{"id":6592,"date":"2026-09-16T14:57:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=6592"},"modified":"2026-09-16T14:57:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:57:27","slug":"us-officials-houthis-in-oman-over-the-weekend-say-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=6592","title":{"rendered":"US officials Houthis in Oman over the weekend, say sources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Doha: US officials met representatives of Yemen&#8217;s Houthis in Oman over the weekend, five sources familiar with the matter said, days after the seized a strategic stretch of the Red Sea coast in a sweeping offensive that routed Saudi-backed forces.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting, which has not been made public, was held at the US Embassy in Muscat, three of the sources said on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Two sources said that Oman&#8217;s government, a longtime regional mediator, helped organise the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the meeting, which one source said took place on Sunday, the Houthis told US officials that they had no intention of attacking American vessels and that they were committed to the 2025 ceasefire with the US, two sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the sources, a Yemeni, said the militia group also said they would not attack Israeli ships or any commercial vessels, except those belonging to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doha: US officials met representatives of Yemen&#8217;s Houthis in Oman over the weekend, five sources familiar with the matter said, days after the seized a strategic stretch of the Red&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[165,254,2534],"class_list":["post-6592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-middle-east-tensions","tag-united-states","tag-yemen-ksa-crisis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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