Even before the threat to Saudi oil routes, the Houthis had already registered a significant strategic achievement against Israel by disrupting regular commercial shipping to the Port of Eilat.
Saudi planes have carried out 40 airstrikes across Yemen in the last 24 hours, Iranian state media IRIB added.
“They’re surrounded from the south and the north and the east,” the source said, citing the Houthis in Yemen and the Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi militias in Iraq as major security concerns.
Israeli-Canadian Benjamin Hassin, now in his early 30s, was released from prison in Sulaymaniyah on Wednesday.
Saudi Arabia has long demanded progress on Palestinian issues before normalization with Israel, but growing Houthi threats could accelerate quiet security cooperation between the two countries.
Saudi expert Dr. Nawaf Obaid told CNN that Russia's capabilities used by the Iranians are the reason for the state of the US-Iran conflict as it stands today.
Prosecutors allege that an individual contacted by Iran was told to form a cell to kill a scientist and his family.
The majority (91%) also expressed concern about IDF operations in the West Bank, while 60% reported a low or very low sense of personal security.
Houthi Red Sea offensive leaves Riyadh isolated
Wednesday's vote came during the opening weeks of the first parliament formed since Assad was toppled in December 2024. The chamber convened for the first time in July.
The attack on Mecca has demonstrated that ‘this is not a religious war,’ even if Iran has attempted to portray it as such, Bahraini political analyst Dr. Ahmed Alkhuzaie said.
