{"id":24900,"date":"2026-09-15T06:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T06:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=24900"},"modified":"2026-09-15T06:22:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T06:22:59","slug":"saudi-arabia-asks-british-help-to-counter-houthi-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/09\/15\/saudi-arabia-asks-british-help-to-counter-houthi-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia asks British help to counter Houthi attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Saudi Arabia has asked Britain for assistance in preventing Houthi attacks and protecting its oil facilities, following an earlier request for help from the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloomberg reported that Riyadh has asked London to cooperate in countering the Houthis, securing the Bab al-Mandab Strait and protecting Saudi oil infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saudi Arabia had previously asked U.S. President Donald Trump on two occasions to launch airstrikes against Houthi positions, but Trump rejected the requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest appeal comes after the Saudi-led military coalition reported recent Houthi attacks involving missiles and drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloomberg reported that British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is still considering Saudi Arabia\u2019s request for military assistance. However, London has agreed to send British military advisers to assist Riyadh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Britain considers the Bab al-Mandab Strait a vital corridor for global trade and the transportation of goods, as well as an important route for the global economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Saudi Arabia has asked Britain for assistance in preventing Houthi attacks and protecting its oil facilities, following an earlier request for help from the United States. Bloomberg reported that Riyadh has asked London to cooperate in countering the Houthis, securing the Bab al-Mandab Strait and protecting Saudi oil infrastructure. Saudi Arabia had previously asked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24902,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24900\/revisions\/24902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}