Yemen Rocks the Gate of Tears | Pepe Escobar

No less than 25 years after 9/11, the Angel of History once again delivers a powerful kick. Five years ago, we had the astonishing imperial humiliation in Afghanistan, accomplished in a matter of days. Now, we have the astonishing humiliation of Epstein Syndicate vassal Saudi Arabia in Yemen, also accomplished in a matter of days.

» Bab al-Mandab is an international corridor, but it is part of Yemen's territory. « 
Yemeni PM Mohammed Ahmed Miftah, September 10, 2026. Yemen now has the luxury

of installing a toll gate, arguably multi-layered, in the Bab al-Mandab, if they want it. 

Serial humiliations now follow the Empire's path like a plague—and we're not even talking about the impending, stratospheric, twin strategic defeats in West Asia and the black soil of Novorossiya. Emperors' heads used to roll in Ancient "Divide and Rule" Rome for much less.

 

Saudi F-15 engaged Yemeni air defenses,

was hit, and crashed over Marib. 

September 10: Three Saudi brigades and allies, along with their light and heavy weapons, have surrendered to Houthi forces across the Hays, Al-Mokha, Al-Khokha, Taiz, and Al-Jawf fronts. Ansar Allah called it the largest mass-capture operation in modern warfare.

The overall collapse of the Saudi mercenary gangs in Yemen is so swift that even Epstein Syndicate mainstream media has been forced to acknowledge it. The Ansarallah Rolling Thunder is seizing cities; islands; capturing thousands of thugs; liberating all prisoners—and greeting them amnesty; taking control of an untold number of US tanks and weapons—Afghanistan reloaded; and being greeted as liberators of Yemeni land across the whole tribal spectrum.

Barefoot, but with the heart of a lion.

 

And of course Ansarallah from now on, officially, has taken full control of the mega-strategic Bab al-Mandab, or "Gate of Tears". As iconic images go, Mohammed al-Houthi, cousin of Supreme Leader Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi, was spotted in liberated Al-Jarrahi driving one of countless armored vehicles abandoned by mercenary UAE-controlled gangs. 

Footage from the seized Bab el-Mandab coast shows a Houthi fighter at Hisn Murad declaring, "We don't need missiles. We don't need drones." He says artillery along the Murad coast and on Perim island will stop non-compliant vessels and "cut any and all shipping now."

The intel behind the Ansarallah Rolling Thunder—described as the largest mass-capture operation in modern warfare—was carefully coordinated with the IRGC. The Axis of Resistance was fully aware that after devastating Iranian attacks on the Jordan bases, the US was strangled in its capacity to help the Saudis prevent a Yemeni onslaught.

September 11: Saudi Arabia says Iraqi-launched drones struck its East-West 

Abqaiq-to-Yanbu Pipeline. Yanbu storage lasts 5–7 days. The war is going so well!

And onslaught it was, along the entire Yemeni western coast: from Hays to Al-Khokha and Al-Mokha via Al-Wazi'iyah, including the military camps of Khaled and Jabal al-Nar, plus Red Sea islands. Hizam al-Assad, member of the Political Bureau of Ansarallah, interviewed by Al-Mayadeen (English translation here), reaffirmed the "strategic importance" of the whole western coast, "and the region of Al-Khokha, the region of Hays, as well as the region of Al-Mafqa up to Dhabab and Miyyun, as well as the Yemeni islands in the Red Sea."

Col. Muammar Gaddafi in Sana'a on May 22, 1990, the day Yemen reunified North and South, addressing Yemeni officers and praising Yemen as the cradle of Arab civilization and its people's historic role in spreading Arabism—emphasizing their strength and independence beyond oil wealth, American bases, or foreign dependence.

Hizam al-Assad also detailed the attempt by the Saudis "to create a form of social dissociation in these regions, whether through their 'Daeshization,' or through the exacerbation of many regional, sectarian and confessional particularisms." Context is key. In 2015, Riyadh assembled an Arab-style "coalition of the willing" to basically expel Ansarallah/the Houthis from the capital Sana'a. Major fail—even by installing a blockade of Yemeni ports, and bombing indiscriminately (I was shown several targets, some rebuilt, from Sana'a to Sa'ada). Starting in 2022, a sort of unofficial ceasefire was in place, via a memorandum of understanding. The Saudis broke it in July, attacking the runway of Sana'a airport.

