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Houthi maritime blockade threatens Saudi oil exports, analyst warns

Michael Stephens, a Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, tells Al Jazeera that Yemen’s Houthi maritime blockade could cut off Saudi oil expo

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Thank you US for all the mess.
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@Gabeyre From YouTube ↗ 21 Jul 2026 1
Someone please tell the spokesman that he is announcing infront of a camera and not infront a crowd without a microphone.. Why is he screeming?
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This is beginning to end the time of Saudi Arabia
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Let the US Saudi Britain know they lost everytime they attacked yemen for 11 years they have been fighting and defeated their enemies, yemen is graveyard for invaders.
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Of course the Houthis could be bombed out of existence. When countries like the UK train their people that the only response when confronted by a person with a gun is to run away and call the police, it becomes no wonder that they can’t figure out ways to defeat the Houthis.
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But oil traders have their head up their A. Oil should skyrocket.
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The best businessman in the world creates incredible chaos all over the globe. Stunning.
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Suez canal, Bab Al Mandap & Hormuz, Gibraltar 🙄🤔
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Yemen blockades Saudi Arabia. So a Qatari station goes to a British guy in London to tell us about it. Hmmm.
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0:31 I was not expecting Albert II, Prince of Monaco to be on stand
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Disclaimer: balls ⚽️ ⚽️ cutting makes high pitch Houthi-voice
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Ansarallah has made a brilliant decision.
Why did Saudi Arabia need to bomb the Houthi airport?
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Thanks to Trump the Houthis realised a blockade is cheaper to execute than high sea piracy
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Unusual to hear a guest speak so realistically about the Iran conflict, kudos Mr Stephens and RUSI UK. I’m also relieved that we have some people at least who understand the scale of the strategic blunder unfolding here. I look forward to ongoing FOX News reports moving forwards with the phrase ‘inconceivable’ being used to describe unexpected developments.
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@theGoogol From YouTube ↗ 21 Jul 2026 66
The US isn't getting dragged into anything. They chose this path because it is a nation which cannot sustain itself without wars.
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Iran and its allies have the right to defend themselves against aggressors.
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Houthi allign with Iran, as UD allign with Israel. Other gulf state with US based & facilities is also a target.
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It is not the official yemeni government it was imposed by the west and saudi arabia and they all say the internationally recognised government because they know on the ground in Yemen that actually do not have legitimacy among the people.
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@houm7571 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jul 2026 46
They should have done this much sooner.
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14% of world trade, or 6 million barrels per day, will certainly have an impact.