Transcript [00:00] Hey everyone. Do you ever get the sense [00:02] that there are just so many different [00:04] plots that are happening? So many [00:06] different parts of the Middle East that [00:08] we have to follow. It's like juggling so [00:10] many different balls in the air to keep [00:12] track of what's going on. Well, that's [00:14] why you have me. That's why I'm here. [00:17] And this video is going to be about [00:19] what's happening in Yemen. A a piece of [00:21] the Middle East that we haven't talked [00:23] about on this channel recently. But that [00:24] doesn't mean that it hasn't been active. [00:26] And the last few days it's been very [00:28] active. We're going to get we're going [00:30] to set the record straight and [00:32] understand everything that's going on in [00:34] Yemen right now with the Babel Mandab [00:36] Strait, the Houthis, what's happening [00:37] with the Saudis and how that could [00:40] possibly impact what is going on with [00:43] Iran because that's ultimately the main [00:46] stage as it were. So, let's get right to [00:49] the headlines. Here we go. And the [00:51] headline here is that the Houthis bombed [00:53] a port. Yemen's Houthis fire four [00:56] ballistic missiles at Mocha Port at [01:00] Mocha Port. So what else does it say? [01:02] They targeted Mocha Port in Tais [01:04] province and a fourth uh missile there [01:06] were there were three missiles targeting [01:08] Mocha Port and a fourth targeting Koka [01:11] City. And there's another way to spell [01:12] that. It's also spelled Koka City in [01:15] some reports. Let me show you where [01:17] these places are on the map before we [01:19] get into the news item. Here's Mocha [01:21] Port and you can see the significance as [01:23] soon as you see where these places are. [01:25] Here's Mocha Port and here's Koka. [01:29] Okay, it's also right on the coast. [01:33] Okay, so if this is where they're [01:35] striking, we know where they're what [01:38] they're after. Okay, you know, let me [01:39] pull back the camera so you understand a [01:40] little bit better. Here's Yemen. Okay, [01:42] here's the country of Yemen. The Houthi [01:44] control is mostly the northwest of the [01:47] country. So Marib is kind of on the [01:50] border. We talked about Maribb the last [01:51] time we made a video about Yemen maybe a [01:53] couple weeks ago. Marib is a is a center [01:56] of a lot of fighting right now. Sana, [01:58] which is officially the capital of [02:00] Yemen, is controlled entirely by the [02:02] Houthis. So the temporary capital is [02:05] kind of Aden. I say it's kind of Aden [02:08] because officially that's where the [02:10] Yemen recognized government is sitting. [02:12] But because there's so much conflict [02:13] there as well, they don't really even [02:15] sit there and mostly they're in Saudi [02:17] Arabia kind of in exile uh in Riyad. [02:22] But the Houthis control most of the west [02:24] and the and the north like the northwest [02:26] of the country, this area here. And and [02:30] the city of Tais, which is down here, is [02:33] very contested. We're going to talk [02:34] about Tais in this video. And here you [02:37] have the port city of Mocha which gets [02:38] all the way down near the tip of the [02:40] Baband strait which the Houthis have [02:42] been disrupting. If they can take Mocha [02:44] port then they have I mean that just [02:47] gives them so much more control over the [02:49] Baband strait and as we said they were [02:52] also striking Kaoka which is just north [02:55] of Mocha. Okay, it's right there. Okay, [02:59] Koka or Kauoka or whatever it's called. [03:01] Here we go. Yemen's Houthi group fired [03:02] four ballistic missiles late Wednesday. [03:04] yesterday. Three targeting Mocha port in [03:07] Taiz province and a fourth falling [03:09] inside Koka city in neighboring Huda [03:12] province. According to Yemen's official [03:14] Saba news agency, the missiles were [03:16] launched from Houthi controlled areas in [03:18] Jabal Oman, east of Taisi city. So [03:21] that's interesting. They were launched [03:23] from east of Tai city. Here's Tais city [03:25] and this is the Taes province. That [03:27] means from somewhere east of Taes was [03:30] where this was launched from. Okay, this [03:32] is all the fighting is happening in this [03:34] region here. Okay, let's again look at [03:36] the whole map of Yemen. Here's the whole [03:38] country. So, here's Tes. They were [03:41] launched from somewhere around here [03:43] because the Houthi control is sort of [03:45] like it's not there's not it's not uh an [03:48] exact straight line as you could [03:50] imagine. So, it was launched from here [03:52] over to the west. Let's keep going. [03:57] Um, [03:59] yeah. No casualties or damage were [04:02] immediately reported from the strikes on [04:04] the Red Sea Coast facilities, though [04:06] staterun Saba TV cited sources saying [04:09] the Houthis targeted Mocha city, its [04:11] port and areas in Koka without providing [04:14] further details. Okay. And now that was [04:18] so that was from yesterday and here is [04:20] this is from today. Houthi missiles [04:22] fired at islands village in western [04:25] Yemen. Progovernment sources say Yemen's [04:28] Houthi group on Thursday. So this is now [04:30] today. Those missile strikes that we [04:32] just read about were yesterday. [04:33] Otherwise you could get confused and [04:34] think it's the same incident. It is not. [04:37] They targeted a village in western Yemen [04:39] and islands overlooking maritime trade [04:42] routes with ballistic missiles while the [04:44] Yemen Navy downed a Houthi drone over [04:47] the Red Sea. Progovernment sources have [04:49] said at least one missile targeted a [04:52] village near Alkala city in Yemen's [04:55] western Heda province. I showed you [04:57] where Koka is. [snorts] According to the [04:59] government aligned joint forces [05:02] which did not provide information on [05:04] possible casualties. In a later [05:05] development, a military source told the [05:07] official Saba news agency that the [05:09] Houthis had targeted a number of islands [05:12] overlooking maritime trade routes with [05:14] ballistic missiles. Let's see those [05:15] islands. So if we if we zoom in, we can [05:18] see that there's islands right near [05:19] there. Here's Mocha. Here's Kaoka. And [05:21] there's these islands here. Okay. So, [05:24] but it could be also these smaller [05:25] islands like while Mayun is all the way [05:27] down at the bottom, but there are these [05:29] islands up here. [05:32] Okay. So, that's probably what it's [05:34] referring to. They targeted these [05:36] islands. [05:39] Um, yeah. [05:44] The same source said the Yemeni Navy had [05:46] downed a Houthi drone over the Red Sea. [05:48] The reported missile attacks come amid [05:51] stepped up fighting in recent days [05:52] between the Houthis and the Yemeni [05:54] government aligned forces in several [05:56] parts of the country. Now, we always [05:58] have to remember whenever we talk about [05:59] the Yemen governmental aligned forces, [06:01] that's a group of militias that was [06:03] pulled together to fight against the [06:05] Houthis and they are strongly backed by [06:08] the Saudis. Okay. Now, let's take a look [06:10] at this piece. Uh this is this is from [06:13] yesterday. This is all from the last two [06:15] days and this is a different thing. [06:18] Heavy fighting erupts in Tais as Yemen [06:21] leader vows painful strikes on Houthis. [06:24] Heavy fighting broke out between Yemen [06:26] government forces and the Houthis [06:28] outside the southern city of Tais on [06:30] Monday night. This is started a couple [06:32] days ago in the latest the latest in a [06:35] string of attempts by the Iranbacked [06:37] militia, [06:38] the Houthis, to make gains on the ground [06:41] as the head of Yemen's presidential [06:42] leadership council vowed to continue [06:44] painful strikes against the Houthis. The [06:46] Houthis shelled military positions held [06:48] by Yemen government forces on the [06:50] northern, northeastern, and eastern [06:54] outskirts of Tais in an