
War expands as Houthis attack Saudi cities and US strikes Iranian tankers
PROTEST. A member of Houthi security forces mans a machine gun mounted on the back of a patrol vehicle at the site of an anti-Saudi rally amid an escalation with the kingdom, in Sanaa, Yemen, July 31, 2026.
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The Middle East war intensified on Tuesday, September 8, withIranian-backed Houthis in Yemenlaunching strikes on several Saudi cities, further embroiling a US ally in the conflict, while US forces hit multiple Iranian oil tankers and Iran targeted a US base in Jordan.
The Houthis attacked four cities in the south of Saudi Arabia, wounding 73 people and setting oil installations ablaze in what appeared to be a major expansion of the six-month-old war.
As global oil markets were pricing in the Saudi attacks, the US military’s Central Command said it destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers on Tuesday in response to Iran’...