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S8 Ep1127: Bridget Toomey — Saudi Arabia struck Sanaa airport to prevent Iran from establishing direct flights to Houthi-controlled territory; the Houthis have vowed retaliation, potentially targeting Saudi oil infrastructure or airports with drones and missiles, th

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 14 July 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Bridget ToomeySaudi Arabia struck Sanaa airport to prevent Iran from establishing direct flights to Houthi-controlled territory; the Houthis have vowed retaliation, potentially targeting Saudi oil infrastructure or airports with drones and missiles, though they have avoided attacking U.S. vessels to prevent renewed air campaigns. (9)

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I welcome Bridget Toomey, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies,

0:51.4

watching the Gulf, watching Iraq,

0:53.8

but especially watching the Houthis of Yemen,

0:57.8

unsolved by the U.S., by its allies, these many months of warfighting in the Middle East,

1:04.2

remaining unsolved and a threat to the world because they have easy access to shooting at the

1:10.7

Babama and Deb, the choke point of

1:12.3

the Red Sea, quite different from the Strait of Hormuz. And now, Bridget, there's news about the

1:18.1

Houthis in Saudi Arabia. What's happened? So today, it appears the Saudis have struck the Houthi

1:25.0

controlled airport outside of the Yemeni capital, which they're

1:28.3

currently controlling SENA. So the Iranians have been attempting to resume direct flights between

1:34.5

Tehran and Sana. The Iranians supply the Houthis, they arm them. So the internationally

1:39.8

recognized government of Yemen, Saudi Arabia, really the international community would be concerned

1:44.4

that flights from Tehran to Sena would enable the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to have

1:51.3

direct access to the Houthi's easy access, whether that's for, you know, logistics support,

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