Houthis move to seize strategic terrain after Trump calls off airstrikes at last minute

Amid increasingly heavy fighting in Yemen, which has displaced tens of thousands of people in recent weeks, the New York Times reported on Monday that the US president had flip-flopped wildly in recent days after a call from Saudi Arabia for US strikes on the Houthis…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/21/houthis-seize-strategic-terrain-yemen-trump-calls-off-airstrikes-last-minute

 

Houthis claim attack on Saudi base as fighting flares with Yemeni forces

Iran-allied Houthis say drones and missiles used in attack that targeted ‘weapons depots and command and control centres’ in southern Saudi Arabia…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/13/houthis-claim-attack-on-saudi-base-as-fighting-flares-with-yemeni-forces

 

Nearly 50,000 Yemeni civilians flee as Houthis advance along Red Sea coast

Global struggle for control of Bab al-Mandab strait threatens to turn Yemen’s on-off conflict into a forever war…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/12/yemen-houthi-advance-red-sea-coast-displaces-civilians-bab-al-mandab 

 

The rapid Houthi advance in Yemen: why it matters and what’s at stake

The Houthis have wrested control of Yemen’s Red Sea coast from Saudi-backed government, giving Iran and its allies control over a key shipping lane…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/10/violence-erupts-in-yemen-again-why-it-matters-globally-and-how-it-is-linked-to-the-us-iran-war

 

Iran-backed militant group's threat to Saudi energy hub could upend Trump's midterm message - POLITICO

The world's largest oil processing facility has emerged as the next flashpoint in the Iran conflict, with potentially immediate consequences for global energy markets and Republicans facing tough midterm races…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/31/houthi-threat-to-saudi-energy-hub-could-upend-trumps-midterm-message-01020417

Oil passes $100 a barrel again and shares slide as Middle East conflict escalates

Sharp rise in oil price reflects fears Houthi militias could strangle Saudi exports as US-Iran fighting intensifies…

 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/23/oil-price-passes-100-a-barrel-again-as-middle-east-conflict-escalates 

 

Amid U.S.-Iran war, Houthis declare blockade of Bab el-Mandeb : NPR

The Houthis, a Yemeni Shia militia that is aligned with Iran, have announced a naval blockade of a key waterway, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/07/21/nx-s1-5901846/us-iran-updates

Goldberg dismisses Waltz’s Signal leak defense: ‘Numbers don’t just get sucked into other phones’

Atlantic editor says Trump adviser's defense for accidentally adding him to war plans chat was implausible…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/30/signal-leak-jeffrey-goldberg-mike-waltz

 

The Consequences of the Signal Breach - The Atlantic

"Had that information fallen into the hands of a U.S. adversary that had been in the group, or had [Goldberg] been a less scrupulous journalist and tweeted it, that information would then be known to the Houthis, who would be able to prepare defenses and a counterattack that absolutely would jeopardize the lives of U.S. forces," Harris continued…

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2025/03/signal-breach-washington-week/682240/ 

The real problem with the Signal chat leak is it shows systemic dishonesty

The leak exposes a system of broken accountability, where high-ranking officials can spill military secrets with apparent near-total immunity. Despite potential violations of classification protocols, federal record-keeping laws and promises of operational security, the leaders look to face no meaningful legal consequences...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/27/signal-chat-leak-pete-hegseth

Buttigieg SMACKS DOWN Trump team over bombshell scandal

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eyj1ne5KsN8

 

Pete Buttigieg goes MEGAVIRAL with response to bombshell Trump scandal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tITVY8zvIOQ

 

Days after the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned the app was the target of hackers : NPR

Several days after top national security officials accidentally included a reporter in a Signal chat about bombing Houthi sites in Yemen, a Pentagon-wide advisory warned against using the messaging app, even for unclassified information.

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5339801/pentagon-email-signal-vulnerability

Trump FIRST Presser on Leak Scandal ENDS IN DISASTER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0E3C74kefM

 

Congress erupts over Trump admin's Signal leak: "Heads should roll"

Members of Congress in both parties exploded in anger Monday after the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic revealed he was inadvertently included in a highly-sensitive Trump administration Signal chat on airstrikes in Yemen…

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/24/atlantic-yemen-signal-hegseth-jeffrey-goldberg

BREAKING: The Text Chain That Should END Trump’s Presidency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aosVe1ElpYg 

Iran rejects Trump’s ‘bullying’ on nuclear talks, as threats ratchet up - The Washington Post

President Donald Trump sent a letter to Tehran proposing negotiations on curtailing its nuclear program or threatening military action. But he hasn't waited to target Iranian-allied Houthi rebels...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/16/iran-trump-nuclear-program-houthi/

Who are the Houthis and why did they attack Abu Dhabi? - The Washington Post

…The rebel movement, which formally calls itself Ansar Allah, or partisans of God, took over the Yemeni capital in 2014. The rebels' beliefs are rooted in the Zaydi branch of Shiite Islam, and they had long clashed with Yemen's internationally recognized government…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/17/houthis-uae-saudi-yemen/