U.S.-Saudi War Strengthens the Houthis

In this video, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald interviews foreign policy analyst Erik Sperling about Saudi Arabia, the Houthis, and the role of the United States and Israel in the Middle East.

They examine why the conflict in Yemen is escalating again, how vulnerable Saudi Arabia has become despite massive military support, and why a diplomatic solution remains elusive. They also discuss the Houthis’ growing military capabilities, the strategic consequences for Washington and Riyadh, as well as Pakistan, Imran Khan, and U.S. support for authoritarian allies.

This video was produced by System Update and published on the Glenn Greenwald YouTube channel on the 13th of October, 2026. We have translated it into German and are republishing it today to help build opinion on this issue in Germany and beyond.

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ABOUT GLENN GREENWALD

Glenn Greenwald is a former constitutional lawyer, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, and the author of several bestsellers, including No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State (2014) and Securing Democracy: My Fight for Press Freedom and Justice in Bolsonaro’s Brazil (2021).  Acclaimed as one of the 25 most influential political commentators by The Atlantic, one of America’s top 10 opinion writers by Newsweek, and one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers for 2013 by Foreign Policy, Greenwald is a former constitutional and civil rights litigator. He was a columnist for The Guardian until October 2013 and a co-founder and former editor at The Intercept, which he left in 2020 to launch his own show System Update on Rumble.

ABOUT ERIK SPERLING

Erik Sperling is the Executive Director of Just Foreign Policy, an independent, nonpartisan U.S. organization that advocates for a U.S. foreign policy based more heavily on diplomacy, international law and cooperation. 

Previously, Sperling worked as a Senior Adviser and Counsel in the offices of U.S. Representatives Ro Khanna and John Conyers. He holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Georgetown University Law Center and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.