Riyadh. Amidst the war between Iran and America, Yemen’s Houthis have made a big announcement. Yemen’s Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi has called this war a war against Islam and Muslims. Abdul Malik announced that his organization stands with Iran. He said that we are prepared for any incident of fighting in this area. In his speech, Malik warned that the entire area is the target of this fight. Till now the Houthi rebels were away from the fight between Israel, America and Iran but now they seem to be coming together with Tehran.
According to media reports, this announcement by the Houthis has increased the heartbeat of Saudi, which has made preparations for the export of oil from the Red Sea. So far, more than 1300 people have been killed and 10 thousand people have been injured in this American attack. Iran is continuously carrying out missile and drone attacks from Saudi Arabia to UAE. Not only this, Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz. Due to this, oil exports of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain have been badly affected.
After the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Arabia has intensified work on the plan to supply oil through the Red Sea, but now the announcement of the Houthis has created a big threat. An attack by the Houthis could set oil prices on fire worldwide. Saudi Arabia had long ago feared that Iran could stop the supply of oil from Hormuz at any time. For this reason, in the 1980s, it built an oil pipeline from its desert area to the Red Sea.
The chief of Saudi company Aramco had said that they are now going to speed up the supply of oil through the East West Pipeline. Due to Iran’s closure of Hormuz, there has been a huge reduction in the supply of oil in the world. If this pipeline is fully operational, it will be able to send 70 lakh barrels of oil every day. This pipeline goes from Abqaib oil field in Saudi Arabia to Yanbu Port on the Red Sea.
Experts on Middle East affairs say that this is the reason why Houthis are important. He said that to send oil from Saudi’s Yanbu Port to Asia, it will have to pass through Bab Al Mandeb. This is the stronghold of Houthis. Not only this, the Houthis have the power to carry out drone attacks anywhere in the area. The Houthis already possess a large quantity of Iranian suicide drones. These Iranian drones are currently wreaking havoc throughout the Middle East. In the last few months, Houthis have targeted Israeli and American oil tankers several times in the Red Sea.
