Yemen teeters towards renewed war in shadow of Iran conflict
The Houthis are pressing Saudi Arabia with airport strikes, a declared naval blockade and tanker attacks as mediation efforts struggle to halt escalation.
- The Houthis announced a naval blockade of Saudi oil exports last week, targeting shipping routes through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea and enforcing the order with two attacks on Saudi tankers.
- Tensions escalated following the collapse of a 2022 ceasefire in Yemen, as the Houthis and Iranian backers see an opening to pressure Saudi Arabia and the United States through shipping disruption.
- The blockade will increase shipping costs by discouraging Red Sea transits, according to analysts, though Saudi Arabia can route exports via pipeline alternatives to the Suez Canal and SUMED pipeline.
- President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would hold Iran accountable for any Houthi attacks, signaling U.S. readiness to respond as military assets remain positioned in the region.
- UN special envoy Hans Grundberg is pursuing de-escalation talks across Oman and Saudi Arabia, though Western diplomats expressed pessimism about prospects for a negotiated resolution in Yemen.
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The Seattle TimesHow the Houthis Cornered Saudi Arabia Into a New Conflict
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — After four years of political deadlock in Yemen, the Houthis were growing increasingly frustrated. A truce between the Iran-backed militia and neighboring Saudi Arabia had turned into a brittle stalemate, and the Houthis, feeling they had…
The fragile truce that reigned in Yemen for more than four years between the Saudi-led military coalition and the Houthi militia, supported by Iran, could not stand up to the shocks that the region is subjected to. The negotiations for a lasting peace agreement had stranded and the Houthi were increasingly frustrated. Saudi officials, for their part, were distracted by other crises and hoped that the stalemate would continue for a while. In this…
Is It Time for Saudi Arabia To Find New Yemeni Allies?
Recent developments between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis have revived a question that had long seemed settled, with commentators asking whether Riyadh has relied too heavily on Yemen’s internationally recognized government, the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), as its primary political partner against the Houthis. The debate gained urgency after a fragile period of relative calm collapsed. Since the U.N.-brokered truce between the inter…
How the Iran-Backed Houthis Cornered Saudi Arabia
“For more than four years, a fragile truce prevailed in Yemen, where a Saudi-led military coalition and the Iran-backed Houthi militia had fought a war that pushed the country to the brink of famine,” the New York Times reports. “The limbo was most likely never going to last. Talks toward a durable peace deal had […]
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