Saudi Arabia ⁠and Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis exchanged fresh strikes across their border and Yemenis took to boats in the Red Sea to escape fighting, as the spreading Middle East war created new threatst o global oil supplies.

US Houthi News: Saudi Arabia is battling a resurgent Houthi offensive in Yemen, but its biggest ally, the US, might have reached an understanding with Ansar Allah to keep American and international shipping safe. If so, Riyadh could be left to confront the Iran-backed group largely on its own.

RIYADH: Attacks attributed to the Houthis, the Yemeni government and its Saudi backers killed at least five people on Thursday (Sep 17), as fighting rocked the Arabian Peninsula after the Iran-backed group made lightning gains in a fresh offensive.The three sides have been locked in increasingly violent excha

Sept 17 - A Yemeni living in Saudi Arabia was killed on Thursday in the interception of a drone, which the kingdom's civil defence said was launched by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Saudi Arabia has asked China to press Iran to rein in the Houthis as attacks inside the kingdom intensify. The outreach underscores rising risks to Red Sea shipping and regional energy routes as Washington holds back.

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen are scrambling to deny they launched a drone at the Muslim holy city of Mecca.

It’s been a week since Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels stormed down the Red Sea coast, threatening Saudi Arabia’s oil exports and reigniting Yemen’s 12-year civil war.