Iran hits U.S. aircraft while the Houthis close in on the Red Sea’s biggest chokepoint

BREAKING: New details have emerged of renewed fighting between Iran and the US Navy which has unleashed a fire storm of blow back on Trump as more US equipment gets destroyed. PLUS , Yemen just took the entire Red Sea choke point from Saudi Arabia and the US, changing the war and the world forever.

BREAKING: Saudi Crown Prince MBS called Trump twice on Thursday strongly urging him to launch US strikes on the Houthis as they closed in on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and seized more than 3,000 sq. km, per two US officials.

Trump refused.

The request is a sharp reversal from…

— The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) September 11, 2026

My latest: American fighter jets were damaged in an Iranian ballistic missile attack in Jordan as President Trump said Washington is no longer looking to negotiate with Tehran. 

Eight F-15 fighter jets and one A-10 Thunderbolt were damaged in the missile attack Tuesday overnight… pic.twitter.com/mFkEaq1swY

— Jotam Confino (@mrconfino) September 10, 2026

⭕️ BIG.

Yemen's Ansarallah possibly struck the East-West pipeline at several points, this morning, and later this evening.

NASA FIRMS detected fire less than an hour ago, and satelite image showed a significant plume of black smoke over the south of Medina. https://t.co/bgWEfUXHXE pic.twitter.com/tNzmzL14uY

— MenchOsint (@MenchOsint) September 10, 2026

Imagery analyzed by Faytuks Network indicates a large plume of smoke near Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline south of Medina.

Coords: 23.95694412123248, 40.05450611675812 pic.twitter.com/khq76XtRd8

— Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) September 10, 2026

🇸🇦🇾🇪 The Houthis appear to have struck Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline, which carries crude from Abqaiq on the Gulf coast to Yanbu on the Red Sea.

Multiple fire hotspots were detected at six points along the pipeline route at roughly the same time, around 17:56 UTC.

Large… https://t.co/ShmVNDcc6J pic.twitter.com/xpZ3P9XVkk

— Egypt's Intel Observer (@EGYOSINT) September 10, 2026