REGION ON ALERT: Saudi Arabia WARNS of possible incoming attacks

>> Marartha: ARE CRUCIAL SAUDI. OIL PIPELINE THAT MOVES MILLIONS. OF BARRELS A DAY WILL BE MOSTLY. OUT OF SERVICE FOR WEEKS THAT IS. WHAT REGIONAL OFFICIALS ARE. SAYING, THE PIPELINE DAMAGE LAST. WEEK IN AN ATTACK THAT THE. SAUDIS BLAME ON DRONES FROM IRAN. BACKED MILITIAS IN IRAQ. CHIEF INTERNATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT STEVE HARRINGTON. REPORTS LIVE FROM TEL AVIV, HI. STEVE. >> Reporter: THAT OIL PIPELINE.

ALL THE WAY ACROSS SAUDI ARABIA, 750 MILES LONG, IT WAS CARRYING. 4 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL EVERY. DAY. NOW FOR WEEKS THAT OIL IS NOT. GOING TO GO TO MARKET AND. SAUDI ARABIA IS BEING HIT DAY. AFTER DAY BY ATTACKS FROM. IRANIAN-BACKED HOUTHIS. THEY ARE HITTING NOT JUST THE. OIL INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO. TARGETING CITIES AS WELL, WARNINGS GOING OUT EVEN IN THE. CITY OF MECCA, THE HOLY SITE. AND REAL CONCERNS NOT JUST ABOUT. OIL INFRASTRUCTURE BUT ABOUT THE.

TERRITORY THESE HOUTHIS HAVE. BEEN ABLE TO TAKE, THEY ARE. AMASSING KEY TERRITORY NEAR THE. MOUTH OF THE RED SEA. THIS KEY STRAIT BAB EL MANDEB IS. JUST 18 MILES LONG, THE HOUTHIS. NOW SAY THEY ARE IN CONTROL OF. THAT KEY STRAIT. HERE IS THEIR SPOKESPERSON. >> WE ARE CAPABLE OF CLOSING THE. BAB EL MANDEB STRAIT DUE TO. ADVANCES IN OUR MISSILE AND. AERIAL CAPABILITIES. >> Reporter: IF THEY DO. CONTROL THAT THAT MEANS THEY.

CONTROL AN AREA WHERE 12% OF THE. WORLD'S OIL MOVES THROUGH, COMBINE THAT WITH PROBLEMS IN. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND YOU CAN. SEE A REAL EFFECT ON OIL PRICES, MARTHA? >> Martha: QUICK QUESTION, THE. RESILIENCE OF THE HOUTHIS WHO. HAVE BEEN IN THIS BATTLE FOR A. LONG TIME, AND WE HAVE TRIED TO. SORT OF INTERVENE OVER DIFFERENT. ADMINISTRATIONS BUT THEY STILL. SEEM TO HAVE GAS IN THE TANK TO. PUT IT ONE WAY. >> Reporter: YOU ARE RIGHT. THEY KEEP COMING BACK, THE U.S.

BOMBED THEM IN 2024, AGAIN IN. 2025, THEY HAVE MOBILE WEAPONS. AND THEY ARE THREATENING THE.