Oil rises on Middle East supply fears
Falling US crude and product inventories lend support to prices
Houthi
Houthi movement, Yemen-based Shia Islamist rebel group
Oil prices retreat as investors weigh supply outlook, Middle East tensions
Iran has threatened to step up strikes in response to the US blockade of its ports
Yemen’s Houthis vow more attacks on Saudi targets after hitting oil giant’s headquarters
Iran-backed militants retaliate after Riyadh-led coalition strikes sites in Yemen’s capital
Why can’t Saudi Arabia stop the Houthi attacks?
Lethal strikes show growing military power of Iran-backed militia
For Houthis, war in Gaza is a chance to strengthen role in Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’
The attacks raise the obvious likelihood of Saudi retaliation with the concomitant danger of escalation into wider conflict in a region that has known little else for years
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Attacks are limited to Saudi Arabia and Yemen
DAA says staff in Saudi Arabia ‘safe and well’ after latest airport attacks
Dublin Airport operator provides management and consultancy services to Riyadh hub
Houthi attacks force Saudi Arabia to extend suspension of flights at Riyadh airport
Governor of Taiz says Yemeni city will soon run out of surgical services and medicine because of Houthi siege
Winter of discontent looms as public sector workers prepare for stoppage
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Saudi Arabia confirms that Houthi strikes on Riyadh airport killed three
Yemen’s civil war now the fiercest front in regional fighting triggered by the US and Israeli attack on Iran
Oil gains as US storm and Houthi air strikes threaten supply
Storm forming in the Gulf of Mexico will likely hit oil and gas producing facilities
Air campaign against Houthis under way in Yemen, says Saudi-led coalition
Houthis have in recent weeks made lightning advances down the west coast of Yemen
Houthis try to seize control of Yemen highlands
Trump reported to have called off air strikes against the Iran-backed group at the last minute
Trump gets caught in a dilemma over a Saudi plea for military help
US president vacillated but decided on Sunday not to join Saudi Arabia, for now, in joint strikes against the Houthis in Yemen
Saudi warplanes attack Yemen as Houthis solidify gains
Yemeni militant group claims it shot down a Saudi F-15 fighter jet
Saudi Arabia issues mass security alerts after Houthis step up attacks
Escalating conflict threatens to further destabilise Middle East
Iran’s allies squeeze Saudi Arabia ‘on all fronts’, leaving crown prince facing a crisis
Two-pronged assault by Houthi rebels and Iraqi militants spawns what may be biggest test for Prince Mohammed since backlash against Jamal Khashoggi’s murder
Houthis seize crucial Yemeni port as fighting with Saudi forces escalates
Capture of Mocha is boost to Iran as oil prices rise to $105 a barrel and Houthi forces advance on Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Yemen’s Houthis reach strategic island at mouth of vital shipping lane
Iran-backed Houthi militia also take mainland Red Sea coastal town of Dhubab
Houthis have seized a crucial Red Sea port. Why is it so significant?
Move is part of a drive to extend control over strategic global shipping routes
Iran threatens US with new ‘economic warfare’ and missiles as Houthis attack Saudi Arabia
Iran-backed Houthi militia assaults wound 73
No progress in talks aimed at reviving interim Iran-US deal, says Iranian source
Washington accuses Tehran of failing to honour agreement to reopen vital Strait of Hormuz shipping route
Pakistan says US and Iran are close to ‘some sort’ of deal
Four killed in suspected Houthi attack on Egyptian vessel in Red Sea
Trump says he will demand compensation from Iran
Trump says he will demand Tehran pay compensation for ‘all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded’
Iran says Strait of Hormuz deal is ‘very close’ but will not free up waterway by itself
Tehran-Oman arrangement over control of shipping lane seen as crucial to wider agreement to end conflict begun by US
Deadly Houthi strikes in Yemen stoke fears of wider war, Saudi Arabia warns of more attacks
Saudi official says kingdom expecting co-ordinated attacks on economic and civilian sites by Houthis and Iraqi militias under supervision of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
Iran says it has reached agreement with Oman on Strait of Hormuz
Islamic republic determined to retain a degree of control over the chokepoint
Drone strike on Egyptian port signals potential new front in US-Iran war
Tehran, Washington, Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis continue attacks on sites across Gulf region
Oil falls more than 7% as Iran and US pause strikes over Strait of Hormuz
Brent lower after two weeks of escalating violence had pushed crude to more than $100 a barrel
US prolongs pause in attacks on Iran as peace talks continue
Tehran accuses Ukraine of deadly attack on Iranian vessel in Caspian Sea
US and Iran trade strikes as fears of escalation mount
Trump says Iran would be accountable for any further attacks by Yemen’s Houthi fighters amid widening conflict
Trump close to deciding on ‘massive attack’ against Iran after Houthis strike Red Sea tankers
UN’s António Guterres says Middle East being pushed to ‘edge of the unimaginable’ amid mounting fears over conflict’s trajectory
Oil hits $100 for first time since May
Houthi militant attack on Saudi Arabian tankers threatens deeper supply disruptions
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