Houthi attacks on Saudi airports kill 3; U.S. issues regional security alert for citizens in Middle East

Houthi attacks on Saudi airports kill 3; U.S. issues regional security alert for citizens in Middle East

Willow Tohi

• Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed three Saudi civilians in attacks on Abha International Airport and King Khalid International Airport on Oct. 6-7.
• The U.S. State Department warned Americans throughout the Middle East to exercise heightened vigilance due to potential for rapid escalation and targeting of U.S. interests.
• Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces have launched an offensive to reclaim territory from Houthis, with Saudi air support and advances near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb strait.
• The Trump administration ruled out pre-midterm attacks on Iran while diesel prices hit record highs above $6 per gallon amid the regional conflict.
• Saudi Arabia signed a defense pact with Turkey and Pakistan in August, and Turkish officials are now assessing air defense support for the kingdom.

The attack and regional escalation

Iran-backed Houthi rebels struck two civilian airports in Saudi Arabia this week, killing three Saudi citizens and wounding 36 others in what marks a dangerous escalation of Yemen’s renewed civil war and the broader Middle East conflict. The attacks occurred Oct. 6-7 at Abha International Airport and King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, with the Houthi terrorist group claiming responsibility.

The U.S. State Department responded Thursday by issuing a security alert for American citizens across all Middle Eastern countries, warning that “Iran and groups supportive of Iran may target other U.S. interests overseas.” The alert cited potential flight cancellations, airspace closures and travel disruptions, reflecting the widening theater of hostilities beyond Yemen’s borders.

The Houthi attacks represent retaliation for Saudi support of Yemen’s U.N.-recognized government, which launched a major offensive last week with Saudi air support. Yemeni Minister of Information Moammar al-Eryani reported Oct. 5 that government forces had seized key positions in Dhubab, adjacent to the strategic Bab el-Mandeb strait through which much of the world’s oil trade transits.

Government forces have recaptured an airstrip at Dhubab and cut off Houthi forces in the area, but fighting remains ongoing. The offensive aims to reclaim territory from the Houthis, who have controlled large portions of northern Yemen since 2014.

Economic and diplomatic repercussions

The attacks come as the Trump administration navigates a complex Middle East landscape ahead of November midterm elections. President Trump ruled out resuming attacks on Iran before the elections, while touting “productive conversations” with Tehran—although he offered no specifics. The president also teased a “big announcement coming up on diesel” as fuel prices surge.

Brent crude oil stood at approximately $103 per barrel Friday, having been driven higher by regional instability. Diesel prices have reached record levels, averaging $6.28 per gallon nationally, up from $3.68 a year ago. The administration recently authorized red-dyed diesel use on highways to lower costs, exempting it from the 24.4-cents-per-gallon federal tax.

Saudi Arabia signed a defense agreement with Turkey and Pakistan on Aug. 7, stipulating that an attack on any signatory constitutes an attack on all three. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan confirmed Thursday that military officials are assessing air defense, electronic warfare and technical support for Saudi Arabia, though he ruled out Turkish participation in offensive operations.

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Marxists in Iowa and Washington City Council Meetings Open with Satanic Prayer - ‘It is done. Hail Satan.’

Speak of the Devil: Marxists in Iowa and Washington City Council Meetings Open with Satanic Prayer - ‘It is done. Hail Satan.’

Terresa Monroe-Hamilton

In Iowa and Washington, two city council meetings opened up with prayers to Satan as if it was a totally normal, non-Hellish occurrence. Leftist Marxists are literally ceding the country to Hell. Remember these blasphemous occurrences when you vote this year – the soul of our nation is at stake.

If you thought your local government was going to Hell, looks like you were right. In Ottumwa, Iowa, a city council meeting was kicked off with a Satanic prayer that was delivered by former council member and current Satanic Temple worshipper Matt Dalbey. A local pastor was horrified by the incident and interrupted the meeting to condemn the blasphemy.

Dalbey started the prayer with “Dear dark father.” He continued by urging the room to “embrace the Luciferian impulse to eat of the tree of knowledge and dissipate our blissful and comforting delusions of old,” to judge people by “concrete actions” rather than “arbitrary social norms,” and to hold “only to that which is demonstrably true. Let us stand firm against any and all arbitrary authority that threatens the personal sovereignty of one or all.”

He closed with the line that caused the room to erupt: “That which will not bend must break, and that which can be destroyed by truth should never be spared its demise. It is done. Hail Satan.” 

The Ottumwa Courier reported that Dalbey said in a private message that the prayer is used by The Satanic Temple of Iowa, of which he is a member, though he said it “has nothing to do with the belief in a satanic deity.” What a load of bull crap. Of course, it has to do with worshipping Satan – you just said a prayer to the head demon.

“Yeah, they call themselves Satanist. But, you know, I understand their metaphor there, but that’s no big deal. I like what they stand for,” he said.

As Dalbey left the podium, the council recited the Pledge of Allegiance as if nothing Hellish had just transpired. New Life Center Pastor Rick Bick spoke out of turn to comment on the prayer. It’s shameful he was the only one.

“Let’s just reverse this curse that was put on our city. That ‘Hail Satan’ is not welcome here,” Bick asserted.

Council member Cara Galloway told Bick he should speak during the portion of the meeting designated for citizens to raise concerns. That is typical leftist equivocation.

