Mideast War Yemen
This satellite photo taken Sept. 11, 2026, shows Mayun island, also known as Perim, one day after being taken by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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Saudi Arabia says it shut down a major pipeline a day after it was attacked by drones, and Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured a strategic island at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, two officials said, opening a new front in the Iran war. The Houthis made their biggest territorial gains in years along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s key shipping lanes. The gains could boost Iran’s strategy of driving up world oil and gas prices to pressure the United States. Saudi Arabia said it had shut down the East-West pipeline as a precaution after the attack.
Iraq’s government is racing to contain the fallout after confirming that attacks on a Saudi pipeline, blamed on Iran-backed militias, came from its territory. Iraq pledged Saturday to investigate the attacks and dismissed a military commander and the police chief. The country is under mounting pressure to prevent local militias from aiding other Iran proxy groups across the region. It’s especially acute as the Iran-backed Houthi rebels make an advance across Yemen’s west coast, in a major setback to the Saudi-backed coalition that risks escalating the war in the region. U.S. President Donald said Iran was “probably” responsible for the pipeline attack, but tried to calm concerns.
Attacks on a key Saudi oil pipeline were launched from Iraqi territory, said Iraq's governme…