attempt to pave [06:57] the way for ground forces [06:59] to advance. Meaning the Houthis were [07:01] shelling Tais from from three different [07:04] directions and they were preparing the [07:06] way to move ground forces into the city [07:09] of Tais. Abdul Basid al Baher, a Yemeni [07:12] military official, [07:14] a milit military officer in Tais told [07:16] Arab news, "The militia has repeatedly [07:19] tried and failed to seize the city [07:22] despite years of shelling, ground [07:24] attacks, and siege." Wow. What's so [07:26] important about Tais? We'll find out in [07:28] a moment. The Houthi siege has severely [07:30] restricted the movement of people and [07:32] goods to and from Taes, forcing [07:35] residents to use dangerous and steep [07:37] mountain roads to enter and leave the [07:39] city. The Houthis have also carried out [07:41] waves of attacks on government- held [07:43] areas, particularly the Red Sea, city of [07:45] Mocha. We already talked about that. The [07:47] escalation in Taes came as Rashad Almi, [07:51] chairman of the presidential leadership [07:53] council. He's the leader of Yemen [07:55] basically of official recognized [07:57] government of Yemen vowed that [07:59] government forces would continue to [08:01] inflict painful strikes on Houthi [08:03] command and control centers and [08:05] gatherings across battlefields. Okay. So [08:08] there's this is this massive battle for [08:09] Tais that is going on. And we're also [08:12] told here that this is there's been [08:14] years of attempts to try to take the [08:17] city. They have tried and failed to [08:19] take. [08:21] Okay, let's look at Tes. Here's Taiz on [08:23] the map again. Right there. So when we [08:25] pull back the camera, where's Taiz? It's [08:27] down here. That's Taiz. [08:30] Let's zoom in a little bit more. Here's [08:32] Taes. Why is Taes so critically [08:35] important? There's a lot of cities [08:36] around here, right? Why is it so [08:37] critically important? Well, let me tell [08:39] you a little bit about the city of Tais. [08:43] So Tes is often called the heart of [08:46] Yemen because it it holds immense [08:49] strategic, political and cultural value. [08:52] So neither side can say that they [08:54] control Yemen or that they're victorious [08:57] in this civil war without controlling [08:59] Tais. And there's a number of reasons. [09:02] I'm going to go through uh basically [09:05] three reasons or four reasons, four [09:08] reasons mainly why the city of Taiz is [09:13] so critically important. Okay, here we [09:15] go. Number one, it's the gateway between [09:18] the north and the south. It's very [09:20] strategic location. It sits directly in [09:22] the southwestern highlands. It acts as a [09:26] vital geographic uh junction connecting [09:30] the Houthi held north and the government [09:32] held south. Okay. So it's this highland [09:34] area that kind of is you know it's so [09:37] because of the topography it's very [09:39] strategic. [09:41] Number two the broader Tai region stress [09:45] stretches all the way to the Red Sea [09:47] coast. [09:49] Um so it so it sits right next to the [09:53] Baba Mandib Strait. It's a big it's a [09:55] fairly large city near the Baba Mandib [09:57] strait and uh if you can control Tais [10:00] you can control all the roads that lead [10:03] to these shipping waters. Remember every [10:05] port city also has to have access roads [10:08] that everything coming to and from the [10:10] port leads to. So Tes is the major hub. [10:13] It's the main hub uh near the the the [10:18] key port [10:20] of Mocha in the Babaman straight. Here's [10:23] Taes. Here's Mocha. So, Taes is the main [10:26] urban center that uh that is is is kind [10:30] of like you know that artery. If you [10:32] control Tais, you can control the Mocha [10:35] port as well or it's part of controlling [10:37] the Mocha port. Think of it that way. [10:40] Okay. Now, um there's it's also so [10:44] that's reason number one. So, reason [10:46] number one is all where it's located. [10:49] Okay. Reason number two has to do