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US Fears Rapid Escalation in Middle East After Houthis Attack Riyadh
Channel News Asia ^ | 20 Sep 2026

Posted on 09/20/2026 1:19:14 AM PDT by nickcarraway

This is the first time since Yemen's civil war resumed that strikes have threatened Riyadh.

The United States warned on Saturday (Sep 19) that hostilities between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis could "escalate rapidly" after a missile attack targeted Riyadh for the first time since the Yemen conflict resumed.

US President Donald Trump cut short a weekend at Camp David, a secluded presidential complex in rural Maryland, to return unexpectedly to the White House on Saturday.

The White House gave no explanation for the early return, which comes as a new threshold was crossed in the conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, who control a large part of Yemen and are fighting government forces backed by a coalition led by Riyadh.

(Excerpt) Read more at channelnewsasia.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Yemen
KEYWORDS: hormuz; houthis; iran; middleeast; riyadh; saudiarabia; yemen

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1 posted on 09/20/2026 1:19:14 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Well not a perfect source below of
course but keep watching and waiting

There are many things to come

Ezekiel 38 is coming (one of these days) Matthew 24:6
King James Version

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the End is not yet.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2024%3A6&version=KJV

Luke 21:34-36



2 posted on 09/20/2026 2:29:19 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear; metmom; SkyPilot; tuffydoodle; tang-soo; righttackle44; delchiante; ...

Ping

Luke 21:34-36

🛐🛐 🙏🙏 ✝️✝️


3 posted on 09/20/2026 2:36:14 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

Well, the terrorists all want chaos to “facilitate” the “return of the 12th Imam…”


4 posted on 09/20/2026 3:38:48 AM PDT by Shady (#EnoughIsEnough, and we have HAD ENOUGH!)
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To: nickcarraway

Not what I voted for 3 times.


5 posted on 09/20/2026 3:48:28 AM PDT by bicyclerepair
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To: Shady

Indeed they do...

They ARE actively trying to make it happen


6 posted on 09/20/2026 4:08:58 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

WTF are the Saudis doing with the billions in arms that they buy from the USA? Sitting there polishing the planes? They need to step up and join the fight.


7 posted on 09/20/2026 5:10:27 AM PDT by Bosco127 (Bosco)
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To: bicyclerepair

Your field of view is obviously too narrow for living in the real world


8 posted on 09/20/2026 5:12:53 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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To: nickcarraway

Fear?

I just hope both sides have fun.


9 posted on 09/20/2026 5:17:00 AM PDT by GeneralisimoFranciscoFranco (I love liberals. They taste like chicken.)
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To: nickcarraway
It's too bad the media won't use their old Vietnam rallying cry, "They're widening the war!!".

That would be accusing Iran and not the U.S. The media are probably saving it for when they can accuse us.

10 posted on 09/20/2026 5:20:06 AM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: nickcarraway

Only time the middle east wasn’t at war was before people got there.


11 posted on 09/20/2026 6:11:58 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: nickcarraway

Neocons win again.


12 posted on 09/20/2026 6:21:43 AM PDT by cp124 (Bring back the Constitution.)
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