US and Houthis held secret talks in Oman amid Red Sea escalation
September 16, 2026 at 01:01 PM · Updated 29d ago
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7 reports · 6 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 13 hours
مصادر تكشف تفاصيل الاجتماع بين الأمريكيين والحوثيين في مسقط
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تفاهمات تحت النار.. كيف غير "اتصال ترمب" ميزان القوة في باب المندب؟
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الجزيرة من باب المندب.. دوريات جيبوتية وترقب لما يجري في الضفة اليمنية
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US officials decide against backing Saudi Arabia in Yemen after meeting Houthi leaders
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خلال محادثات سرية مع واشنطن.. الحوثيون يجددون التزامهم بعدم استهداف السفن الأمريكية
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محادثات بين أمريكا والحوثيين في عمان.. لقاء سري وتحذيرات أمنية | مصراوي
(opens the publisher’s site)لقاء أميركي حوثي في سلطنة عمان.. "رويترز" تكشف التفاصيل
(opens the publisher’s site)US officials met Yemen's Houthi representatives in Muscat this week to discuss de-escalation after the group seized a strategic strip on Yemen's Red Sea coast.
- Five informed sources said US officials met Houthi representatives in Muscat earlier this week, with Omani mediation arranging the unannounced meeting.
- Three sources said the meeting was held inside the US embassy in the Omani capital Muscat.
- The meeting followed the Houthis' seizure of a coastal strip on Yemen's Red Sea coast after an attack that defeated government forces.
- A State Department spokesman declined to confirm the meeting, saying freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and preventing Middle East terrorism exports are top US interests.
- US officials decided not to back Saudi Arabia in Yemen during talks with the Houthis in Muscat.
- The Houthis assured the US that the 2025 ceasefire holds and that they would not attack US shipping, saying only Saudi-linked vessels are targeted.
- President Trump condemned the Houthi advance in Yemen but declined to provide military support to Saudi Arabia.
- Trump claimed in Dublin that his administration received a call from the Houthis expressing a willingness to avoid confrontation over navigation in Bab al-Mandab.
- Houthi leaders in Sanaa denied any such understandings, dismissing them as illusions and political maneuvers.
- US embassy diplomats attended the Muscat meeting without the US ambassador, Axios reported, citing regional sources.