with [10:52] the population. Yemen's civil war [10:56] uh ultimately the most important aspect [10:58] of it is who controls the people. The [11:00] Taiis governet. So it's not just the [11:03] name of a city, it's the name of a [11:04] govern. It's the most heavily This is [11:07] the most heavily populated province in [11:09] Yemen, the Tais area. It's home to [11:12] millions of people. So if you control [11:14] Tais, you have massive leverage over the [11:17] workforce, over tax revenue. Because [11:20] whatever population is under your [11:22] control it the hutah controlled areas [11:24] function kind of like a separate [11:25] country. So if you can control the [11:27] population of ties you have the most [11:28] this is the most populous area. You have [11:31] more control over the workforce over tax [11:33] revenue [11:35] the people. That's the second reason. [11:37] Third reason is that is the cultural and [11:41] intellectual capital of Yemen. [11:44] Historically, Tais is again it's the [11:47] cultural capital unlike other regions [11:49] that rely on strict tribal rule. Taiz [11:52] has a uh over the over the generations [11:55] it has it developed a strong educated [11:57] middle class whatever middle class means [11:59] in a poor country like Yemen. It has [12:01] lots of uh it has doctors, lawyers, [12:04] writers, political activists. Tais is [12:06] that place in Yemen. It's the more [12:08] cultured place and because its citizens [12:11] are highly politically engaged, whoever [12:15] can get control of Tais can can hold [12:18] sway over the intellectual and political [12:21] elites in the country. [12:23] Okay. Fourth reason it's so important, [12:27] it it historically it has a reputation [12:31] for being the place where revolutions [12:34] and change happen. Okay? It was the [12:36] birthplace of the 2011 uh Yemeni [12:39] uprising which was part of the Arab [12:40] Spring which overthrew the dictator Ali [12:44] Abdullah Salah. Uh because the city is [12:47] historically a hot spot for anti- [12:51] athoritarian protests. The Houthis view [12:55] uh controlling Tais conquering Tais as [12:58] essential to securing their rule and [13:00] their hold over the country. In other [13:01] words, if you're a Yemeni person and if [13:04] the Houthis take [13:07] that signals to everyone that they [13:09] basically conquered Yemen, that they [13:11] they now control the main population [13:12] center, the big city, the cultural [13:14] center. This is where the revolutions [13:16] always happen. They don't only have the [13:17] capital city of Sana, but they have Tai. [13:20] That's why Tes is so important for all [13:22] these reasons I've just I've just said. [13:24] Okay. Now, [13:27] um now I'm going to I'm going to uh I [13:29] want to tell you about something else. [13:30] And I want to make a request to you. And [13:34] what I want to share with you now is is [13:36] is this. This is my son, Mayor's um [13:42] YouTube page. Okay. My son, Mayor, [13:43] you've seen him before maybe if you've [13:45] been watching the videos on this [13:46] channel. He came with me to the States [13:48] recently. Uh he's a brilliant young man [13:50] and he recently started a YouTube [13:53] channel. Uh and u [13:57] he's put up a few videos already and [13:59] they're excellent. And one of his videos [14:01] is called Who are the Houthies? And it [14:03] is outstanding with maps and [14:07] explanations just explaining who these [14:09] people are because the Houthies, they [14:11] just kind of burst on the scene a few [14:12] years ago. Who are these people? What do [14:14] they believe in? What are they all [14:16] about? Highly recommend going to watch [14:17] it. But also, I'm asking you, you know, [14:19] to if you want to show your appreciation [14:21] for my videos right now, I'm asking you [14:23] just to do a favor. He just started the [14:25] YouTube channel. Go over to his YouTube [14:28] channel. It's uh it's just his name, [14:30] Mayor. M E I R Wiki, my last name. Mayor [14:33] Wiki. Go over there and watch this [14:35] video. Who