"How We Won the Western Coast"

Hizam al-Assad confirmed that "we had estimates that the occupier would fall in these regions from within (…) We estimated that the community would rise up and expel it (…) The withdrawal was in fact rapid and disorderly for the enemy (…) The enemy has no cause in Yemen, especially the local instruments, who carry out Saudi agendas for money."

 

» The curse of Allah is upon the wrongdoers. « Quran (11:18).

 

Western characterizations of Yemeni "aggression" once again don‘t even qualify as pathetic. Hizam al-Assad clarifies that "we have a trajectory within the framework of operations imposing the equation of ‘blockade for blockade’ and 'escalation for escalation,' and this is our primary orientation. And had the Saudi enemy not sought to disrupt this trajectory and break this equation (…) our trajectory is clear: to wrest away the legitimate Yemeni rights, and to break the blockade imposed on our country by the Saudi enemy."

The US Navy was previously de facto expelled from the Red Sea by advanced Yemeni military capabilities—including hypersonic missiles, 100% locally manufactured. Seems like Riyadh did not understand the lesson. The Yemeni Armed Forces confirmed that the Saudis launched dozens of air raids, "across the governorates of Taiz, Hodeidah, Marib, and Al-Jawf", carried out by F-15s and Typhoons taking off from King Fahd base in Taif and King Khalid base in Khamis Mushait. Unflapabble spokesman of Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier Yahya Saree—who I had the honor to meet last year in Yemen—confirmed that Made in Yemen surface-to-air missiles forced Saudis and mercenaries to abandon the base in Taiz, one of those specifically designed to harass Yemen.

 

» O you who have believed, if you support Allah, He will

support you and strengthen your footing. « Quran (47:7).

Taiz is key: one of Yemen's largest cities. Ansarallah is now in full control—a massive strategic asset. As strategic assets go, few compare to Mayun island—also known as Perim, smack in the middle of the Bab al-Mandab. There’s a military airfield and a military base built by the UAE with Israeli cooperation, crammed with high-tech weapons. All that is now Ansarallah property. Now that Ansarallah controls virtually the whole western coast, what’s left to conquer is essentially Marib—for the oil and gas fields—and the port of Aden, which congregates the bulk of the mercenary forces regimented against Sana'a.

Saudi Arabia's Lose-Lose Predicament

The Ansarallah Rolling Thunder complicates the chessboard in West Asia—and beyond—to a mesmerizing degree. The price of oil is out of control. The IRGC is warning about launching a new weapon that "will give imperialists a heart attack"—as in shattering the wobbly American naval blockade.

The much-spun Mecca Defense Alliance is facing its first serious birth pangs. Turkjiye is somewhat already embedded in the Saudi war on Yemen—as Turkish drones have been falling like flies inside Yemen for weeks now. Pakistan has meekly warned that the defense pact could become operational—only to backtrack and state that it does not apply to a pre-existent situation (as in the Saudi war started in 2015). MBS should organize a pilgrimage to the Gate to shed his strategic Tears. Anything Saudi, even seagulls, won't cross the Bab al-Mandab under supervision of the Yemeni Armed Forces.

They have no fifth-generation fighter jets, no Patriot batteries, and no billion-dollar defense contracts. What they do have is something no money can buy: warrior hearts that refuse to surrender, refuse to kneel.

The Yemeni army's largest mass-extermination operation of the week, unleashing Soviet Strela-2/3, Russian Igla-S, Iranian Misagh-1/2, and Chinese QW-1 MANPADS against Saudi armored forces and M1 Abrams tanks deployed to invade and occupy Yemen.

Now couple it with the Big Bang: the coordinated multiple strike on the Abqaiq-to-Yanbu pipeline, the last remaining route for Saudi oil exports after the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a massive 100 km black smoke column rising to the desert sky captured on Sentinel-3 satellite imagery.
 

A large smoke plume over the desert southeast of Medina, along

the East-West pipeline (Petroline) toward Mahd adh-Dhahab.

Is Yemen getting ready to topple the House of Saud? Saudi Arabia has an estimated 5,000 to 15,000 princes—but they don't fight. They rely on foreign mercenaries and Pakistani pilots. Their wealth can buy weapons, but can it buy loyalty? Where is the army willing to die for these degenerates?

