Transcript [00:00] Hey everyone, things are escalating in [00:03] this war and you know I'm just going to [00:05] let the headlines do the talking. [00:06] Houthis threaten to attack all [00:09] facilities um oil facilities, sorry. [00:11] Houthis threatened to attack oil [00:13] facilities in Saudi Arabia amid Yemen [00:17] tensions. Now we talked about Saudi [00:19] Arabia and Yemen probably about a week [00:21] and a half ago about things escalating [00:23] there. Well, now this is becoming an [00:26] important uh an important strategic [00:28] situation in this war. We cannot [00:30] separate it from what's going on in the [00:31] street of Hormuz. Here we go. All Saudi [00:34] oil facilities and vital installations [00:36] will be targets for our missiles and [00:37] drones if Riyad gets involved in [00:39] striking Yemen. Houthi leaders Houthi [00:43] leader warns [00:46] and this is from today. The Houthi group [00:49] threatened Thursday to strike oil and [00:51] vital facilities in Saudi Arabia if [00:53] Riyad joins attacks on Yemen. quote, [00:56] "All Saudi oil facilities and vital [00:58] installations will be targets for our [00:59] missiles and drones if Riad gets [01:01] involved in striking Yemen." Houthi [01:03] leader Abdul Malik Al-Houti said in a [01:06] televised speech carried by the group's [01:07] al-Mas television, "The real equation is [01:10] airports for airports, port for ports [01:13] for ports, a blockade for a blockade," [01:17] he warned. The Houthis fired missiles [01:19] towards Saudi territory on Monday [01:21] following an attack by Yemen government [01:23] forces on Sana airport, breaking years [01:27] of calm. Yemen government forces are [01:29] backed by Saudi Arabia. That's why we [01:31] we'll get into that a little bit more in [01:32] a moment. While the Houthis accused Riad [01:34] of carrying out the airport attack, Riad [01:37] has declined to comment on the [01:41] accusation. Let me show you what that's [01:42] talking about. So, uh, this is from a a [01:45] few days ago. Yemen's Saudibacked army [01:48] bombs Houthi held Sana airport to block [01:51] Iranian plane. What happened? Yemen's [01:54] internationally recognized government [01:56] said it struck Sana airport Monday as [01:59] the Houthis blamed the government's [02:01] Saudi backers for the attack in the [02:04] biggest escalation in years between [02:06] authorities and the Iranbacked rebels. [02:08] The government said it had wanted to [02:10] prevent an Iranian plane from landing in [02:12] the Yemeni capital after it failed to [02:15] convince the Houthi delegation that went [02:17] to Tehran for the funeral of Ali Kamayi [02:20] to board a Yemenia flight instead. The [02:23] terrorist Houthi militias backed by the [02:25] Iranian regime prevented Yemeni national [02:27] aircraft from landing at the airport in [02:29] the capital SA while insisting on [02:31] allowing Iran an Iranian plane to [02:33] violate Yemeni territory. Consequently, [02:35] the airport runway was targeted. Yemeni [02:37] Defense Ministry said, "Let me explain [02:39] what this is about. [02:41] The [02:43] the Houthis [02:47] the Houthis control the northern and [02:51] western part of Yemen, the northwestern [02:53] part of Yemen. They uh the but then [02:57] there's the official Yemeni government. [02:59] The official Yemen government is backed [03:02] by the Saudis. It's not just backed by [03:04] the Saudis. kind of at this point and [03:07] we're we're not going to get into the [03:08] weeds of you know you know the the [03:10] United Arab Emirates used to be [03:11] involved. I've made earlier videos about [03:13] the different factions going on in [03:14] Yemen, but right now the Yemeni [03:17] government is very much backed by the [03:19] Saudis who are and the Saudis are [03:21] working with the leadership of the [03:23] Yemeni government and all the various [03:24] militias that are anti-Houthi that have [03:27] been kind of brought under this Saudi [03:28] umbrella to try to counter the Houthis [03:32] right now. and they're really putting a [03:34] lot of pressure on the Houthis. And what [03:36] happened was uh the that they the the [03:40] Houthis wanted to land an Iranian plane. [03:43] This is the second such incident in the [03:44] last few weeks. An Iranian plane which [03:47] is which is a violation of of Yemen's [03:50] laws, a violation of their airspace. [03:51] They