2026-09-17T12:59:29-04:00 / 福克斯新闻
研究学者表示，伊朗“ likely instigated” 也门胡塞武装对沙特实施封锁
作者：格雷格·诺曼-戴蒙德 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年9月17日 美国东部时间中午12:59
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6405201554112
专家称：胡塞袭击升级，沙特阿拉伯石油生产面临“史上最大威胁”
美国国防民主基金会研究员侯赛因·阿卜杜勒-侯赛因在也门伊朗支持的胡塞武装夺取红海曼德海峡附近领土之际，接受了福克斯新闻数字频道的采访。
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一位专家告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，随着也门伊朗支持的胡塞武装发动跨境袭击并夺取红海曼德海峡附近领土，沙特阿拉伯目前正面临其石油生产“史上最大威胁”。
美国国防民主基金会研究员侯赛因·阿卜杜勒-侯赛因周四表示，中东局势正在升级，伊朗“很可能煽动胡塞武装对沙特实施封锁”。
“我认为这对沙特阿拉伯来说局势非常危急。这是自1932年沙特王国建国以来对其石油生产的最大威胁，几乎是存亡级别的危机，”他说道。
“我们看到沙特阿拉伯正试图寻求其他武装力量为他们作战。在此过程中，他们还致电了特朗普总统。在我看来，美国不会卷入这场冲突，”他补充道，“我们可能会向他们提供建议和支持，但我认为美国不会为了曼德海峡这场战争而直接参战。”
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2026年9月12日，也门胡塞武装在首都萨那巡逻。（法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
上周，在遭遇来自伊拉克的无人机袭击后，沙特阿拉伯被迫暂时关闭其东西向石油管道，特朗普表示他认为伊朗是此次袭击的幕后黑手。随后在周二，沙特阿拉伯击落了一架试图进入麦加附近空域的胡塞武装无人机，此外还有其他近期挑衅行动。
“我们知道美国对伊朗实施了封锁，伊朗无法合法或非法地出口任何石油。伊朗试图做的是向该地区其他石油出口国传递信号：要么我们所有人都出口石油，要么我们所有人都无法出口石油，”阿卜杜勒-侯赛因告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“这就是为什么你会看到伊朗封锁霍尔木兹海峡。这迫使沙特阿拉伯将其石油生产从东部转向西部，从霍尔木兹海峡转向红海一侧。油轮开始在沙特阿拉伯红海岸边的延布港装载石油，然后向南驶过曼德海峡，一路前往亚洲市场。”
“伊朗对此不满，因为显然‘要么全有要么全无’的策略没有奏效，”他说，“所以他们很可能煽动胡塞武装对沙特实施封锁。”
前五角大楼官员警告：胡塞武装夺取红海岛屿后进入美国“杀伤区”
2025年11月18日，在华盛顿特区白宫西翼柱廊，唐纳德·特朗普总统与沙特阿拉伯王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼合影留念。（盖蒂图片社）
福克斯新闻数字频道周五援引一位知情消息人士的话报道称，沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼敦促特朗普对胡塞武装采取军事行动。
特朗普次日在访问爱尔兰期间表示，“胡塞武装致电我们，他们不想与我们作战。”
“他们告诉我们，他们不想与我们作战……他们不希望我们攻击他们，”特朗普补充道，“但他们确实打来了电话，和我们进行了沟通，他们不希望我们介入，他们更愿意我们不要参与其中。”
阿卜杜勒-侯赛因告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“我们华盛顿方面的预期是，凭借过去几十年里我们卖给沙特的所有武器，以及我们向他们提供的所有军事支持和建议，他们应该能够保护本国在这条航道上的油轮和船只，并确保航道畅通。”
“胡塞武装宣称他们只会针对沙特船只和沙特航运活动，并明确表示他们不会攻击国际航运，无论是美国船只还是欧洲船只，”他继续说道，“所以这给我们出了一道选择题：我们是否要毫无缘由地向胡塞武装开战，即便他们并不愿意与我们为敌，或者至少他们没有在曼德海峡攻击我们的船只和航运？”
2026年9月11日的袭击后，一张卫星图像显示沙特阿拉伯东西向石油管道受损。该图像拍摄于2026年9月13日。（范托/路透社）
“或者我们要求沙特阿拉伯自行处理此事，毕竟胡塞武装并非国家，而是非国家行为体，沙特阿拉伯应该能够应对他们，”阿卜杜勒-侯赛因补充道，“不幸的是，沙特阿拉伯似乎并没有能力应对胡塞武装。”
一位高级政府官员周四告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，美国仍将专注于保护核心国家安全利益，例如红海的航行自由，同时同时赋能该地区盟友管理和解决安全挑战。
这位官员补充道，特朗普政府仍在与沙特阿拉伯和也门就地区稳定保持持续对话。
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Saudi Arabia facing ‘biggest threat’ ever to oil production as Iran-proxy Houthis launch attacks, expert says
2026-09-17T12:59:29-04:00 / Fox News
Research fellow says Iran ‘likely instigated’ Yemen’s Houthis to force a blockade on Saudi Arabia
By Greg Norman-Diamond Fox News
Published September 17, 2026 12:59pm EDT
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6405201554112
Saudi Arabia facing ‘biggest threat’ ever to oil production as Houthis escalate attacks, expert says
Hussain Abdul-Hussain, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, speaks to Fox News Digital as the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen are seizing territory near the Red Sea’s Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
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Saudi Arabia is currently facing “the biggest threat” ever to its production of oil as the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen are launching cross-border attacks and seizing territory near the Red Sea’s Bab el-Mandeb Strait, an expert told Fox News Digital.
