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“The Houthis in Yemen: Iran's allies, not subordinates The Houthi rebels in Yemen have also been targeting energy exports on the Red Sea — including attacks on Saudi cities and infrastructure.”

“The Houthis in Yemen: Iran's allies, not subordinates The Houthi rebels in Yemen have also been targeting energy exports on the Red Sea — including attacks on Saudi cities and infrastructure.”

“The Houthis in Yemen: Iran's allies, not subordinates The Houthi rebels in Yemen have also been targeting energy exports in the Red Sea, including attacks on Saudi cities and infrastructure.”

“The conflict has spread, with Iran-backed Houthi rebels carrying out attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure and airports.”

“The conflict has spread, with Iran-backed Houthi rebels carrying out attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure and airports.”

“Several of the US' Gulf Arab allies have been asked to prepare for short, intense strikes on Tehran shortly afterward, The Wall Street Journal reported.”

“Meanwhile, the Saudi economy — which is contending with the double pressures of a sealed-off Strait of Hormuz and a blockade on Red Sea access by Iran-backed Yemeni rebels known as the Houthis, shrank almost 4% in the third quarter compared with last year,…”

““After years of conflict, families in Yemen are being forced to flee yet again, often with little more than the clothes on their backs,””

“Al-Jawf has become a new focal point in the conflict between forces aligned with Yemen’s internationally recognised government and the Houthis, highlighting the strategic importance of the northern governorate.”

“Yemen’s internationally recognised government says its forces have recaptured military positions and strategic heights east of al-Hazm, the capital of the northern governorate of al-Jawf, while fighting continues to deepen the humanitarian crisis in the…”

“Trump has reportedly told Gulf allies to prepare for renewed conflict amid signs they could be increasingly exposed to Iranian retaliation.”

“While the US has not carried out a strike against Iran since early September, the situation in the Middle East has become more complicated and volatile particularly after an escalation of Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia.”

“Conflict also erupted in Lebanon between Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel, and more recently spread to Yemen, from where the Iran-aligned Houthis have struck energy facilities, airports and other targets in Saudi Arabia.”

“Yemen has been beset by war since 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa, with a Saudi-led coalition entering the conflict a year later in support of the government.”

“Other US allies in the Middle East are warning against more strikes, saying that would destabilise the region and could lead Iran-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen to step up their attacks on Saudi Arabia and Red Sea shipping, a third regional official said.”

“The latest offensive has opened a volatile new front in the wider US-Israeli war on Iran, drawing both the Houthis and Saudi Arabia deeper into the regional conflict.”

“Other U.S. allies in West Asia are warning against more strikes, saying it would destabilise the region and could lead Iran-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen to step up their attacks on Saudi Arabia and Red Sea shipping, a third regional official said.”

“The Houthis have escalated their attacks on Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen's government, while the Saudi-led coalition has responded by stepping up strikes on Houthi positions in Yemen.”

“The Iran-aligned Houthis are fighting against Yemen’s internationally recognised government, which is backed by Saudi Arabia.”

“While high-level diplomatic talks such as recent meetings in Tehran involving Saudi and Iranian officials have aimed to de-escalate tensions, analysts say the Houthis are actively testing the limits of Saudi military restraint and air defence capabilities,…”

“What happens in the secretive inner councils in Tehran, the mountains of south-west Yemen, the steppe of the Donbas, the still bloody wasteland that is Gaza and even the elegant boulevards of Paris and Milan have a common thread.”

““We are not part of the Yemeni conflict, which is an intra-Yemen conflict,” he added.”

“Aden remains vulnerable Aden, Yemen’s second-most important city after the Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, suffered extensive destruction in early 2015 during fierce fighting between the Houthis and their opponents, as well as air strikes by the Saudi-led…”

“Workers across Europe successfully coordinated actions to stop weapons shipments to Saudi Arabia in 2019, as that country was bombing Yemen; in 2024, dockworkers in Greece’s port of Piraeus stopped a shipment carrying arms to Israel.”

“Intensifying hostilities between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia have disrupted oil supplies and heightened the risk of a wider regional conflict, eight months since the US-Israeli strikes on Iran.”

“It has become the focus of the fighting between the Iran-backed group and forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognised government, backed by Saudi Arabia.”

“Nearly 10 years later, the US and Israel are planning new strikes in their eight-month war with Iran; Saudi Arabia is at war with Houthi rebels in Yemen, and Israel has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians in Gaza since the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023.”

“Turki al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, also confirmed Thursday that Houthi attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh had killed 17 and injured 333 others from Oct. 7-11.”

