Saudi Nightmare: Houthis Seize Red Sea As Pipeline Burns (The Duran)

Saudi Arabia is facing its greatest crisis since the founding of the kingdom, as Houthi forces seize the Red Sea coast and a crippling strike knocks out the East West pipeline, cutting off nearly all Saudi oil exports. In this episode we break down why Trump is leaving MBS out to dry, and what an all out war on Iran after the midterms could mean for global energy markets. Is Washington quietly preparing to go all in against Iran once the midterms are over?



Whether or not there is a big attack on Iran, hitting their infrastructure and power systems, as opposed to just their military, there's going to be an economic disaster since oil supplies will run low in any event. The question is, what political forces will win out when it comes to this sort of escalation? Will it happen, or not? If de-escalation happens then there will still be very big problems, but a shorter window to when it comes to rebuilding energy supply.

Time Stamps:

00:00:00 Introduction to the Yemen and Houthi advance
00:01:47 Houthis take full control of Yemen's Red Sea coast
00:03:31 Saudi oil pipeline attacked and exports come to a halt
00:04:36 Israel threatens Iran's desalination plants and Iran vows to retaliate
00:06:01 Depleting oil reserves and Europe's natural gas shortage
00:07:44 Trita Parsi on the mood in Washington after the midterms
00:09:12 Why the Trump administration seems uninterested in Saudi Arabia
00:13:03 Trump's strategy to manage the damage before the midterms
00:16:53 Trump leaves MBS hanging until after the midterms
00:19:30 The case for an all out war on Iran

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, September 18, 2026.]