didn't want to allow an Iranian [03:53] plane to land. But this is the whole [03:54] thing with the Houthis. They want to [03:56] show that they're in charge, that they [03:57] make the decisions they want to have, [03:59] and they wanted to have this Iranian [04:00] plane land. They were flying people back [04:01] and forth for the funeral. And when the [04:05] government tried to prevent this, the [04:07] Houthi's response, [04:10] the Houthi's response was to was to [04:13] retaliate against Saudi Arabia. In major [04:17] escalation, Yemen's Houthis target Saudi [04:19] Arabia's Abha airport. This is from the [04:21] following day. After the previous story [04:23] I just read you, the Iranbacked Houthi [04:25] rebels in Yemen said they launched [04:27] missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia's [04:29] Abha International Airport on Monday in [04:31] response to air strikes they blamed on [04:33] Saudi Arabia that struck Sana [04:36] International Airport earlier that day. [04:39] Get it? Meaning when the Sa when the [04:41] Yemen government when Yemenes [04:45] Saudibbacked army when the Yemeni when [04:47] Yemen's internationally recognized [04:49] government strikes Sana airport they [04:51] retaliated by striking Saudi Arabia. And [04:54] now we fast forward to today and we have [04:58] uh and we have this story that I started [05:01] with. the Houthis threaten to attack oil [05:02] facilities in Saudi Arabia amid Yemen [05:04] tensions if Riad, you know, gets [05:08] involved in attacking Yemen. But we also [05:10] have in Iranian state media this [05:12] headline. Yemen's Ansur Allah reportedly [05:16] preparing to close Babel Mandeb [05:18] straight. Now, you notice that first [05:20] story I read that quoted the [05:23] that quoted the the the Houthis saying [05:26] that if Riyad gets involved, they'll [05:29] attack Saudi Arabia. They weren't [05:30] threatening closing Baband straight [05:33] except kind of uh indirectly in their [05:36] statement when they said the equation is [05:38] airports for airports, ports for ports, [05:40] blockade for blockade. Uh I mean not [05:43] that the Saudis would put a blockade on [05:45] anything, but that's what they were [05:46] that's what they're threatening. And but [05:48] this is much more explicit. This is an [05:49] Iranian state media. The Yemen's Ansur [05:51] Allah is the actual name of the Houthi [05:54] militia. Okay, Houthi is their tribe. [05:58] But Yemen's answer this is the Houthis [06:00] and they include a map which shows the [06:02] Straits of Hormuz and shows Babel [06:04] Manddev. Okay, let's read this. A [06:07] British media report has claimed this is [06:09] so rich. This is this is Iranian state [06:12] media reporting on what the Houthis said [06:15] and they're citing a British media [06:17] reporting it as though they didn't give [06:19] the order to them. Anyway, a British [06:21] media report has claimed that Yemen's [06:22] Ansur Alla movement is preparing to [06:24] close the strategic Babel Mandab Strait, [06:26] citing unnamed sources in Yemen. The [06:28] sources, however, were not identified. [06:30] No further details were provided. [06:34] And it described Ansuralla as one of the [06:36] most capable regional forces aligned [06:37] with Tehran and alleged that the Yemeni [06:39] group is quietly expanding its influence [06:42] toward the Horn of Africa. claimed that [06:44] Ansur Allah and Somalia's al-Shabaab [06:46] militant group could cooperate to gain [06:49] control over both sides of the strait [06:51] because Somalia is right here. [06:54] Well, this this top part is really [06:55] Somali land, but then over here it [06:57] becomes Somalia. So that Ansur Allah is [07:00] the is the terrorist group, the jihadist [07:04] terrorist group uh in Somalia. And it's [07:07] saying that they could cooperate with [07:08] the Houthis to close the Bab alandab [07:11] straight. That's the point of bringing [07:12] them up, [07:16] right? Highlighting the strategic [07:18] importance of Babal Mandeb, the report [07:20] stated that a significant portion of [07:21] global maritime trade passes through the [07:23] waterway. It warned that any closure of [07:25] the strait could severely destru disrupt [07:27] international trade. [07:30] The report also referred to previous [07:31] attacks by Ansurala on commercial [07:33] vessels. The Babom Strait, which [07:35] connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden [07:37] and the Indian Ocean, is one of the [07:38] world's most important maritime choke [07:40] points, playing a critical role in [07:42] global trade and energy transportation. [07:45] And this has everything to do with the [07:47] Saudis because [07:50] the Saudis, [07:52] let's pull back the camera a little bit [07:53] here. The Saudis [07:57] do not have an opening onto the Arabian [08:00] Sea and the Gulf of Aen. See their [08:02] borders down here. [08:04] see that their border is here. This is [08:07] the Saudi border down below. And they [08:10] have been moving. So they have a [08:12] pipeline that goes across the country. [08:14] So because the straits of Hormuz have [08:16] been so disrupted here, they have been [08:19] routing their oil all the way across to [08:21] the Red Sea and bringing it out at a [08:24] port called Yanbu. Yanboo right here. [08:28] Okay, that's Yanbu. [08:30] Okay, at Yanbu. And so that's where [08:33] they're bringing out their their oil. [08:35] But then in order to get out to the e to [08:38] the to the east, in order to get out to [08:40] China and to the other country and [08:42] India, it has to go down and out the [08:44] babamandab straight. Now some of it of [08:46] course what's what's going to Europe and [08:47] the west could go up through the Suez [08:50] Canal, but they still need the Baband [08:52] straight open. So the Iranians have [08:56] basically instructed [08:59] the here look at this Reuters from [09:02] today. This is because you know here in [09:04] Iranian state media it says that the [09:05] Houthis might close the Babamandum [09:07] straight. But here's the real story. [09:09] Iran tells Houthis to close Red Sea [09:11] Gateway if US hits power network. [09:14] Sources say Iran has asked Yemen's [09:17] Houthi movement to stand ready to close [09:19] the Red Sea oil route if the United [09:21] States strikes Iranian power [09:22] infrastructure. Three sources told [09:24] Reuters on Thursday. Three sources [09:27] posing a potent new threat to global [09:29] energy supplies. The idea has been [09:31] discussed within the Islamic Republic's [09:33] leadership and the message has been [09:34] conveyed to Iran's Houthi allies. Two [09:37] senior Iranian sources and re and a [09:39] regional source familiar with the matter [09:41] said speaking on condition of anonymity. [09:43] The sources said the Houthis had been [09:45] informed recently of Tehran's request [09:47] which has not been previously reported. [09:49] They did not give further details on how [09:51] it had been it had been conveyed or [09:53] whether it was after US President [09:56] Trump's threat to attack Iranian power [09:58] infrastructure on Tuesday. Iran's [10:00] foreign ministry said a spokesperson for [10:02] the Houthi group were not immediately [10:06] uh was not immediately available to [10:08] respond to the request. A source close [10:11] to the Houthi said the group had [10:12] completed preparations to attack [10:14] shipping by deploying missiles and [10:16] drones near Babel Mandib Strait, the [10:18] gateway to the Red Sea in Yemen's [10:20] highlands overlooking Huda and the Gulf [10:22] of Aden and was awaiting the order to [10:25] begin. Any threat to the Red Sea and its [10:27] Baba Mandib gateway risks hugely [10:30] exacerbating the global energy crisis [10:32] triggered by the closure of the straight [10:34] of Hormuz. With the Hormuz Strait [10:36] already shut, the Houthi attacks on [10:38] vessels and ports in the Red Sea would [10:39] leave the Middle East's two main oil [10:42] export routes disrupted simultaneously, [10:45] opening a new front in both the energy [10:47] crisis and Iran's wider conflict with [10:49] the United States. representatives of [10:50] the IRGC who are already in Yemen will [10:53] control the decision on when to close [10:55] the Baband Strait. So there are IRGC [10:58] officials in Houthi territory in Yemen [11:01] and they are in the situation room there [11:03] so to speak and they are going to give [11:05] the order to close the Baband straight [11:07] said the source close to the Houthis. In [11:08] a sign of escalating tensions in the [11:10] region, the Houthis fired missiles at [11:12] Saudi Arabia after accusing the kingdom [11:14] of bombing an airport under their [11:16] control on Monday, breaking a four-year [11:18] truce in