“Deadly attacks on Saudi Arabian airports in recent days, plunging air travel across the kingdom into chaos, have marked a dangerous new escalation in the country's long-running conflict with Yemen's Houthi rebels.”

“Pilgrims caught up in Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia RIYADH, Oct 14 - Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia to visit Islam's holiest sites may not have anticipated being caught up in an air war, but some experienced an attack by Yemen's Houthis first hand and others have…”

“CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s top security body said Sunday it has agreed to support close ally Saudi Arabia in the major escalation of fighting between the kingdom and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, which has marked the latest front in the Iran war.”

“On Saturday, the Houthis reported that Saudi strikes killed 12 people in Yemen, including three children.”

“On Saturday, the Houthis reported that Saudi strikes killed 12 people in Yemen, including three children.”

“As the conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen continues to escalate, Saudi Arabia's most important national priorities are increasingly at risk.”

“Rebels call the strikes retaliation The Houthis called the attacks retaliation for “treacherous Saudi aggression” against the rebel-held Yemeni capital of Sanaa and other areas, as the kingdom backs the forces of neighboring Yemen’s internationally recognized…”

“Yemen's Houthis vow more attacks on Saudi airports, oil facilities after Aramco HQ hit RIYADH, Oct 14 - Yemen's Houthis vowed on Wednesday to press on with attacks on airports and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and said they struck the headquarters of oil…”

“Gulf countries have stepped up diplomacy with Iran in a bid to de-escalate tensions across the Middle East, amid fears of renewed US strikes on Tehran and intensifying hostilities between Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.”

“It was the first high-level contact between Iran and all of the alliance’s members since Saudi Arabia was drawn deeper into its conflict with the Houthis.”

“Regional security talks On Monday, Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin met Iranian leaders in Tehran.”

“Houthis say they attacked Saudi oil pumping stations, Riyadh airport as fighting intensifies Oct 26 - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they had attacked Saudi Arabia's East-West crude oil pumping stations and Riyadh airport, as rising hostilities…”

“Log in Saudi Arabia reported that two terminals at its primary airport reopened on Sunday, despite threats from Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis to continue targeting the hub, which they branded a "military target".”

“The conflict has become an increasingly destabilising element in the US-Israeli offensive against Iran, turning US ally Saudi Arabia into a pressure point in the wider war.”

“There was no immediate comment from the Houthis, but they have previously said they are attacking Saudi airports, energy facilities and military bases in retaliation for deadly Saudi air strikes on the territory they control in western Yemen.”

“Houthi strikes and attempted strikes on Saudi Arabia more than doubled in a single week this month, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, with airports in Riyadh, Jizan, Najran, Dammam and Abha targeted since Oct. 5.”

“He added that he had ordered the departure of “non-emergency US government employees and their family members in Saudi Arabia only" amid attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen on civilian targets in the country.”

“After the Houthis seized Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in 2014, the internationally recognised government of Yemen decamped to Aden with the backing of a Saudi-led coalition of Arab countries.”

“The Yemen conflict has become another front in the wider regional war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran in February.”

“Saudi Arabia and the internationally recognised government it backs in Yemen have come under sustained Houthi attack of late, shifting the focus of the wider Middle East war that erupted with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in February.”

“Within the past month, the Iranian-backed Houthis and the Saudi-backed Yemeni forces have reignited a decades-long conflict.”

“Houthis, Saudi-led forces claim victories as Yemen fighting rages on Saudi Arabia’s Jazan and Najran airports were attacked as Saudi-led gov’t forces launched air strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen and claimed control of the Bab al-Mandeb strait.”

““The operation itself is significant because it’s a turning point in the trajectory of the conflict between the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition,” said Ahmed Nagi, Yemen analyst at International Crisis Group.”

“The Houthis have seized additional territory in Yemen and battered Saudi Arabia.”

“Saudi Arabia postpones ‘Davos in the Desert’ summit to 2027 after deadly attacks The flagship event was scheduled for October 26 to 29, but the kingdom has faced repeated missile and drone strikes from Yemen’s Houthis Saudi Arabia has decided to postpone its…”

“Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militants have exchanged missile, drone and air strikes on an almost daily basis in recent weeks, marking a sharp escalation in the conflict.”

“Their strikes and attempted strikes on the kingdom more than doubled in a single week this month, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, with airports in Riyadh, Jizan, Najran, Dammam and Abha targeted since Oct. 5.”

“Britain will deploy Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia to help defend the kingdom against increasing attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels, the UK government announced on Tuesday.”

