Saudi Arabia carried out airstrikes against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement, a development that sent oil prices sharply higher Monday morning as a ceasefire brokered by Donald Trump appeared to unravel.
The Houthi rebels said Saudi aircraft targeted Sanaa International Airport in Yemen. A spokesman for the group announced the “end to the de-escalation phase” and warned that the attack “will not go unanswered or unpunished.”
The strike was reported to have occurred as an Iranian aircraft was attempting to land at the airport. Authorities have since issued evacuation orders for the airport and nearby areas.
For the past decade, a Saudi-led military coalition operating from southern Yemen has been engaged in conflict with the Houthis, who control much of the country’s north and are backed by Tehran.
Iranian officials said the repercussions are now affecting diplomacy, with Tehran’s foreign ministry claiming Trump’s memorandum of understanding with Iran has entered a “crisis phase.”
Oil prices climbed more than 3 percent Monday morning after the renewed strikes, as tensions intensified over the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route at the center of the standoff between the US and Iran.
Asked by Fox News about the expanding strikes across the region, Trump said: “We’re taking over the strait.”
The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow Persian Gulf passage through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply moves, has remained a major flashpoint since the war began in February, with each escalation rattling global markets.
Saudi Arabia has launched airstrikes on Iran’s proxy terror group in Yemen, sending oil prices soaring Monday morning as Donald Trump’s ceasefire collapses
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels say Saudi warplanes bombarded Sanaa International Airport in Yemen. The group’s spokesman declared an ‘end to the de-escalation phase’ and warned that the ‘aggression will not go unanswered or unpunished’
Tehran says the fallout has already reached the negotiating table with their foreign ministry claiming Trump’s memorandum of understanding with Iran has entered a ‘crisis phase’
Strikes between US and Iran renewed again this weekend after the regime attacked commercial vessels moving through the Strait of Hormuz
The truce collapsed last week when Iran struck three vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and the US retaliated with two rounds of strikes.
Trump pronounced the deal dead from the NATO summit in Ankara: ‘There’s something wrong with them. They’re cuckoo. As far as I’m concerned, it’s over.’
US strikes continued this weekend after Secretary of War Pete Hegseth vowed revenge for the Iranian strike and said: ‘Iran made a poor choice. Now they pay.’
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared the strait closed until further notice after the attack, according to a statement cited by CNN.
Iran targeted various Middle Eastern countries that host US military bases, claiming responsibility for strikes in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar.
Some of the targets attacked by US forces included missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, ammunition storage facilities, communication networks and coastal surveillance locations, US Central Command said.
US Central Command added that President Trump directed the attacks ‘to degrade Iran’s ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial vessels freely transiting the strait.’
Iran had said the strait was being shut down ‘given the precariousness that was caused by this unlawful interference by outside parties.’
Some of the targets attacked by US forces included missile and drone sites, naval capabilities
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared the strait closed until further notice after the attacks
The regime added that the waterway’s closure would be ‘until further notice and until regional interference by the US ceases’ and that ‘no vessel or naval craft will be allowed to pass.’
Iran said on Saturday it struck US facilities at Jordan’s Prince Hassan Air Base, claiming it destroyed a command center and drone hangars.
Washington denied the regime’s claim with a US official stating no Americans were hurt and no serious damage was done.
Jordan said it shot down four missiles, and the three that landed caused only minor damage.