the conflict between the [11:20] kingdom and the group. [11:22] Torbjorn Sulvet, principal Middle East [11:24] analyst with risk intelligence company [11:26] Veris Mapleroft, said the flare up [11:28] between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia had [11:30] come at a bad time. If fighting [11:32] intensifies and spills over to the Red [11:34] Sea export infrastructure and shipping, [11:36] it will threaten the only major [11:38] alternative route for oil exports from [11:40] the region. Two regional sources close [11:42] to Riyad said the kingdom was taking [11:44] threats from Iran and the Houthis very [11:46] seriously, adding that Riad was aware [11:48] the Yemeni group was now closely [11:50] coordinating with Iran over the Red Sea. [11:56] a significant uh now when the Houthis [11:58] attack shipping during the Gaza war [12:00] major shipping companies diverted their [12:01] cargos to the much longer more expensive [12:04] route around Africa Saudi Arabia has [12:08] itself diverted 70% of its energy [12:11] exports through its Red Sea port of [12:13] Yanbu what I just showed you on the map [12:15] there that the port of Yanbu [12:19] that's all the way on the you know on [12:20] the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia the [12:23] the Saudis have have rerouted 70% % of [12:26] the of their oil exports through their [12:28] major pipeline, their east west [12:29] pipeline. There's their oil fields are [12:31] in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia for [12:32] the most part and they've rer and [12:34] they've they're now having the oil go [12:36] all the way across to Yanbu and they've [12:38] rerouted 70% of them. But if if Baba [12:41] Manddev and Hormuz are both closed, how [12:44] does the Saudi oil get out? That is what [12:47] we are seeing, folks. [12:50] Any direct attacks there would be a big [12:52] problem for the oil markets. One of the [12:53] regional sources said Iran's clerical [12:55] rulers were seeking to pressure the [12:57] United States by raising the potential [12:58] cost of the global economy, threatening [13:00] Red Sea shipping and the flow of Saudi [13:02] oil exports through the waterway in what [13:05] the source described as part of Iranian [13:07] thinking. [13:09] Closing down the straight would not be [13:10] difficult, the source said, adding [13:12] anybody with a firing rifle can [13:14] interrupt the shipping. All you have to [13:15] have is like a shoulder, you know, RPG, [13:18] anything that could make shipping [13:20] companies not want to go through there. [13:21] you don't have to have sophisticated [13:23] missiles to interrupt the shipping. Iran [13:25] views the Houthis as part of its [13:26] regional axis of resistance. Um you know [13:29] along with the etc. [13:33] Okay, that is the situation. So you have [13:37] the Houthis saying that if the Saudis [13:39] enter the war, we're going to attack. [13:41] But that's not really what's going on. [13:43] what's really going on and then right [13:45] and then you have Iranian state media [13:47] saying oh the Yemen's Ansarala is [13:50] reportedly preparing to close the Baband [13:52] strait yeah there's IRGC guys in Yemen [13:55] and they're working on a plan to close [13:56] it meanwhile we have this escalation [13:58] between Yemen and Saudi Arabia between [14:00] sorry between the Houthis and Saudi [14:02] Arabia and the Saudi Arabianbacked [14:04] Yemeni government that all took place [14:06] over the course of the last week and [14:10] here we have from yesterday Trump [14:12] signals support for Saudi action against [14:14] Houthis. Check this out. The US State [14:17] Department is aware of reports that [14:19] President Donald Trump has given Saudi [14:21] Arabia the green light to launch [14:23] military action against Yemen's [14:24] Iranbacked Houthi movement following [14:26] attacks on the kingdom. A department [14:29] spokesman told NBN in a statement, [14:31] that's this news outlet, Saudi backed [14:32] Yemeni forces struck Sana International [14:34] Airport. It talks about um those those [14:38] strike on the airport we mentioned [14:39] earlier. [14:41] The latest escalation raises the [14:43] prospect of a new front in the region [14:45] and heightens concerns over maritime [14:46] security in the Baband Strait. US news [14:49] outlet Axio citing two US officials [14:52] reported that Trump told Saudi