# Saudi Arabia is ‘in a bind’ as Houthis advance in Yemen, analyst says

https://mins.news/en/video/62704

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-17 13:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWhijKLkjhs

> Cyrus Schayegh of the Geneva Graduate Institute said Saudi Arabia is “a little bit in a panic” as it faces pressure from the Houthis, Iran and Iran-aligned Shia groups in Iraq. He said the US is offering insufficient military support while blocking major diplomacy with Iran, and that a planned Gulf-Iraq-Iran meeting was partly cancelled under US pressure.

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