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Saudi Arabia is facing military pressure from Houthi rebels along the Red Sea coastline and Yemen. International actors, including the United Kingdom, are providing various forms of support or debating involvement as the situation develops. Meanwhile, religious authorities in Saudi Arabia have called for military action against the insurgents.
Outlets across the spectrum agree that Houthi rebels in Yemen pose a significant challenge to Saudi Arabia.
Left-leaning TIME focuses on international support for Saudi Arabia against Houthi advances. Center outlets like The Hill debate the strategic necessity of Washington rejoining the war. Right-leaning outlets such as Breitbart News, The Bulwark, and Reason Magazine emphasize the domestic and religious calls for action within Saudi Arabia, as well as debates over U.S. involvement.
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Iran distances itself from Houthis as Saudi Arabia builds new alliance
Iran says it could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the U.S. lifts its blockade, releases frozen funds and waives oil sanctions.
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Source context: The international assistance comes as the Houthi rebels make significant advances along the Red Sea coastline in a bid to tighten their grip on the Bab el-Mandeb, a critical maritime chokepoint.
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The international assistance comes as the Houthi rebels make significant advances along the Red Sea coastline in a bid to tighten their grip on the Bab el-Mandeb, a critical maritime chokepoint.
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Iran says it could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the U.S. lifts its blockade, releases frozen funds and waives oil sanctions.
Saudi Arabia’s crude shipments in September jumped to the highest level since the start of the Iran war. The kingdom ramped up exports via the Strait of Hormuz after an attack on its East-West pipeline. Bloomberg's Anthony di Paola reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
Ceding the region to China surely is not a prospect Washington should relish, even if it wishes to lower its Middle Eastern profile.
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The Yemeni extremist group is adaptable, aggressive, and more united than its opposition.
The Trump administration has rejected jumping straight into Yemen, for now. But Congress may be laying the ground for U.S. involvement.
Grand Mufti Sheikh Saleh al-Fawzan, the normally apolitical top Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia, issued a rare statement on Thursday urging Saudi troops to fight back against the Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen.
