Saudi Arabia and the Houthis: Riyadh strikes oil sites near Sanaa, an Aramco building hit in return
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IsraelIsrael is watching the Saudi-Houthi duel through its own southern border: Jerusalem sees a risk of a surprise attack by land or sea from Yemen and is preparing Eilat and the Edom division.
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GreeceAthens gauges the Saudi-Houthi escalation by the barrel: Brent near $107, Aramco targeted and pressure on Washington, with no regard for the Yemeni terrain.
- Israel
Israel-centred
the narrative puts the threat to Israel in the foreground rather than the consequences in Yemen.
Qualifying lexicon
the Jerusalem Post refers to the Houthis by the term "terrorists" in the narrative.
What the account puts first
GreeceMarket
the narrative makes the rise in the barrel the central thread of the escalation, initially attributing it to Iranian attacks in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Israel
this perspective does not carry this information
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Greece onlyGreeceReliance on an agency
the account of events in Riyadh is based on AFP journalists and witnesses, with no direct Saudi or Houthi source.