I'm John Batchel with my colleagues, Bill Rajo and Bridget Toomey.

We're looking at what we have so far from the IAF airstrikes, several, many, on Sanaa, capital city.

I don't have a population because there used to be 26 million people in Yemen.

I don't know what's left, given the war fighting against Saudi Arabia,

and then dealing with the conflict since October 7th of 2023.

Bridget, the prime minister in these last days, Mr. Netanyahu, mentioned Iran as a possible target

if the Houthis don't stand down.

It was caged in careful language, but he's pointing to Iran as the source of these missiles.

I do not believe that Mr. Trump said a similar remark, but there's been no dissent that I've

seen out of Washington.

If you have, please tell me.

So what about Iran as the source of the missiles? Is that accurate? And having taken out the port,

is that now a mood issue? Iran can't get missiles through. It's certainly not a mood issue. Iran has been the main backer of the Houthis and the

driving force in developing their, what is now a really advanced arsenal. Many Houthi systems are

either adapted Iranian systems or simply repainted and renamed Iranian systems.

So Iran has really gotten the Houthis to where they are today and their ability to threaten Israel,

to threaten U.S. naval assets in the Red Sea.

And just because the port may be inoperable for the time being, the Iranians have developed multiple smuggling routes into Yemen, including overland through Oman, different means of smuggling by boat to areas in and outside of Houthi control and then getting

smuggling routes through the government-controlled parts of Yemen. So Iran will continue to try

and support the Houthis in whatever way they can, even if the formal port infrastructure

isn't an option at the time. Bill, you have a question. We have a minute left.

Yes. Has there been any effort by the U.S. or Western countries to put pressure on Oman to

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