# Could the US Take Houthi-Held Islands in the Bab al-Mandab Strait

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- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:02
- Published: 2026-10-20
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5dn9bnQsbsHd/en/could-the-us-take-houthi-held-islands-in-the-bab-al-mandab-strait

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5dn9bnQsbsHd/en/could-the-us-take-houthi-held-islands-in-the-bab-al-mandab-strait) What happens if the United States decides that they're gonna get involved in this as well?

[0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5dn9bnQsbsHd/en/could-the-us-take-houthi-held-islands-in-the-bab-al-mandab-strait?t=6) W- will they wanna get involved in this?

[0:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5dn9bnQsbsHd/en/could-the-us-take-houthi-held-islands-in-the-bab-al-mandab-strait?t=9) Well, there is a place the US could get involved, and maybe even successfully. It's to take these islands.

[0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5dn9bnQsbsHd/en/could-the-us-take-houthi-held-islands-in-the-bab-al-mandab-strait?t=15) Uh, they're going through, uh, Baba al, uh, Mandab- Baba Mandab, yeah. Straight ... Baba al-Mandab Strait. Right.

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5dn9bnQsbsHd/en/could-the-us-take-houthi-held-islands-in-the-bab-al-mandab-strait?t=21) Uh- And that's this tiny little waterway right here- Mm-hmm ... which controls, like, 15% of the world's, uh, cargo and merchandise- Yes ... that goes up and down.

[0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5dn9bnQsbsHd/en/could-the-us-take-houthi-held-islands-in-the-bab-al-mandab-strait?t=27) They, they can... There's a, a set of islands that's three kilometers away from the mainland- Mm-hmm ... uh, that the, the Houthis took.

[0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5dn9bnQsbsHd/en/could-the-us-take-houthi-held-islands-in-the-bab-al-mandab-strait?t=33) Uh, else, uh, Al Saruah- But, but, but- ... also took all these islands. That, they could take.

[0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5dn9bnQsbsHd/en/could-the-us-take-houthi-held-islands-in-the-bab-al-mandab-strait?t=38) Yeah, but, but if you take it today, what's to say it's gonna be there tomorrow if the cou- Yes ... All, all you need is a guy with a shoulder-harnessed, uh, weapon over here.

[0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5dn9bnQsbsHd/en/could-the-us-take-houthi-held-islands-in-the-bab-al-mandab-strait?t=46) That's how close this is. Or drones. Or drones.

[0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5dn9bnQsbsHd/en/could-the-us-take-houthi-held-islands-in-the-bab-al-mandab-strait?t=49) Right. And, and- Yeah ... and, and they do have sophisticated weaponry that's been given them to me by, the y- by the Iranians.

[0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5dn9bnQsbsHd/en/could-the-us-take-houthi-held-islands-in-the-bab-al-mandab-strait?t=54) Even worse, they have sophisticated weaponry that they've designed.

[0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5dn9bnQsbsHd/en/could-the-us-take-houthi-held-islands-in-the-bab-al-mandab-strait?t=57) They took out two F-15s from the Saudis with homemade anti-air-