Saudi Arabia is urging Washington to take direct military action against Iran-backed Houthis, Fox News Digital learned after the terrorist group seized key positions along Yemen’s Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday.

The dramatic strengthening of Houthi’s positioning along the coastline of Yemen is in one of the world’s most important shipping chokepoints — a narrow passage that links the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden, which has been used a bypass as the Iran war continues to severely disrupt shipping, especially of oil, through the Strait of Hormuz.

The rapid advance on Friday triggered urgent discussions at the highest levels in Riyadh and…

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