Consequences

Expect production costs for nitrogen fertilizer plants from Europe to Asia to go totally out of control. Wheat, rice and maize yields are certified to fall, drastically, in tandem with skyrocketing diesel prices. Irrigation and harvesting will become a privilege for the wealthy. Ansarallah now has the luxury of installing a toll gate, arguably multi-layered, in the Bab al-Mandab, if they want it. Yet no exceptions for Riyadh; the dumb desert bedouins will only get a list of harsh demands.

In a televised address on July 30, 2026, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, leader of Yemen's Ansar Allah, quoted Trump's own words before the entire Arab world: "Trump himself said Saudi Arabia is a cow; they milk it until not a drop remains, then slaughter it for meat."

Saudi Arabia’s prospects are dire, as it’s entering the worst possible lose-lose configuration: onshore oil infrastructure in tatters, maritime export routes blockaded. The verdict is not pronounced, yet. But it walks and talks, ominously, like Saudi Arabia being set up to fall, reduced to a desert wasteland, to the benefit of the usual suspects.

 

Reference:

Pepe Escobar (September 11, 2026) -  Yemen Rocks the Gate of Tears.

» The Italian intelligence agency knows very well that the catastrophic attack was planned and carried out by the CIA and Mossad, with the help of the Zionist world, to accuse Arab countries and persuade Western powers to invade Iraq and Afghanistan. « — Francesco Cossiga, former President of Italy, Corriere della Sera, 2007.  

25 years ago, on September 11, 2001: The United States Government, working in tandem with Israel and Saudi Arabia, MASSACRED close to 3,000 innocent American citizens IN COLD BLOOD. They used expert-controlled demolition (thermite, fuses, blasting caps) to bring down these massive buildings, which, according to one of the chief architects of the towers, were made to take MULTIPLE impacts from jet planes, then BOLDLY LIED to your face, telling you it was "pancake theory." 

 

See also:

Pepe Escobar (July 30, 2026) - Iran's Methodical Gutting of US Power in West Asia. 

Foad Izadi (July 29, 2026) - "Iran Will Make Sure the US Economy Is Destroyed." 

 TPR (July 21, 2026) - Al-Aqsa Triangle: Hormuz, Bab al-Mandab, and Suez Chokepoints. 

Gerry Nolan (2025) - Yemen Is Where Empires Go to Die. 

Captain Dan Hanley (2025) - The Truth Behind 9/11. 

 

"Iran Must Destroy Israel to Survive or It Will Be Nuked" | Paul Craig Roberts

The real issue in this conflict is the Zionist agenda of "Greater Israel." Nobody in the Western media mentions it, but it is the central fact that explains the war. As long as Israel maintains that agenda, there can be no peace, no mediation, and no negotiated settlement. The nuclear issue is merely the pretext. The real objective is to remove Iran as an obstacle to Greater Israel—just as Iraq, Libya, and Syria were removed before it. This war is part of the same process.
 

» There is no room for Iran, no room for Turkey, no room for Saudi Arabia.

Either Iran prevails, or Iran is destroyed. There is no middle ground. «

 

The Zionist agenda historically envisioned Israel stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates. Now the concept has been expanded even further. In such a vision there is no room for Iran, no room for Turkey, no room for Saudi Arabia. If that agenda is pursued, the continued existence of Iran as a sovereign state becomes incompatible with it. That means Iran cannot negotiate its survival. How does a country negotiate its own disappearance? If Israel maintains the Greater Israel agenda, there is only one outcome: either Iran prevails, or Iran is destroyed. There is no middle ground.
 

» Iran cannot negotiate its survival. «
March 16, 2026: Iran's 57th barrage of Khorramshahr and Zolfaghar missiles with cluster warheads strikes Israel, overwhelming

Iron Dome, Patriot, and THAAD. With about 2,500 missiles and layered tactics, Tehran could sustain attacks for months.

Yet the Iranian leadership has repeatedly made the same fatal mistake. They wait to be attacked. They waited to be attacked once. They waited to be attacked again. And now they risk waiting until nuclear weapons are used. This is not how wars are won. Every successful general in history understands that victory belongs to the side that takes the initiative. Napoleon understood it. Robert E. Lee understood it. George Patton understood it. Iran does not.

» Waiting to suffer catastrophic destruction before acting makes no sense. «

March 16, 2026: US-Israeli missiles bombing Tehran.