Crown [14:54] Prince Muhammad bin Salman he supported [14:57] military action against the Iranbacked [14:59] Houthis in Yemen. According to the [15:02] report, the crown prince briefed Trump [15:04] in advance and sought his backing [15:06] because the Saudis are concerned that [15:08] the conflict with the Houthis could [15:10] expand, requiring military and [15:12] diplomatic support from the United [15:14] States. [15:15] Are we going to see the United States [15:18] moving some of its military assets over [15:21] towards Babal Mandeb? I mean, you have [15:22] all these strike groups and all the all [15:24] the naval assets that are in that are [15:26] near Iran. Remember the big buildup [15:28] before the war? They haven't all gone [15:29] home. Are we going to see some of them [15:32] move over to assist the Saudis? Quote, [15:35] "We are aware of these reports and are [15:37] monitoring the situation closely," the [15:39] State Department said, between the [15:41] United States and Saudi Arabia, which it [15:43] uh which it I'm sorry, emphasizing the [15:45] strategic partnership between the US and [15:47] Saudi Arabia. Very nice. [15:49] The department reaffirmed that the US [15:51] stands firmly with Saudi Arabia against [15:53] Iranian aggression, including attacks by [15:55] the Iranbacked Houthis. [15:57] The administration's national security [15:59] strategy is based on the principle that [16:01] our core interests in the region include [16:04] ensuring freedom of navigation in the [16:06] Red Sea and preventing the export of [16:08] terrorism. That's actually almost [16:10] verbatim a quote from the national [16:12] security strategy document that was [16:14] written uh by the by the uh uh that was [16:18] published by the Trump administration [16:20] towards the end of 2025 before this war [16:23] started where they talk about the [16:24] importance of the they named the [16:26] straight of hormuz and the red sea as [16:28] important shipping lanes that need to [16:30] remain open. It's critically important [16:32] to continue efforts to counter the [16:33] Iranbacked Houthis and the other [16:34] terrorist groups in Yemen. [16:38] And Axio reported that Saudi ambassador [16:40] to Washington, Princess Reema bin Bandar [16:43] al-Soud, met with Marco Rubio one and [16:45] one day later, Rubio spoke to the Saudi [16:48] foreign minister and shortly afterwards [16:50] on Friday, Trump spoke to the crown [16:51] prince. Should Saudi Arabia launch [16:54] strikes against the Houthis, the group [16:55] would likely seek to close the Babandib [16:58] Strait. [17:02] Okay, [17:04] there you go. And now I want to add a [17:07] little wrinkle to this to just a little [17:08] bit a little bit of background. [17:10] Actually, you know, before we do that [17:11] wrinkle, let's do this wrinkle. [17:13] Pakistan. This is from today from a few [17:15] hours ago. [17:20] I just had to cough. Pakistan worries [17:21] about being drawn into US Iran conflict [17:24] after Houthis attack Saudi Arabia. What [17:26] is this about? Why is Pakistan worried [17:28] about the Houthis in Saudi Arabia? Well, [17:32] attacks on Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Iran [17:34] aligned Houthis this week have [17:35] frustrated Pakistan and threatened to [17:38] draw Islamabad into the conflict, [17:40] complicating any future role it may have [17:42] as a mediator between the US and Iran. [17:45] Nuclear armed Pakistan, which helped [17:47] broker an interim deal last month in the [17:49] war between between Washington and [17:51] Thran, signed a mutual defense [17:54] agreement. Pakistan signed a mutual [17:56] defense agreement with Saudi Arabia last [17:59] year and thousands of Pakistani soldiers [18:02] have been deployed to Saudi Arabia [18:05] alongside a squadron of fighter jets. [18:07] There is a mutual defense pact between [18:10] Saudi Arabia and Pakistan that if one of [18:13] them gets attacked, it's kind of like [18:14] article 5 of NATO. If one of them gets [18:16] attacked, the other one is supposed to [18:17] join. Now, you might be wondering, wait [18:19] a second, wasn't Saudi Arabia attacked [18:20] by Iran earlier in the war and Pakistan [18:22] didn't join on their behalf? We'll get [18:24] to that. Pakistan had already voiced [18:27] anger about the Iranian strikes on Saudi [18:28] Arabia earlier this year, but regional [18:31] analysts and officials