Saudi Arabia Squeezed as Houthi Gains and Pipeline Shutdown Hit Oil Routes

Saudi Arabia squeezed as Houthi gains and pipeline shutdown hit oil routes

Houthi gains near the Bab el-Mandeb and a drone-hit pipeline have exposed Saudi Arabia's oil routes. The squeeze deepens Riyadh's security dilemma as US support appears uncertain.

Saudi Arabia's nightmare scenario comes true as Houthis threaten crucial Red Sea shipping route and drone attacks force closure of major pipeline

For decades, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states have relied on U.S. security guarantees. Those have eroded under Trump.

Saudi Arabia shuts down major oil pipeline, citing attacks

CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured a strategic island at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, two officials said Friday, opening a new front in the Iran war and further threatening Saudi oil exports through one of…

Oil routes in peril as attacks shut Saudi pipeline and Houthis threaten key waterway

“This is the first day that Iran really started winning the war,” a Yemeni official said of Houthi territorial gains that give Tehran leverage over a second major waterway.

Saudis shut down oil pipeline as Houthis tighten grip on Red Sea shipping - THE LOCAL REPORT ARTICLES

* Baghdad dismisses military commander after confirming pipeline attack originated from Iraq Saudis shut down oil pipeline as Houthis tighten grip on Red Sea shipping * Saudi Arabia says it shut down East-West pipeline as a precaution after multiple attacks * Houthis advance along Red Sea coast, take strategic island at mouth of the waterway […]