New Report Reveals President Trump Is Weighing Options On Striking The Iranian-Backed Houthis In Yemen

As I said last night, was told that the POTUS meeting at Camp David was to deliberate and review Yemen strike options. Today, U.S. embassies in Middle Eastern countries that are likely to be targets of retaliatory strikes issued warnings. Now POTUS head to the White House early. https://t.co/LYQtjAzZG3

— Alex Plitsas

(@alexplitsas) September 20, 2026

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Officials from the US met Houthi leaders over the weekend at the country’s embassy in Muscat, Oman, it has been confirmed, leading to the US decision not to intervene to help Saudi Arabia drive back a Houthi advance inside Yemen.

The Iran-backed militant group reassured the US that the ceasefire agreement between the two sides struck in 2025 still held and the movement had no intention of attacking US shipping in the Red Sea. Only Saudi-linked shipping was regarded as a target owing to its blockade of Yemen, the Houthis confirmed.

The meeting helps to explain Donald Trump’s decision to condemn the Houthi advance down the west coast of Yemen for threatening freedom of navigation through the Bab al-Mandab strait, but so far to reject any military response in support of Riyadh. The US is already embroiled in an expensive and resource sapping conflict with Iran, which backs the Houthis.

The US labelled the Houthis as a foreign terrorist entity in March 2025, but in the recent past American officials have met leaders from Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. The US vice-president, JD Vance, confirmed on Monday that the US was in direct contact with the Houthis.

The US refusal to become directly involved has put pressure on Saudi Arabia to reach either a diplomatic solution with the Houthis over the future governance of Yemen, or to try to build a regional alliance with Pakistan and Turkey to force the Houthis back. In a lightning offensive last week, the Houthis seized control of large swathes of western Yemen along the Red Sea coast.

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