 

Iran waits until it is hit, until it loses men, facilities, and cities, and only then responds. That is not strategy. That is paralysis. If Iran has the capability to respond after a nuclear attack, then it certainly has the capability to respond before one. Waiting to suffer catastrophic destruction before acting makes no sense. The strategic reality is simple: Israel has nuclear weapons. Iran does not. That alone places Iran at a severe disadvantage if it continues to leave the initiative in Israeli and American hands. Therefore Iran faces a stark choice. Either it destroys the military capacity threatening it, or eventually those forces destroy Iran. There is no diplomatic solution to a war whose real purpose is the elimination of your country.

» Russia and China are useless as allies. «
March 16, 2026: Yan Xuetong, Chinese political scientist, confronts Israeli general at a conference, accusing
Israel of killing 70,000+ Palestinian children; the general denies, citing efforts to avoid civilian casualties.

At the same time, Iran finds itself essentially alone. Russia and China talk about multipolarity, they talk about cooperation, they talk about organizations like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and Iran is even a member of that organization. Yet when a SCO member is fighting for its survival, Russia and China stand aside. They issue statements. They talk about trade. They talk about negotiations. But when it comes to confronting the United States and Israel directly, they disappear. This demonstrates that Russia and China are useless as allies. They are governed by leaderships that appear to have no strategic vision. They behave as if trade deals are more important than geopolitical survival. They think in terms of commerce while their partners face existential threats.

» Russia, China are not Iran's friends. Russia is an occupied
country. PUTIN is a traitor in bed with the Chabad Lubavitch. «

A few words from Moscow and Beijing—such as a mutual defense commitment—could have prevented this war from ever starting. But those words were never spoken. Instead, Iran stands alone while Russia and China pursue negotiations and trade arrangements with the very power that is trying to destroy Iran. That means Iran cannot rely on anyone else for its survival. It cannot rely on Russia. It cannot rely on China. It cannot rely on international institutions. It can only rely on itself.

» Waiting for the next attack—especially when the enemy possesses nuclear
 weapons—is not a strategy for survival. It is a strategy for extinction. « 

March 16, 2026: Israeli white phosphorus munitions exploding over Khiam in southern

Lebanon. Its use against civilians is prohibited under international humanitarian law.

Which brings the situation back to the fundamental reality: the existence of Iran is incompatible with the Greater Israel agenda. As long as that agenda exists, Iran will remain a target. Therefore Iran has only two possibilities. Either Iran destroys the forces threatening it, or those forces destroy Iran. There is no negotiation that resolves this contradiction. There is no mediation that reconciles it.

Iran must recognize that it is fighting for its life. It cannot continue to sit back, absorb blows, and respond after the fact. That approach only invites escalation to nuclear weapons. If nuclear weapons are used, the conflict will not remain regional. Once that threshold is crossed, the danger becomes global nuclear war. That is why the initiative matters. Waiting for the next attack—especially when the enemy possesses nuclear weapons—is not a strategy for survival. It is a strategy for extinction.

Reference:
Nima R. Alkhorshid (March 16, 2026) - Paul Craig Roberts: Iran is Winning. (video)

Paul Craig Roberts (b. 1939) is an American economist, columnist, and former public official who served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy under Ronald Reagan. A proponent of supply-side economics, he helped shape the Reagan administration’s economic program. Roberts later became a syndicated commentator and author, known for strongly anti-neoliberal critiques of globalization, US foreign policy, and the financial system.

March 16, 2026.

 

March 16, 2026. 
 

See also:

Paul Craig Roberts (March 16, 2026) - Either Iran or Israel Has to Go.

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (October 5, 2025) - "If I Were Iran, I’d Wipe Israel Out Preemptively."

The Zionist Grip: Pedophilia and Cannibalism Rule the West | Laith Marouf

We now have absolute proof that Jewish supremacists and pedophilic cannibals rule the West. Obviously, if anything is going to catalyze a revolt among the Western population, this should be it. Honestly, if the people do not revolt after seeing this evidence, nothing will move them. It is sad that nations are ruled by such elites. Every day I discover more; the various 'conspiracy theories' people once held, such as 'PizzaGate,' now seem like child’s play. It appears that people lacked sufficient imagination in their theories when compared to the reality of these Epstein files.
 

