Houthis strike Saudi targets anew as talks over Strait of Hormuz stall
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis launched a new wave of attacks on Saudi Arabia, firing dozens of missiles and drones at a military airbase in Khamis Mushait and wounding 13 civilians. Gulf Arab states postponed planned talks with Iran, and an earlier attack knocked Saudi Arabia's east-west pipeline offline. The Houthis have taken Perim Island and control almost the entire western coast of Yemen along the Red Sea.
Why it matters: This escalation threatens global oil supplies, a key theme of this briefing.