Military leaders split over opening a second front while the Houthis pushed into southern Yemen.
How we got here
- Sept. 9 — Houthi strikes hit 4 Saudi cities, wounding 73 and shutting Aramco's 400,000-barrel-a-day Jazan refinery.
- Sept. 12 — Drone strikes shut the 7-million-barrel-per-day East-West pipeline as Houthis seized Mokha and Perim Island near Bab el-Mandeb.
- Sept. 16 — Aramco halted loadings at Yanbu and cancelled September cargoes as supertanker hire climbed.
- Sept. 20 — Houthi missiles hit a Riyadh fuel depot before Saudi forces intercepted another missile aimed at the capital next day.
Key details on the canceled strikes and regional fighting
- Britain agreed to use one RAF Voyager to refuel Saudi jets for several weeks.
- The Houthis claimed to down a Saudi F-15 jet and pushed into two governorates.
- Over 100,000 people fled as Houthi forces opened a new front in western Yemen.