» Arab monarchs are integrated into this same ring of depravity. «

As a voice from the Arab world, I believe we now also have proof that the Arab monarchs installed after World War I to oversee regional oil and gas fields are integrated into this same ring of depravity. For an Arab and a Muslim, perhaps the most shocking revelation involves the Kiswah—the sacred shroud of the Kaaba in Mecca. This holy relic, which millions of pilgrims travel to touch, was gifted to Epstein, an act that underscores the moral decay within the Saudi leadership. 

 

Saudi Crown Prince MBS with Jeffrey Epstein in Riyadh between 2016 and 2017.

Photo later found framed inside Epstein's Manhattan mansion and released 

publicly within a massive US Department of Justice investigative file tranche.

Furthermore, the record now includes photographs of Muhammad bin Salman with Epstein, alongside files implicating the elites of the UAE, Qatar, and beyond. Even the former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Saad Hariri, is cited in these documents. We are witnessing how the regional vassals of the West are fundamentally compromised; they are placed in power precisely because their participation in these acts provide the 'kompromat' necessary to ensure they remain permanent instruments of Western policy.

» They are used to filling their bellies for centuries with human flesh, and their 

pockets with money. But they need to realize that the Vampire's ball is ending. «
Vladimir Putin on Western elites, March 13, 2024.

 

Another interesting element is the arrogance of the Zionists. It is a fundamental dysfunction in society. The United States claims to be 'number one' globally, yet it maintains an underlying narrative that Zionists are superior to American citizens—a society that teaches its people they are second-rate compared to the 'Chosen People.' Why wouldn't the Zionists believe it is acceptable to exploit the Goyim? They believe they belong at the front of the line because they are smarter and better. What kind of society claims to be the best while simultaneously admitting it is second? Everything about this is pathological.

Epstein-Fanboy MIGA-Don at Schneerson tumb, October 7, 2024.

 

Reading Epstein’s email exchanges regarding 'blood quantum'—calculating the percentage of a person's Jewish heritage—is revealing. Seeing the correspondence of Noam Chomsky, an idol of the 'Leftovers' who essentially agrees with these racist blood quantum theories, is jarring. They discuss Black people as having lower IQs and speak of non-Jewish humans as 'vassals'—bodies empty of souls. This is how they discuss humanity. Many have resisted the idea that Jewish supremacy holds such sway over the Western elite, but we now have the proof. I suspect searches for the word Goyim have increased exponentially in the US as people realize this is how they are viewed: as soulless bodies, fit only to be exploited, abused, raped, killed, and cannibalized.

 

 » Last week, the Israelis attempted to break a record for kidney transplants—4,000 in a single day. 

Those almost certainly came from kidnapped and murdered Palestinians. «

 

» The defeat of Western elites can only happen through

internal revolt—which I doubt—or military defeat. «

 

This is the world we inhabit. Do people close their eyes and pretend it isn't happening? Children globally are falling victim to this, including many white children. Even if one lacks concern for Palestinian or African children, one should certainly care about their own. A significant portion of the children targeted for this pedophilia and cannibalism were of European and American backgrounds.

 

Quoted from:
Garland Nixon (February 2, 2025) - Middle East in Depth w/ Laith Marouf – Epstein Docs. (video)

Laith Marouf is a Beirut-based Palestinian-Syrian journalist and multimedia producer. Born in Jordan and the founder of Free Palestine Television, he also serves as a political commentator for various international outlets, where his work focuses on supporting Palestinian resistance and advancing anti-Zionist advocacy.

Garland Nixon is a Washington, D.C.-based US radio host and political analyst. A veteran criminal investigator with over 20 years in law enforcement, he now provides commentary for international media, focusing on anti-imperialism and peace advocacy.

 

See also:

Jimmy Dore (February 3, 2026) - The MOST SHOCKING Revelations About Trump In The Epstein Files! (video) 

Jimmy Dore (February 3, 2026) - Epstein Depravity Is EVEN WORSE Than You Thought! Adrenochrome harvesting. (video) 

Stew Peters (February 2, 2026) - Epstein Files Exposed: Zero Arrests – Pedo Elite Untouched. (video)
Stew Peters (February 3, 2026) - Epstein Bombshell: Zionist Puppet Trump – Confirmed Compromised Pervert! (video)