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Houthis Announce Maritime Embargo On Saudi Arabia

Yemen's Houthi rebels announced they are imposing a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia in response for a recent attack on Sanaa Airport. The statement did not clarify exactly what that means. This could put pressure on Saudi Arabia, which uses its East-West Pipeline to try to move oil out of the kingdom while the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.

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The Houthi tribe -- beset by their Sunni brethern and their Saudi backers -- are a hardy bunch.

While the Saudi military is fighting for salaries and not angering Muhammad Bone Saws (MBS), the Houthis are fighting for their survival.

This makes a world of difference on the battlefield.

When the Republika Srpska (RS) army finally began absorbing casualties from a re-invigorated BiH Army in the 1992-95 Bosnian Civil War, this changed the complexion of the war for them.

Here's look at Houthi military capabilities from the R.U.S.I.

Source: Rusi.org

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-20 09:42 AM | Reply

Some indication about what this might mean for SA:

The announcement is likely to further hamper Saudi Arabia's crucial oil exports.

Since the US-Israel war on Iran and the subsequent blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the kingdom has sought alternative export routes.

Its East-West pipeline, or Petroline, has been the solution. Originally built in the 1980s, the 1,201km- (746 mile-) pipeline runs from the eastern Abqaiq oil field right across the country to the western Red Sea port city of Yanbu. The pipeline pumps about seven million barrels of oil per day.

From there, oil tankers ship the oil through Bab al-Mandeb to major Asian markets and elsewhere.

Ship tracking data from Kpler and Signal Ocean showed that shipments from Yanbu averaged four million barrels per day in recent weeks, up from around 973,000 bpd a year earlier, according to Reuters.

Total petroleum volumes transiting Bab al-Mandeb were 7.4 million bpd in June, or about 7 percent of global oil output, according to Kpler data. That is compared to 4.2 million bpd last year.
www.aljazeera.com

And there it is: Bab Al-Mandeb, the second of two petro chokepoints.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-20 05:57 PM | Reply

This war against Iran on Israel's behalf is a money-maker for the Trumpf Crime Family (TCF) with all of their massive and occult investments in drones and the military-industrial complex.

The TCF simply found a new grift that the rest of us have to pay dearly for in terms of lives lost and a depleted treasury.

Universal healthcare for Americans any time soon?

That is a galaxy and a half away from us. We have the BBB and austerity measures coming up.

Watch Mike Johnson (R-Israel) start discussing raiding SSA or Medicare funds to pay for the oligarch's tax cuts and Bibi's war.

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-20 06:32 PM | Reply

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