“This will be limited to a defensive role rather than supporting Saudi strikes against the Houthis, and the jets will not operate in Yemeni airspace, according to the Ministry of Defence.”

“Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have put their growing military capabilities on display in recent weeks, repeatedly striking Saudi Arabia’s main international airport hundreds of miles (kilometers) away and seizing territory inside Yemen near a key shipping…”

“Saudi Arabia stepped up strikes on Yemen’s Houthis after the group hit Riyadh’s airport 20 times this month, killing 17 people and injuring 333.”

“The trigger for their return to hostilities, after a four-year truce, was a Saudi bombardment of the airport at Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, in July, to prevent a Houthi delegation from landing there.”

“Iran offers to mediate between its Houthi allies and Saudi Arabia Erika Solomon AI generated TEHRAN – Iran has offered to mediate between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen, after a string of deadly attacks on the kingdom, warning that…”

“The diplomatic outreach comes after strikes on Riyadh’s international airport over the weekend killed 14 people and wounded hundreds, while Saudi-backed forces continued their offensive against the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, in Yemen.”

“Following the deadly attack on the Riyadh airport that killed 12 people and wounded 300, US President Donald Trump said he would reconsider the US role in Yemen, adding that he is weighing resuming strikes on Iran.”

“Fighting between Iran and the US soon resumed, however, and conflict flared between the Iran-aligned Houthis and Saudi Arabia, opening a new front and deepening the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.”

“Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted Houthi missiles, drones attacking kingdom CAIRO, Oct 27 - The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Tuesday it intercepted and destroyed ballistic missiles and drones launched by the Houthis towards two regions of Saudi…”

“Conflicting claims after Houthis say they attacked airport in Saudi capital hours after it reopened The Saudi-led military coalition fighting alongside the Yemeni government in the country's civil war said Monday it intercepted a ballistic missile fired by…”

“Trump has suggested that U.S. strikes on Iran could resume after the Nov. 3 midterm elections and he has sent additional forces, including a third aircraft carrier group, toward the Persian Gulf.”

“Houthis say they attacked Saudi oil sites, strikes reported on Yemen's Aden Oct 24 - Yemen's Iran-allied Houthis said they launched attacks at Saudi oil facilities and airports on Saturday, and the Saudi-led coalition fighting the group said it downed two…”

“Yemen’s Houthis said on Saturday (October 24, 2026) they attacked the southern city of Aden, the interim seat of the Saudi-backed government, after accusing Riyadh of killing 16 people in strikes on capital Sanaa and a Red Sea port city.”

“The warning comes after Washington ordered non-essential U.S. embassy staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia this week, following increasing attacks from Yemen’s Houthis.”

“However, unlike in Saudi Arabia, where nonessential U.S. personnel and their families were ordered Wednesday to leave the country, staff in the other four countries are not compelled to depart.”

“• At least 53 killed, 200 wounded in attack on govt forces’ training camp in Shabwa • Egypt delays vote on military support for Saudi Arabia • US embassies urge ‘heightened vigilance’ across region; Riyadh residents get ‘hostile aerial threat’ warning; govt…”

“According to the Houthi-run health ministry in north-western Yemen, a total of 141 people had been killed in Saudi strikes over the past seven weeks.”

“A missile heading towards the Saudi Arabia's Medina region was intercepted and destroyed, Saudi led coalition, which is on war with Houthis in Yemen, claimed on Thursday.”

“Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition launched strikes against the Houthi stronghold in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, which the armed group seized in 2014 and has held ever since.”

“Yemen’s Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport, deny losing territory SANAA – Yemen’s Houthis claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying on Oct 6 losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified.”

“The Yemeni military said it carried out more than 1,000 strikes and began an offensive against Sanaa, while the Saudi-led coalition supporting the internationally recognised government said 100 warplanes flew sorties at dawn.”

“The U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Houthis in Yemen and Iran have all been involved in the conflict since late February.”

“The long-standing conflict between Saudi Arabia and northern Yemen’s Ansarullah, or “Helpers of God,” led by the Houthi clan, heated up again in July 2026, when Saudi Arabia struck Sanaa International Airport to prevent a Houthi delegation from landing on its…”

“In recent weeks, Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi forces have launched repeated attacks against Saudi Arabia — a key US ally and the world's largest crude exporter — opening a new front in the eight-month-old war.”

“In October alone, Houthi missile strikes on Saudi airports have killed at least 21 people and wounded hundreds, forcing authorities to shut down operations in the country’s main international airport in Riyadh and curtailing travel in others.”

