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Saudi Arabia has asked the United States to show restraint in responding to attacks by Yemen's Houthis against ships in the Red Sea, two sources familiar with Saudi thinking said, as Riyadh seeks to contain spillover from the Hamas-Israel war.

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00:00 Saudi Arabia has asked the United States to show restraint in responding to attacks by
00:05 Yemen's Houthis against ships in the Red Sea, two sources familiar with Saudi thinking
00:09 said as Riyadh seeks to contain spillover from the Hamas-Israel war.
00:14 The Houthis, who support Iran, have entered the battle that has erupted across the Middle
00:18 East since it began on October 7.
00:20 They have been assaulting ships in crucial shipping routes and launching missiles and
00:23 drones at Israel.
00:24 The faction that controls a large portion of Yemen claims that its strikes are an expression
00:29 of solidarity with the Palestinians and has promised to keep going until Israel ends its
00:33 campaign in the Gaza Strip, which is located more than 1,000 miles from their capital of
00:37 Sanaa.
00:38 Since the war began on October 7 when their Palestinian ally Hamas attacked Israel, the
00:42 Houthis are one of several factions in the Iran-aligned Axis of Resistance that have
00:46 been attacking targets in Israel and the US.
00:49 Due to their involvement, the conflict now poses a greater risk to regional stability.
00:53 States on the Red Water are concerned as Houthi drones and missiles are flying towards Israel,
00:58 endangering the water routes that carry a large portion of the world's oil.
01:01 The world's largest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, has been alarmed by the Houthi missiles fired
01:05 over its territory.
01:06 Focused on expanding and diversifying the Saudi economy, Riyadh this year normalized
01:10 ties with Tehran and is seeking to exit the war it has been waging with the Houthis in
01:14 Yemen for nearly nine years.
01:16 The sources said Saudi Arabia was seeking to advance the Yemen peace process even as
01:21 the war rages in Gaza, worrying it could be derailed.
01:24 Yemen has enjoyed more than a year of relative calm amid direct peace talks between Saudi
01:28 and Houthi officials.
01:29 The Houthi attacks during the Hamas-Israel war have elevated the profile in the Iran-aligned
01:33 camp, which also includes Hamas, Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iran-backed militias in Iraq.
01:38 The Houthis have emerged as a major military force in the Arabian Peninsula with tens of
01:42 thousands of fighters and a huge arsenal of ballistic missiles and armed drones.
01:46 The Houthis have also been accused of being part of the Houthi-led coalition, which is
01:53 a group of Houthis who are a part of the Houthi-led coalition.
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