are the Hooties? If you like [14:37] the stuff that we do on this channel, [14:38] you'll love this video and give him a [14:41] like, give him a subscribe, help him get [14:43] this thing off the ground because he's [14:45] really got tremendous uh talent and uh [14:48] and I really want to help him get going. [14:49] So, uh, go ahead and help out and and, [14:53] uh, and click, u, you know, go over to [14:55] Mayor Wiki YouTube channel and let's [14:58] help him get this YouTube channel [14:59] moving. Okay. [15:02] Um, [15:03] so that's about Tais. And then this is [15:06] from today. All the stories I've showed [15:08] you so far are from the last two, three [15:10] days. Yemen targets a war economy in bid [15:13] to weaken Houthis. Yemen's [15:15] internationally recognized government is [15:17] turning its attention to the networks [15:19] that sustain the Houthi war machine, [15:21] ordering a sweeping review of ports and [15:23] broad and border crossings as renewed [15:26] fighting raises the stakes in a conflict [15:27] that is increasingly spilled into the [15:29] wider Middle East. Presidential [15:31] Leadership Council Chairman Alal Limi [15:33] ordered authorities on Wednesday, [15:35] yesterday, to close any port or crossing [15:38] operating outside the legal framework [15:40] while demanding the removal of officials [15:42] accused of allowing smuggling networks [15:44] to operate. The move marks a tougher [15:47] effort to attack the conflict's economic [15:49] and logistical infrastructure rather [15:51] than relying solely on military pressure [15:53] against Houthi forces. So, he's trying [15:56] he's trying to choke them out. And this [15:58] has a lot to do also with their, you [16:01] know, with their connection to the [16:02] Iranian regime who that is also being [16:04] now choked out by the Americans. So [16:07] they're trying to do this to the Houthis [16:09] in Yemen. Meanwhile, you have So what do [16:11] you have here? You have the head of the [16:13] the the purported head of the of the [16:15] Yemeni government, the head of the [16:17] official government, the pred the [16:18] chairman of the presidential leadership [16:20] council who is calling to choke off all [16:23] the port access uh and the smuggling [16:26] networks of the Houthis. Meanwhile, the [16:28] Houthis are trying to gain control of [16:30] the coastline Kaua and and the Mocha [16:33] port so that they can control the ports [16:35] and they can control [16:37] uh the key choke point. So that's where [16:40] things are in Yemen. Now let's talk [16:43] about the impact on Saudi Arabia. Okay. [16:46] Houthis claimed strike on Saudi tanker [16:49] in latest Red Sea escalation. This is [16:51] from a few days ago from three days ago. [16:54] The missile struck a tanker 63 nautical [16:57] miles west of Yanbu, setting it ablaze [17:00] in the latest strike under the Houthis [17:02] announced blockade of Saudi Arabia, [17:04] threatening its ability to export [17:05] millions of barrels of crude per day. [17:08] Yemen's Houthi said on Monday that their [17:10] forces hit a Saudi oil tanker in the Red [17:11] Sea with a ballistic missile right and [17:13] it was near Yan. The strike was accurate [17:15] and direct, resulting in a fire breaking [17:17] out on board the vessel and causing a [17:19] number of other ships that were present [17:21] in the target area to flee, said the [17:23] Houthis in a statement. This targeting [17:25] comes as part of the implementation of [17:26] the armed forc's decision to ban [17:29] maritime navigation by the Saudi enemy. [17:32] The incident took place 63 nautical [17:34] miles west of Yanbu. [17:38] Okay. Now, where's Yanboo? Let's Yanbu [17:41] is up here. [17:43] Okay. Let's show you where Yanu is. [17:46] Here's Yanu. [17:48] It's right near here. Here's Yanbu all [17:51] the way up there. Let me show you. Let [17:52] me Let's pull back. So, it's basically [17:54] just south of Medina is where Yanu is. [17:58] Okay. and Yanbu. [18:00] It's a very important port because the [18:02] Saudi East West pipeline that brings