According to a report by veteran journalist Danny Zaken in “Israel Hayom” – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has reportedly approached several Middle Eastern countries for help against the Houthis — including an indirect request to Israel for intelligence and other assistance.
According to regional diplomatic sources, Riyadh contacted other Gulf states and Egypt directly, while the request to Israel was reportedly conveyed through US Central Command. The goal: help prevent the Houthis from threatening or closing the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Who Is Running Iran?
Report Exposes Power Struggle at Top of the Regime
A fierce power struggle is gripping the top of Iran’s regime, with hardline security figures pushing to escalate the conflict with the United States as questions mount over who is actually wielding authority in the absence of the country’s unseen Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
Pakistan Warns Iran to Keep the Houthis Away from Saudi Arabia
Pakistan delivered a warning to Iran on Wednesday that if Tehran’s terrorist proxies in Yemen, the Houthis, continue attacking cities and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan may be obliged to intervene under its defense pact with the Saudis.
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UN Security Council meets on Yemen after Houthis seize city of Mocha
Ghalibaf says Yemeni people will ‘triumph’ after Houthis capture Mocha
Iran’s parliamentary speaker and chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has backed Yemen’s Houthis in a post on X.
- The UN Security Council is holding a meeting in New York on the situation in Yemen, as the Houthis rapidly advance on the Red Sea coast, threatening to gain more leverage over the crucial Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
- The Houthis report about 40 air strikes were launched by Saudi Arabia in a new salvo following their attacks on oil facilities and civilian infrastructure deep inside the kingdom.
- Projectiles hit several areas in Iran’s southern Sirik district with multiple explosions heard across the coastal region, as oil prices hold at $100 a barrel with no end in sight to the war.
- US President Donald Trump claims the ongoing war with Iran will end immediately after the US November midterm elections and predicts oil prices will then quickly decline.
- US military lacks capacity to blockade Bab al-Mandeb Strait as Yemen’s Houthis close in
Former US Ambassador to Algeria and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Henry Ensher, says Yemen’s Houthis could take control of the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and that the US lacks the capacity to stop it from happening.
Houthis claim major attack on Saudi base in response to 300 air strikes
- Yemen’s Houthis say they launched a large-scale ballistic missile and drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait and claimed “direct hits”. There was no immediate response from Riyadh.
- The Iran-backed rebels say they captured more strategic islands in the southern Red Sea, strengthening their control of a crucial Bab al-Mandeb shipping route.
- Iran says a planned meeting with Gulf states regarding control over the Strait of Hormuz has been postponed by Saudi Arabia over the recent events in Yemen.
- Ground fighting intensifies on several fronts in Yemen as Saudi-backed government forces carry out air strikes on Houthi positions in an attempt to retake Mocha, days after the Houthis captured the strategic port city.
