# Houthis claim biggest advancement this year in Yemen

https://mins.news/en/video/64949

- BBC News, 2026-09-18 22:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SOlPGAUjPg

> Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim significant gains along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, affecting Saudi exports and helping keep oil above $100 a barrel. Saudi Arabia says it intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca on Tuesday evening.

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