oil [18:05] from Saudi's main oil fields in the east [18:08] all the way over the uh about it has a [18:11] capacity of 5 to 7 million barrels per [18:14] day. And the Saudis have they didn't use [18:17] it that much before this war, but ever [18:18] since the whole Straits of Hormuse [18:20] thing, the Saudis have been have been [18:22] transiting their oil as much as they can [18:24] across on the East West pipeline. And [18:27] Yanbu is not just a port. It is a [18:29] loading site for oil. Okay. So the [18:33] Houthis who are all the way down here, [18:34] Yamboo is nowhere near them. They are [18:36] shelling Yanbu because they want to cut [18:38] off the Saudis ability to reroute their [18:41] oil. Okay. So they So this was a story [18:43] again from just three days ago that [18:45] they're that they struck uh an oil a [18:49] tanker right near Yanboo, 63 nautical [18:52] miles in the water off of Yanboo. [18:57] So the Saudis [18:59] um are we'll get to h how they're going [19:01] to respond but let's first talk about [19:02] the impact on their oil what they're [19:04] doing with their oil what's happening up [19:06] there in places like Yanbu Saudi oil [19:08] exports and this is from last week Saudi [19:11] oil exports from Mediterranean soar with [19:14] shuttles north to avoid Houthis and this [19:16] is a few days this story this headline [19:19] is three days before they struck a [19:22] tanker off off the coast of Yanbu [19:26] So the Houthis are responding to this. [19:29] They're trying to prevent the Saudis [19:31] from avoiding the Houthis. Saudi Arabia [19:34] has boosted its crude oil exports from [19:36] Egypt's Mediterranean port of city [19:38] career by about 33% [19:42] in the month since the Houthis [19:43] threatened Saudi oil shipments in the [19:45] southern Red Sea and Baba Mandab Strait. [19:47] Tanker tracking data compiled by [19:49] Bloomberg on Friday. Saudi state oil [19:52] giant Ramco, the world's single largest [19:54] crude oil exporter, has started [19:56] shuttling oil from its Yanbu port on the [19:58] Red Sea north toward Egypt to avoid the [20:01] threat of the Iran aligned Houthi group [20:04] in Yemen. The newly established shuttle [20:06] service runs from Yanbu northward [20:08] towards the Egyptian port of Ensukna on [20:11] the Red Sea where the oil is discharged [20:13] and pumped onto the Summed onshore [20:16] pipeline to carry it to the port of [20:18] Siddi Karer on the Mediterranean. Let me [20:20] show that to you on the map. Here's [20:22] where that is. So, here's what they do. [20:24] They they load up the oil at Yanbu, [20:27] which is right there. Okay? And then [20:30] they take it up and they take it up to [20:33] here. And then they offload it at this [20:36] port right here in SNA. That's this [20:39] port. Okay? This port right here. And [20:42] then it goes through a pipeline up to [20:46] here. [20:49] And city kar is right here is a is a [20:53] port right near Alexandria. Okay. So [20:55] that's the route that the oil is taking [20:57] now u uh out of Saudi Arabia. Yanboo [21:01] up to here piped across and then out [21:04] through the Mediterranean. And there [21:05] where does it go? [21:08] At least four t Well, I'll show you [21:09] where it goes. At least four tankers [21:11] have made the Yanbu to Ensna journey at [21:13] least twice and have shipped more than [21:16] 16 million barrels of oil in recent [21:18] weeks per the ship tracking data [21:20] monitored by Bloomberg. The journey from [21:22] city career then continues through the [21:25] Mediterranean and around the Cape of [21:28] Good Hope on Africa's southern tip to [21:30] reach Asian buyers. This route adds [21:32] nearly a month to the time in which [21:34] Saudi oil supply could reach refiners in [21:37] Asia. Think about how crazy that is. [21:39] This isn't getting oil to Europe. This [21:41] is how they're getting oil to Asia. You [21:44] follow what's going on here? They're [21:45] shipping the oil northward. It's going [21:47] through the Mediterranean and then down [21:49] around the bottom and across. That's