How will Saudi Arabia deal with the Houthis?
Video Duration 26 minutes 45 seconds 26: 45. Fighting is intensifying between Yemen's Ansarullah Houthis and Saudi Arabia.
Video Duration 26 minutes 45 seconds 26: 45. Fighting is intensifying between Yemen's Ansarullah Houthis and Saudi Arabia.
Article outline
- What happened
- Why it matters
- The details
- The bottom line
Key points
- For the first time since a ceasefire in 2022, the Houthis fired missiles towards the capital, Riyadh.
- Muhanad Seloom – non-resident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs.
- Nawaf Obaid – senior research fellow at King's College London and former adviser to the Saudi administration.
- Ibrahim Jalal – Yemeni affairs analyst who specialises in regional security and armed groups.
- The Iran-backed group notes it will respond to any escalation with an escalation of its own.
Notably, the Iran-backed group notes it will respond to any escalation with an escalation of its own. The stand-off highlights the historic enmity between the two sides.
But it additionally risks dragging the wider region into conflict. What will it take to stop the attacks?
Ibrahim Jalal – Yemeni affairs analyst who specialises in regional security and armed groups. Published On 20 Sep 202620 Sep 2026.
In short, how will Saudi Arabia deal with the Houthis? Is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.
