# Oil spikes as Saudis are sucked into Yemen spiral

https://mins.news/en/video/59785

- France 24 English, 2026-09-15 18:37 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OTekgZbDGU

> After Donald Trump’s surprise decision to strike Iran, the war became a quagmire with no exit strategy. Six months later, access to the Gulf is nearly shut, while global shipping watches the other side of the Arabian Peninsula as Iran-backed Houthis threaten passage through the Red Sea and Saudi Arabia is drawn back into Yemen.

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