how [21:53] the Saudis are. This is their [21:55] workaround. [21:57] Crazy. [22:00] All right. And here uh how are they [22:03] responding? So this is from today. Saudi [22:07] response to Houthi's attacks on ships [22:09] may be a new war. [22:12] After weeks of attacks by Yemen's Houthi [22:15] militia on Saudi ships, airports, and [22:16] oil facilities, Saudi Arabia appears to [22:18] be preparing for a renewed war against [22:20] the group, analysts say potentially [22:23] deepening the turmoil in the Middle [22:25] East. When the kingdom last embarked on [22:27] a bombing campaign against the Houthis [22:29] in 2015, it turned into a decadel long [22:32] quagmire that entrenched the group's [22:34] rule in northern Yemen and resulted in [22:36] the deaths of hundreds of thousands of [22:37] Yemenes from violence, hunger, and [22:40] disease. Few observers or officials [22:42] believe there is a realistic path to [22:44] routing the militia entirely. Instead, [22:47] Saudi Arabia could aim to weaken the [22:49] group and pressure it to negotiate a [22:51] resolution to Yemen's civil war that is [22:54] more favorable to the kingdom and its [22:55] Yemeni allies. Analysts say that's [22:57] probably what the Saudis will do. They [22:58] always kind of they never like fighting [23:00] anything. Uh and they're probably going [23:02] to chicken out at some point. They'll do [23:04] some bombing, but they're not going to [23:05] risk even a single Saudi life in order [23:07] to defeat the the Houthis. They'll [23:09] probably get to some sort of resolution [23:11] with them. [23:13] um you know they'll try to weaken them. [23:16] Uh but look, you know, the Saudis always [23:19] make the Saudis make so many mistakes. [23:21] They they called for the disbanding. [23:24] They actually forced the disbanding of [23:26] the STC, which was the most effective of [23:28] all the anti-hooti militias because they [23:31] didn't like them because they were [23:32] aligned with the UAE. So now they don't [23:35] have the most effective militia to fight [23:36] the Houthis with them. Earlier this [23:38] week, the Houthis claimed responsibility [23:40] for a ballistic missile attack on a [23:42] Saudi oil tanker. We talked about that. [23:44] As well as two attacks on Saudibbacked [23:46] forces inside Yemen, with the group's [23:48] military spokesman, Yahas Sari, [23:51] promising to confront any escalation [23:53] with stronger and more severe strikes. [23:56] If the Houthis continue to escalate [23:58] their attacks, the kingdom would be [24:00] willing to conduct air strikes to [24:02] support the Yemeni government, which is [24:05] effectively a mly coalition of [24:06] anti-Houthi forces in its battle against [24:09] the militia. [24:11] Uh, is that it for this one? [24:14] I think that is all I I Yeah, that's it. [24:17] Okay. So, how does this impact uh how [24:21] does this impact things in Iran? Well, [24:23] think about it. The Houthis are part of [24:26] the Iranian [24:28] proxies. They're part of the Iranian uh [24:30] what do they call it? The axis of [24:32] resistance. [24:33] And if the Saudis start taking a heavier [24:37] hand against the Houthis, [24:39] this could also increase tensions [24:41] between Iran and Saudi Arabia in terms [24:43] of actions that the Iranians might take [24:45] against the Saudis. And kinetic action [24:47] on that front obviously brings an [24:50] American response. So, this is all [24:52] interconnected. We'll see where it goes [24:54] from here. But that is our update on the [24:55] Houthis. Please like, share, subscribe, [24:58] and please make sure to go over to my [24:59] son, Mayor's uh YouTube channel. I'll [25:02] put his Houthi video as the pinned [25:04] comment in this video uh so that you can [25:08] you can find it more easily. But please [25:10] like it, share it, and subscribe to his [25:12] channel. I want to help him grow this [25:14] because he's really got a lot to say, a [25:15] lot to offer. And uh yeah, so give him a [25:19] shout out. 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