The number of commercial vessels passing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait reached 408 after the Ansar Allah rebel movement (the Houthis) took control of adjacent areas of Yemen, the Ministry of Transport and Public Works in the Houthi-formed government said.
Saudi Arabia has restored operations at the East-West oil pipeline, which was previously attacked by Yemen’s Ansar Allah rebel movement (the Houthis), Reuters reported, citing sources.
The US secretary of state also assessed developments in the Middle East calling it “very dangerous and complicated”
G7 foreign ministers have condemned what they called “unacceptable continued strikes” by Yemen’s Houthis against Saudi Arabia. …
According to Al Masirah, more than 130 missiles and shells have been fired from Saudi Arabia over the past 12 hours at populated areas in northern Yemen where Ansar Allah forces are stationed
U.S. President Donald Trump has been waffling on whether to help Saudi Arabia in its fight against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, so much so that possible U.S. strikes appear to have been called off, The New York Times reports, citing anonymous administration officials.
According to media reports, US authorities rule out the possibility of direct offensive strikes against the positions of the Ansar Allah movement in northern Yemen.
China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen's Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group's military blitz in the past week, Reuters reported, citing three Iranian sources.
Turkey strongly condemned the Houthi attack targeting the holy Muslim city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, The Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
A Saudi Aramco facility has been struck by Yemeni Houthi forces using drones and ballistic missiles.
Saudi Arabia has cut oil shipments to Europe after drone attacks damaged its key export pipeline to the Red Sea, trade sources told Reuters.
Yemen's Houthi group said on Tuesday that Saudi warplanes had carried out 52 airstrikes across five provinces over the past 24 hours, as cross-border hostilities between the two sides continued to escalate.
Israel and Saudi Arabia held talks mediated by U.S. Central Command aimed at helping Riyadh defend itself against the Houthi military through intelligence assistance, The Jerusalem Post reported, citing diplomatic sources in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia asked Britain for aid in both repelling the Houthis from the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and in helping defend against strikes on its oil infrastructure, Bloomberg reported.
The United States administration is maintaining direct contacts with the Yemeni rebel Houthi movement Ansar Allah after its forces took control of the strategic Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said.
A crucial Saudi oil pipeline that was struck in an attack will be mostly out of service for weeks as the damage is repaired, two regional officials said, as Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized more islands along Red Sea shipping routes in a new blow to Saudi Arabia’s oil exports.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received US Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper and his accompanying delegation in Jeddah on Monday, state news agency SPA reported.
Saudi Arabia will run out of oil stocks for exports if it doesn't restart its major pipeline to the Red Sea within days, leading to a loss of up to 4% of global supply, Reuters reported, citing Saudi oil buyers and traders.
The Kremlin representative drew attention to the concerns caused by the ongoing destabilization
Saudi Arabia strongly condemns the attacks on the East-West oil pipeline near the cities of Medina and Riyadh, the kingdom’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
