Houthi blockade of Saudi trade threatens wider Middle East conflict

As Houthi attacks disrupt Red Sea shipping, analysts warn of ‘brinkmanship’ that could yet spiral into all-out conflict “If they do this again, the US will hold Iran responsible, in that the Houthis are a surrogate and/or proxy of Iran, and major military punishment will be inflicted upon Iran and, of course, the Houthis, themselves,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. The Houthis claimed a missile attack on the southern Saudi city of Jizan on Saturday, after media the group controls accused Saudi Arabia of a “dangerous escalation” and said its actions “will not go unanswered”.

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