“OF ALL THE WARRING GROUPS in all the various conflicts in the Middle East, the Houthis in Yemen seem to me to be the least well understood relative to their importance, at least based on news reports about them.”

“Khamenei’s statement comes amid a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at preventing another round of US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic and resolving the mounting conflict in Yemen between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthi rebels.”

“Saudi Arabia, West Asia's largest economy, has suffered weeks of strikes from the Iran-backed Houthis against oil and civilian sites including Riyadh's international airport.”

“In Yemen, the Houthis have already opened a second maritime front in the Red Sea, threatening shipping and increasing pressure on Saudi Arabia.”

“The crisis in the region seems to be deepening with rapid escalation of the war between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis and the growing possibility of a new round of Israeli-U.S. strikes on Iran.”

“It’s the latest in a series of sports events to be moved out of Saudi Arabia this year over the US-Israel war on Iran and deadly attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on Saudi Arabia.”

“Saudi forces launched deadly airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa city and its surrounding governorate on Saturday (October 24, 2026), media associated with the Iran-backed group said, while also reporting around 20 strikes on Mocha.”

“Iran says 7 ships have been struck in Strait of Hormuz, Saudis intercept drones in airspace Iran's president says country won't surrender after Trump threat to 'annihilate' Islamic republic The Islamic regime not only remains in power, but its leadership has…”

“The development of a new multinational “anti-war bloc” represents a challenge to the increasingly open plans by the US and Israel to relaunch strikes on Iran while talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme remain deadlocked.”

“The internationally-recognised government is fighting back against the Houthis - or trying to - with the help of Saudi air strikes.”

“The US Saudi warning follows a Middle East-wide red alert issued by Washington on Monday to US citizens in 12 countries across the Middle East, warning their citizens in Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the UAE, Yemen…”

“Yemen has been engulfed in conflict since the Houthis seized Sanaa and several other provinces in 2014, prompting a Saudi-led coalition to intervene in March 2015 in support of the internationally recognised government.”

“The State Department has since announced on social media that the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia is under 'ordered departure,' meaning that the embassy will operate only with its emergency staff.”

“Iran says Saudi Arabia, Houthis have not answered mediation offer CAIRO, Oct 20 - Iran has not received a response from Saudi Arabia or Yemen's Houthis to its offer to help broker talks to end the fighting between them, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi…”

“The latest alerts follow a surge in Houthi missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, including repeated strikes on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and oil facilities belonging to Saudi Aramco.”

“…day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks in Tehran, and two weeks after Pakistan and its allies agreed to accelerate the deployment of forces to Saudi Arabia, which has come under repeated attacks from the Iran-backed Houthi armed group in…”

“He reflects on the wars in Gaza and Yemen, the new Syrian government, and Iran’s relationships with Russia and China – while calling for Muslim solidarity, anchored by Saudi Arabia, to counter what he sees as US-Israeli attempts to divide the region.”

“Over the summer, Trump’s war against Iran rekindled a years-long conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthi militia in Yemen.”

“An alleged Saudi airstrike in Yemen on Sunday (October 18, 2026) killed at least nine people and wounded 16 others, Houthi media reported, as fighting between the two sides in the country's revived civil war escalates further.”

“Saudi strikes on Yemen kill 12, Houthis say SANAA, Yemen – Saudi strikes that began overnight have killed at least 12 people in Yemen, three of them children, Houthi media reported on Oct 17.”

“The United Arab Emirates has agreed to re-enter the Yemen conflict by resuming payments to some government forces fighting Iran-aligned Houthis in the south, according to sources in Yemen.”

““Escalating conflicts and trade tensions could further disrupt critical trade routes, exacerbate commodity price pressures, including in refined energy products, and worsen energy and food security,” said a statement issued by Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed…”

“THEATRE IN WIDER REGIONAL WAR The city is fast becoming the most important front in Yemen's reignited civil war — itself a new theatre in the wider regional conflict that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran in February.”

“Houthi missiles strike Yemen presidential palace, killing five Yemen’s Houthis fired missiles at the presidential palace complex in the southern city of Aden, killing five people.”

“Last weekend, 13 people were killed and hundreds wounded in strikes on Riyadh’s international airport, in an attack claimed by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis.”

“…arks the 46th anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, on February 10, 2025 Houthi supporters shout slogans during a protest against Saudi Arabia, in Sana'a, Yemen, October 9 2026 The Houthis had warned earlier they were targeting…”

“Does the war between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis strengthen Iran’s hand in the larger conflict?”

