# Middle East conflict: US declines Saudi request for strikes on Houthis

https://mins.news/en/video/55814

- CNA, 2026-09-12 12:37 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXVUM7lQOuM

> US President Donald Trump says the Yemen-based Houthis asked Washington not to intervene, as pressure grows along the vital Bab El-Mandeb route. The Iran-backed group has seized Yemen’s Red Sea coast and three strategic islands. Axios previously reported that Trump rejected Riyadh’s request for US strikes on the Houthis.

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