prints six districts with the dispute. Perim already owns the island. Hormuz is another map.

Friday prints six districts with the dispute. Perim already owns the island. Hormuz is another map.

An announced quiet in six districts is not a ceasefire. Perim is Friday's named island. Verification takes weeks the desk does not invent.

Claimed quiet in six districts is not a ceasefire. Perim is Friday's named island. Hormuz is another map.

Hormuz is another map. Perim is Friday's named island, not a ceasefire. Verification takes weeks this desk will not invent.

Hormuz is another map on Friday. Perim stays Friday's named island. Friday's six-district file is not a Hormuz ceasefire.

-- PRIYA SHARMA, Delhi