“A violent battle between a Saudi-led coalition and Yemen’s Houthis has sharply escalated in recent days, with fatal missile strikes hitting airports and energy facilities, as well as the headquarters of the kingdom’s state oil giant Aramco.”

“Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces have launched a counteroffensive in Yemen to retake coastal territory from the Houthis in recent days, with missile strikes on airports and energy facilities across the kingdom.”

“Missile hits headquarters of Saudi Aramco as Houthi conflict escalates A ballistic missile hit the headquarters complex of Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company, the world’s largest and the backbone of the kingdom’s economy, a company source told Reuters,…”

“The warning comes as the capture of Yemeni territory along the Red Sea coastline last month by the Iran-backed Houthis has raised concerns over the safety of internet cables linking Europe and Asia.”

“Yemen’s civil war - in which a Saudi-led military coalition supports the government against the Iran-backed Houthis - reignited in July, months into the wider regional conflict that has roiled energy markets and plunged the Middle East into crisis.”

“Footage is believed to show Iran-backed fighters chasing Yemen's pro-Saudi forces across the desert in scenes that have been compared to Mad Max Video showed a number of vehicles being struck with explosives.”

“…nder an unwritten understanding between the Houthis (Ansar Allah), who control northern and northwestern Yemen, including Sana’a, and the country’s Saudi-backed government, planes seeking to land in Houthi-held territory were required to obtain prior…”

“…of the Strait of Hormuz and its cascading effects is a case in point, as are strikes by Ukraine on Russia’s oil refineries that, in conjunction with the war against Iran, have created an oil refineries crisis, forcing US President Donald Trump to ask Kyiv to…”

“Houthi rebels responsible for deadly missile strikes in Saudi Arabia have been using Anthropic's artificial intelligence to make warheads, the US firm has admitted.”

“Regarding the escalating conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthis, an Iranian ally, Baghaei reiterated Tehran's openness to help resolve the crisis through dialogue.”

“Iran said on Monday (October 12, 2026), it was "deeply concerned" by escalating attacks between Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia, after 14 people died in two days of strikes on Riyadh's airport.”

“The Saudi-backed Yemeni forces are advancing on the Houthis in a bid to recapture areas around the Bab al-Mandeb strait, a critical trade route for global shipping into and out of the Red Sea.”

“Yemen’s Houthis release video of drone attacks on gov’t forces Yemen’s Houthis have released drone video said to show attacks on Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces, as fighting between them intensifies.”

“The president said another 500,000 tons will be released in November and 1 million tons 'immediately thereafter.' Trump added that 'based on the condition of their diesel refineries' - which have been decimated by Ukrainian drone strikes - 'Russia will then…”

“In September, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sought U.S. military action against the Houthis; Washington declined direct strikes but offered intelligence and targeting support instead.”

“The United States is already providing Saudi Arabia with intelligence and targeting support while stopping short of direct strikes.”

“A New York Times report published on Oct 7, a screenshot of which the ministry shared in an X post, cited an unnamed source as saying that PAF fighter jets were being employed against the group, amid the latter’s escalating conflict with Saudi Arabia.”

“An oil tanker burns after being hit by an Iranian strike in the ship-to-ship transfer zone at Khor al-Zubair port near Basra, Iraq, late Wednesday, March 11 Brent crude, meanwhile, soared past $105 a barrel on Thursday as markets reacted to the news The…”

“Syria considers help in Yemen war after Saudi airports come under Houthi fire RIYADH, Oct 8 - Syria may deploy troops to help Saudi Arabia fight Yemen's Houthis, a US official and a Syrian defence official said, as the Iran-aligned group steps up its missile…”

“Oil prices rise to over $101 a barrel Oil prices rose today as the market weighed supply constraints from a storm heading for US oil-producing regions and attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis on Saudi Arabia against increased supplies of Middle East crude.”

“• 115 govt troops, 160 Houthi fighters killed in 24 hours • Rebels claim attack on Riyadh airport, deny losing territory • Riyadh claims intercepting missile • Over 184,000 people displaced by fighting • Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia urged to avoid sharing…”

“A recent Pentagon inspector general report revealed Iranian strikes “damaged and destroyed hundreds of buildings and structures at U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, and Jordan during the conflict.””

“The war, which began with joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February, has severely disrupted shipping through the strait -- a crucial route for Gulf exports -- after both Iran and the US imposed their own naval blockades.”

“The claimed strikes mark an escalation in the Saudi-Houthi confrontation, with the conflict increasingly spilling beyond Yemen's borders and threatening Saudi economic and military infrastructure.”