With the key oil pipeline shut down, Riyadh is in the grip of pro-Iranian militias
The crisis in the Gulf is escalating, with Riyadh having been forced to temporarily shut down the key East-West oil pipeline following a drone attack from Iraq, a safe haven for pro-Tehran militias
The crisis in the Gulf is escalating, with Riyadh forced to temporarily shut down the key East-West oil pipeline following a drone attack originating from Iraq – a safe haven for pro-Tehran militias that form part of the Iranian ‘Axis of Resistance’. Just like the Houthis in Yemen. No one has claimed responsibility for the raid, which caused a number of injuries and damage that is still being assessed. However, Donald Trump, who had flown to Ireland for a golf tournament at one of his resorts, has already pointed the finger at the Ayatollahs, stating that Iran is likely responsible for the attack.
The tycoon also reiterated that the war in Iran will end after the mid-term elections, when oil prices will plummet, and hinted that he will not intervene against the Yemeni rebels despite their capture of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on the Red Sea, one of the world’s most important routes for the transport of oil from the Gulf to the Mediterranean.
“The Houthis have called us and they don’t want to fight us; they don’t want us to attack them,” The Donald told reporters, having already rejected Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s request to bomb the rebels last Thursday. But the Houthis denied this shortly afterwards.
In a post on X, Hazem al-Assad, a member of the political bureau of Ansarullah (Partisans of God), the armed wing of the Yemeni rebels, described the claim as “baseless and false”, emphasising that no official from the Sana’a government had contacted the White House. “As usual, with his habit of talking nonsense and telling ridiculous lies, the criminal Trump weaves baseless narratives.
“But reality sums it up well with the old proverb: ‘Kiss the hand you cannot break, and pray that it breaks’,” wrote Assad. In reality, The Donald does not want to get bogged down on another war front, following the highly unpopular one in Iran, which risks costing him dearly in the mid-term elections. The truth, however, is that he has now lost another strait, after the Strait of Hormuz.