said the attacks [18:33] this week had pushed Islamabad's [18:36] frustration with Iran to a new level as [18:38] they raised the prospect of a new Saudi [18:41] Houthi conflict. The Houthis fired [18:43] missiles at Saudi Arabia after accusing [18:45] the kingdom of bombing an airport. We [18:47] know about that. [18:51] Now, what does it mean here? It's Oh, [18:53] here here check this out. Pakistan's [18:56] frustration appears rooted in growing [18:58] concerns that Houthi involvement may be [19:01] more likely to draw Pakistan into the [19:04] conflict than the Iranian missile [19:06] strikes were earlier this year. [19:10] Pakistani soldiers are deployed near the [19:11] Saudi border with Yemen, two Pakistani [19:14] officials said, increasing their direct [19:16] exposure. [19:18] Now, it's not only that it'll increase [19:20] their We have to ask ourselves, why [19:21] didn't the Pakistanis join in on the [19:23] Saudis behalf? Well, of course, they [19:25] didn't want to and they didn't want to [19:28] insinuate themselves into the situation [19:30] against Iran. So, why didn't they [19:32] retaliate against Iran on the Saudis [19:34] behalf? Why is the Houthi situation more [19:36] likely to drag them in? So a it's [19:39] because there's Pakistani soldiers who [19:40] are in the line of fire and could end up [19:42] and if Pakistani soldiers end up getting [19:46] struck or or or they're right there that [19:49] it's harder for Pakistan to stay out. [19:51] But I think there's also another reason [19:52] which is that Iran was attacking [19:56] or at least claiming that they were [19:58] attacking US assets in Saudi Arabia. [20:02] If the Houthis are attacking Saudi [20:04] Arabia, like their airport, it's much [20:06] harder for the Pakistanis to say that [20:09] this isn't really a direct attack on [20:10] Saudi Arabia. It's just an attack on US [20:12] assets. So, that's my read on it. Could [20:14] be. But either way, uh, an important [20:17] piece of this developing plot is that [20:19] Pakistan is on the sidelines. Saudi [20:20] Arabia is looking at them going, "Hey, [20:22] dude, we got a defense pact. Pakistan [20:24] has soldiers there. They don't want this [20:26] to escalate because they also don't want [20:27] to have to live up to the defense pact [20:29] and get involved. They're worried about [20:31] this and they want to remain the [20:32] mediator and a neutral party. If they [20:34] get involved against the Houthis, [20:36] they're no longer able to be a mediator [20:38] between the US and Iran. 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We [21:22] have Brian Kennedy, president of the [21:23] American Strategy Group and a senior [21:25] fellow and former president of the [21:27] Claremont Institute. Dr. David Wormser [21:29] of the Center for Security Policy, one [21:31] of the top Middle East experts on the [21:32] planet. And Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan [21:34] Kenrikas of the Foundation for Defense [21:36] of Democracies, where he's a senior [21:37] fellow and also a former IDF spokesman. [21:40] This is 100 p.m. on Monday, Eastern [21:42] time, 8:00 p.m. in Israel. But if you [21:45] can't make it, it doesn't matter because [21:46] if you register for this for this [21:48] webinar, you will receive the uh a link [21:51] to watch the full webinar right after [21:53] it's over in your email. So whether you [21:54] can make it at that time or not, you [21:56] don't want to miss this webinar and that [21:58] the only way you can see it is if you [21:59] register. So register in the link in the [22:02] description of this video or you can uh [22:05] scan this QR code. Either way, register [22:07] for this webinar this coming Monday, [22:09] July 20th, 1 p.m. Eastern, 800 PM in [22:11] Israel or on your own time. Once you [22:13] register, you get you'll get it in your [22:15] inbox. So, let's go back to this u to [22:18] the final wrinkle in this whole story [22:20] that I want to share with you. So, here [22:21] this is an Arabic. I do not read Arabic. [22:23] So, let's just do a little a little [22:25] translate here. Translate into English. [22:28] Voila. We have this article in English. [22:29] And what is this article about? This is [22:31] from back in April. The Saudi oil [22:34] pipeline through Yemen is back in the [22:36] spotlight. And this talks about a plan, [22:39] an old plan that was shelved