“It needs to be done now,” the pastor declared. “I appreciate what Ms. Galloway is saying, but that was a curse put on the city. Most of you know that, and we need to just stop and reverse it.”

Mayor Benjamin Foote, who acted like an absolutely spineless simp during the incident, called for a 30-second moment of silence to “reflect on whatever it is we need to reflect on at this time.” Reflect on losing your soul? He’s insane.

Galloway attempted to say that “it was time to move forward,” but Foote overruled her and proceeded with the moment of silence as if that undid the evil committed at the outset of the meeting.

The blasphemous homage to Satan occurred after the city approved its invocation policy in January, which allows any resident to voluntarily deliver a prayer regardless of religious affiliation.

According to the Post Millennial, the policy contends that the invocation is intended to “acknowledge and express the City Council’s respect for the diversity of both organized and unorganized religious denominations, as well as other faiths, belief systems, or the lack thereof, represented and practiced among the citizens of the City of Ottumwa.”

Galloway at least had the sense to criticize the policy.

“Opening with an invocation means allowing viewpoints that may not reflect our own, and responding to someone’s invocation is a slippery slope to putting a financial liability on the taxpayers and allowing for others to object or respond,” she contended. “And this is exactly why I had concerns about having an invocation when we first talked about it, and I think I specifically referenced that having someone from the church of Satan or a prayer about Satan when we talked about that, that this could happen and we would need to allow it.”

“I think we’ve opened ourselves up for others to object or respond to others’ invocations, and we need to remember that we are up here to be neutral,” she said, attempting to cover her own ass over the issue, while, in essence, defending Satanists.

The city released a statement Wednesday afternoon about the prayer, saying, “We’ve been fielding calls all day … some calls have been cordial, while many have been rude and full of profanities.”

“We cannot discriminate against a denomination, and everyone that is invited to perform the invocation has followed the correct protocol,” the city said on its Facebook page. “We are not informed ahead of time what will be said for an invocation nor do we automatically endorse what the speaker is saying. We encourage everyone to review the policy.”

The explosive anger over this is not surprising in the least and arguably an appropriate response. Dalbey is also scheduled to provide the invocation at the Nov. 3 city council meeting.

In December of 2023, a Satanic altar was erected in the Iowa Capitol building by members of the Satanic Temple of Iowa. A Christian veteran later destroyed the display.

It Happened Again

In Battle Ground, Washington, the same thing just happened.

At the Battle Ground City Council’s October 5 meeting, a representative associated with The Satanic Temple delivered an opening invocation that rejected traditional religious beliefs and concluded with a declaration praising Satan, according to the Gateway Pundit.

The speaker began, “This invocation today was inspired by the seven tenets, or ethical principles, of The Satanic Temple. Thank you. A non-theistic organization that believes in compassion, empathy, justice, autonomy, freedom of speech, scientifically based beliefs, accountability, and wisdom. Let us begin. Let us never bow our heads or bend the knee in obeisance to any faith from the past that is based on ignorant, bigoted savagery.”

Obviously, that was meant as a swipe at Christianity, not Islam. The devil worshippers are copacetic with Muslims.

She closed with: “Hail Satan, the archetype or symbol of the bringer of knowledge, and hail thyself.”

The Satanism, the Islamic conquest from within, the communist cancer spreading throughout the nation… all of it is connected, and all of it is evil.

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Christian evangelical pastors vow in Jerusalem: ‘Israel is not alone’

Christian evangelical pastors vow in Jerusalem: ‘Israel is not alone’

Etgar Lefkovits

Hundreds of evangelical  Christian pastors on Wednesday gathered in an archaeological garden at the foot of the Western Wall in Jerusalem on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack, pledging that Israel is not alone.

The extraordinary show of support came amid burgeoning relations between Israel and the evangelical Christian world, amid international opprobrium over the fallout of the two-year war in Gaza triggered by the Hamas-led invasion

“For you cowards and morally bankrupt spineless terror lovers, we have a message for you: to get to the  Jewish people you will have to come to us,” Mike Evans, an American evangelical pastor and founder of the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem who led the event, told the audience.

“You said that the Jewish people are alone, but that is the big lie,” he continued. “We will stand up and speak up. Even if 90% of the United Nations walks out, the God of Israel is walking in.”

As the evangelical pastor spoke of a spiritual war being waged against the Jewish state concomitant to the multi-front regional wars Israel has fought over the last several years, the cry of the Muezzin called out for Muslim evening prayers over the walls of the Old City, prompting participants in the crowd to counter with shouts of Hallelujah, with one even blowing a Shofar.

The Oct. 7 attackers “were not only attacking  Jews, but the whole human family and the sanctity of human life,” said Bishop Robert Stearns of the New York-based Eagles Wings Ministry, who addressed the gathering.

“We are living in a time when darkness is getting bigger by the day because dark is losing and the light is breaking through,” he added.

The event, which included representatives from over 100 countries around the world, brought together released hostages as well as plumber Yaniv Hayoun, who helped avert disaster in last month’s failed hijacking attempt of a commercial airliner en route to Tel Aviv in a strong display of international solidarity between Jews and Christians.

“We as Christians know more than anyone else what happens when a lawless regime takes over,” said George Deek, Israel’s envoy to the Christian world. “Israel is the only firewall between us and the persecution of Christians everywhere else in the region.”