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CROSS-SPECTRUMBROAD COVERAGE
Trump says US will not intervene as Houthis seize key Bab al-Mandeb strait
President Donald Trump told Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin that the Houthis have asked the US to stay out of the conflict and are allowing most ships to pass, while Houthi forces captured the town of Dhubab and Perim Island at the Bab al-Mandeb entrance.
How this was covered
- The two sides describe this in almost entirely different words
- Right-leaning coverage is the most divided on this story
How this story developed
- Aug 28 Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey launch Mecca Defence Alliance, secretariat set in Riyadh
- Sep 21 Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he agreed to Saudi Arabia's request for defensive air-to-air refuelling while travelling to New York for a United Nations General Assembly meeting.
- Sep 22 Burnham announced the decision while traveling to the UN General Assembly.
- Sep 22 The United States declined to conduct direct kinetic strikes against the Houthis.
- Sep 22 UN agencies warned that displacement could rise to over 230,000 if the fighting continues.
- Sep 24 The Houthis seized the port city of Mocha and nearby Bab al‑Mandab positions.
- Sep 25 Foreign minister Hakan Fidan announced willingness to meet the kingdom’s technical military needs.
- Sep 25 The UK moved from earlier talks to a formal agreement to provide the Voyager tanker.
- Sep 25 Trump publicly voiced support for Saudi self‑reliance against Houthi attacks.
- Sep 26 UN Security Council issued a condemnation of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia.
- Sep 27 Government forces launched intensified air and ground attacks in Taiz province.
- Sep 27 France announced a military mission to Saudi Arabia.
- Sep 30 The U.S. began withdrawing troops from Iraq in 2025, moving soldiers from Ain al‑Asad base in Anbar Province and the Victory Base Complex at Baghdad International Airport to the Kurdish region.
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