Saudis vow FIRM response amid ongoing Houthi rebel attacks

IMAGE AND LIKENESS. BRET? >> Bret: CHAD PERGRAM LIVE ON. CAPITOL HILL, THANKS, SAWED'S. CROWN PRINCE IS REACHING OUT TO. EGYPT FOR SUPPORT AGAINST. YEMEN'S HOUTHI REBELS. THE IRAN-BACKED FORCES, HOUTHIS. ARE DISRUPTING KEY AVENUES OF. COMMERCE, CONTRIBUTING TO A. GLOBAL SPIKE IN THE COST OF OIL. CLAIMING TO TAKE ACTION IN. RESPONSE TO THE LATEST ATTACKS. BY HOUTHIS. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT.

STEVE HERIGAN. >> HOUTHI FIGHTERS CONTINUE TO. STRIKE STATIC OIL INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THREATEN MULTIPLE CITIES. INCLUDING MECCA. A DRONE ATTACK LAST WEEK HIT THE. W6-MILE EAST-WEST PIPELINE. FORCING A SHUTDOWN THAT COULD. LAST FOR WEEKS AND IMPACT THE. ABILITY TO TRANSPORT 400 MILLION. BARRELS OF OIL PER DAY TO. MARKET. >> THEY HAVE LEARNED HOW TO BE.

THESE EFFECTIVE ISLAMIC PIRATES. IN THE REGION. >> HOUTHI FIGHTERS ARE QUESTION. OVER RUNNING YEMEN-GOVERNMENT. FORCES LEAVING CHAOS AND DEATH. IN THEIR WAKE, VOWING TO TAKE. CONTROL OF ONE OF THE MOST. STRATEGIC WATERWAYS IN THE. WORLD. THE STRAIT, AN 18-MILE STRIP OF. WATER AT THE MOUTH OF THE RED. SEA. MORE THAN ONE TRILLION DOLLARS. WORTH OF CARGO PASSES THROUGH. THE STRAIT EACH YEAR, INCLUDING. 12% OF THE WORLD'S OIL. >> WE'RE CAPABLE OF CLOSING THE.

STRAIT AND THE RED SEA MARITIME. NAVIGATION DUE TO ADVANCES IN. OUR MISSILE AND AERIAL. CAPABILITIES. >> ARMED WITH 25,000 DOLLAR. ATTACK DRONES FROM IRAN AND. HOMEMADE ROCKETS THEY SAY THEY. CAN SINK OIL TANKERS CARRYING. $200 MILLION WORTH OF FUEL, OR. FORCE THEM TO TAKE LONGER, MORE. COSTLY ROUTES. >> IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH RISK. WITH THE SHIPPING LINES. >> MILITARY ACTION BY THE U.S.

OR SAUDI ARABIA AGAINST THE. HOUTHIS CARRIES RISKS OF ITS. OWN. THE U.S. LAUNCHED BOMBING. CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE HOUTHIS IN. 2024, AND AGAIN IN 2025. BOTH TIM.