Hussain Abdul-Hussain, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said Thursday that the situation is escalating in the Middle East as Iran “likely instigated the Houthis to force a blockade on Saudi Arabia.
“I think this situation is really precarious for the Saudis. This is the biggest threat to their production of oil since their kingdom was founded in 1932. And this is almost existential,” he said.
“We see that the Saudis are trying to shop for some force to fight their war for them. And I think along the lines, they also called President Trump. It doesn’t look to me that Washington is going to get involved in this one,” he added. “We’ll probably offer them advice and tell support, but I don’t think we, the United States, will get involved with this war over Bab el-Mandeb.”
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Yemen’s Houthi armed forces patrol in the capital of Sanaa on Sept. 12, 2026.(AFP via Getty Images)
Saudi Arabia was forced to temporarily close its East-West oil pipeline last week following a drone attack launched from Iraq, which Trump said he believes Iran was behind. Then on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia destroyed a Houthi drone that attempted to enter the airspace near Mecca, among other recent provocations.
“We know that the United States imposes a blockade on Iran, so Iran is unable to export any of its oil, licitly or illicitly. What the Iranians are trying to do is that they’re trying to telegraph to the other oil exporters in the region that either we export, all of us export oil, or none of us will export oil,” Abdul-Hussain told Fox News Digital. “This is why you see Iran shutting down the Strait of Hormuz. This forced Saudi Arabia to switch its oil production from east to west, from Hormuz to the other side to the Red Sea. Tankers started picking up oil at the port of Yanbu in Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea and sailing south through the Bab al-Mandeb all the way to the Asian markets.
“Iran didn’t like this because clearly all or none didn’t work,” he said. “So they likely instigated the Houthis to force a blockade on Saudi Arabia.”
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President Donald Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia pause for photographs along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House on Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Getty Images)
Fox News Digital, citing a source familiar with the matter, reported on Friday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman urged Trump to take military action against the Houthis.
Trump then said the next day during a visit to Ireland that “the Houthis called us and they don’t want to fight with us.”
“They let us know, they don’t want to fight with us…they don’t want us to go after them,” Trump added. “But they have called and they have talked to us, and they don’t want us to, they would much prefer not having us involved.”
Abdul-Hussain told Fox News Digital that “Our expectation as Washington is that the Saudis, with all these arms that we’ve sold them over the past few decades, with all the military support and advice we give them, that they should be able to protect their own tankers and ships in this waterway and keep it open.
“The Houthis announced that they’re only going after Saudi ships and Saudi navigation and they made it clear that they are not going after international shipping, whether they are U.S. ships or European ships,” he continued. “So this forces a choice on us. Do we go to war with the Houthis out of nowhere, even though they’re not willing to, or at least they didn’t wage war on our ships and our navigations through Bab el-Mandeb?”
A satellite image shows damage to the Saudi Arabia East-West pipeline after a strike on Sept. 11, 2026. The image was captured on Sept. 13, 2026.(Vantor/Reuters)
“Or we ask the Saudis to handle this, you know, after all the Houthis are not really a state, they’re a non-state actor and Saudi Arabia should be able to deal with them,” Abdul-Hussain added. “Unfortunately, the Saudis don’t seem to have been able to deal with the Houthis.”
A senior administration official told Fox News Digital on Thursday that the U.S. remains focused on protecting core national security interests such as the freedom of navigation in the Red Sea while simultaneously empowering allies in the region to manage and resolve security challenges.
The Trump administration also remains in continuous dialogue with Saudi Arabia and Yemen over regional stability , the official added.
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Fox News Digital has reached out to the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C., for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Efrat Lachter contributed to this report.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
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