️🇸🇦🇾🇪🇮🇷🇺🇸 Reuters: Saudi warplanes hit Yemen this week as the Houthis made gains from their lightning advance along the Red Sea coast, with the group's spokesman claiming they shot down a Saudi F-15 against 450 planes and were followed by 450 US airstrikes The US tightened its travel warning barring government employees from traveling within 20 miles of a border Yemen

️🇸🇦🇾🇪🇮🇷🇺🇸 Reuters: Saudi warplanes hit Yemen this week as the Houthis made gains from their lightning advance along the Red Sea coast, with the group's spokesman claiming they shot down a Saudi F-15 against 450 planes and were followed by 450 US airstrikes The US tightened its travel warning barring government employees from traveling within 20 miles of a border Yemen

Saudi Arabia said it shot down a Houthi drone south of Mecca before it entered restricted airspace over the holy city, calling it a "red line" crossing, though the Houthis denied they were targeting Mecca and called the Saudi report propaganda.

The expansion of the war to Yemen threatens to deepen the global energy crisis, when Brent oil hovers around $108 per barrel and diesel prices in the US reach a peak of over $6. 30 liters, when Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline was struck last week, remains offline and could cut off up to 4% of global oil supplies if the shutdown continues.