Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines with Jesse Lent
Sep 17, 2026 · 5 min · 6 segments
Iran-backed Houthi fighters continue swift advance along the Red Sea in Yemen, President Trump tells reporters, "well, hopefully we are towards the end of the war," UN human rights experts say they…
Jesse LentHost
Yemeni government forces in the country's Al-Jaf province exchanged fire with Houthi fighters who also refer to themselves as Ansarallah near the Saudi Arabian border in footage released yesterday by Lajan's France Press news agency.
The Iran-backed Houthis accelerated advance along the Red Sea in Yemen, as well as their attacks on Saudi Arabia, including drone attacks damaging Saudi Arabia's east-west oil port, have extended Iran's geographical reach in the war and heightened oil supply risks for the rest of the world.
Yemeni government forces in the country's Al-Jaf province exchanged fire with Houthi fighters who also refer to themselves as Ansarallah near the Saudi Arabian border in footage released yesterday by Lajan's France Press news agency.
The Iran-backed Houthis accelerated advance along the Red Sea in Yemen, as well as their attacks on Saudi Arabia, including drone attacks damaging Saudi Arabia's east-west oil port, have extended Iran's geographical reach in the war and heightened oil supply risks for the rest of the world.
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