Trump threatens Houthis after strikes against Saudi Arabia
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nouvelle Tribune
US President Donald Trump threatened the Houthis after their strikes against Saudi Arabia, accusing the Yemeni movement of seeking to push up oil prices ahead of the US midterm elections. Riyadh is asking Washington for military intervention, but it has not yet launched new strikes, La Nouvelle Tribune reports.
US President Donald Trump threatened the Houthis, a Yemeni movement close to Iran, after their strikes against Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, 13 October 2026. He accused them of “behaving very badly” and recalled that the United States had bombed them a year earlier before ending its intervention, La Nouvelle Tribune reported.
Donald Trump accuses the Houthis of targeting Saudi Arabia to push up oil prices ahead of the US midterm elections, scheduled for 3 November. Riyadh has been asking Washington for several weeks to intervene directly, but this had not yet been authorised. The Houthis have also threatened Saudi airports, according to La Nouvelle Tribune.
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