and now is [22:42] back to build a Saudi pipeline through [22:46] Yemen territory. I'm not going to read [22:48] the whole article, but here's what this [22:50] what this article tells us down here. [22:55] It it talks about the um uh the Al- [22:59] Marvenet. Okay, the Al-Mara Governet is [23:02] this part of Yemen right here. And it [23:06] says that the Saudi the Saudis have had [23:07] a plan for a while that got shelved and [23:11] is now back on the table to build a [23:12] pipeline from their territory through [23:15] this area of Yemen. A down and that [23:20] would come out on a port here on the u [23:23] on the Gulf of Aden on the on the [23:25] Arabian Sea right here. And uh and and [23:28] now why was it shelved? Well, it was [23:31] shelved because the STC, which is the [23:34] secular anti-Huty militia that was [23:37] backed by the United Arab Emirates, was [23:39] in control of the eastern part of Yemen [23:41] for a long time. The Saudis were and [23:43] they were at war with the Saudi back [23:46] factions that controlled the middle of [23:47] the country. Now, recently the Saud the [23:51] Emiratis pulled out their support. the [23:53] STC disbanded and the Saudis now control [23:57] all or are are backing all of the [24:02] governmentbacked anti-Huty factions and [24:04] that includes [24:06] control of this area. So this area is [24:08] now kind of open more to Saudi [24:10] investment and and and and uh and [24:13] development. And this story is about the [24:15] fact that now that the Amiradis are [24:17] gone, now that the Amiradi presence is [24:20] gone, this plan is now back on the [24:22] table. And look what it says right here. [24:25] I'll just read the opening of it. A [24:26] source in the Yemeni presidency told [24:28] Arab Al Jadid that the project is at the [24:30] forefront of discussions with Saudi [24:32] Arabia at the leadership level and that [24:34] technical committees are expected to be [24:36] formed to prepare a feasibility study [24:38] for the project in addition to legal [24:40] committees that will prepare an economic [24:42] cooperation agreement uh regarding it. [24:46] stressing that the regional tension has [24:48] formed an additional incentive to revive [24:50] the project in addition to ending the [24:52] Emirati presence and the governance of [24:53] Al-Mara in the east of the country and [24:56] li liberating them from the control of [24:59] the separatists [25:01] loyal to Abu Dhabi. Al- Mara and I'm [25:04] sorry, Almara in the and Hadramawi and [25:07] and Hadramout those two provinces. [25:09] Hadout is the province next to this [25:12] province meaning it's the whole eastern [25:13] side of Yemen. So basically we have this [25:16] Saudi project to build an oil pipeline [25:19] that goes south from Saudi Arabia and [25:23] completely bypasses Babal Mandeb. [25:26] And this would mean that neither Hormuz [25:29] nor Babel Mandeb could disrupt Saudi [25:32] shipping of oil and they could ship it [25:33] straight out to the Arabian Sea. This is [25:35] similar to what the United Arab Emirates [25:37] have which is a pipeline that goes out [25:38] to the Gulf of Oman bypassing Hormuz. So [25:42] the Saudis are now moving forward on [25:44] this project so that long-term the types [25:47] of issues we're dealing with now with [25:49] Baba Manddeb and Hormuz will no longer [25:51] be an issue for the Saudis. So, this [25:54] speaks to a long-term impact of this [25:56] war, which is that with all of the [25:58] disruption in the street of Hormuz, one [26:00] of the unintended consequences that the [26:02] Iranians are causing themselves if they [26:04] were to if they could remain in power or [26:06] if some other bad actor would come into [26:08] the region is that they're they are [26:10] incentivizing everybody to create [26:13] alternative trade routes, alternative [26:15] shipping routes to get oil out so that [26:18] when the dust settles on all of this, [26:20] they won't be able to choke off the [26:23] global economy in the way that they have [26:25] been. So, it's an interesting aspect of [26:28] the story. We'll leave it there. I hope [26:30] you found this helpful and interesting. [26:32] Please like, subscribe, share, all that [26:33] stuff. Please tell people what we're [26:34] doing on this channel. Uh I I think it's [26:37] uh I think it's valuable. 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