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Bloomberg: Houthi Gains Leave MBS With Few Good Options in Yemen. As the Houthis gain ground in Yemen and strike Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure, the kingdom faces a stark choice: escalate a military campaign that’s for years failed to defeat the militants or tolerate greater rebel leverage over a Red Sea route that’s become increasingly important to its oil exports. Houthi forces have pushed south along Yemen’s Red Sea coast toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, gaining ground around Mokha and Mayunn Island in the middle of the strait while continuing missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, forcing it to halt some energy sites.