# Mayun

Type: Company

Source: Space & Defense Intelligence Brief — https://getspacebrief.com/entity/mayun
Canonical HTML page: https://getspacebrief.com/entity/mayun

## Timeline

- **2026-09-11**: Pipeline shut and Houthis seize Mayun — Saudi Arabia shut down the East-West pipeline as a precaution, and Houthi forces captured the strategic Mayun island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, officials confirm.
- **2026-09-10**: Drone attack on Saudi East-West pipeline — Saudi Arabia says the East-West pipeline was attacked by drones originating from Iraq, prompting a precautionary shutdown the next day.
- **2026-07**: U.S. and Saudi Arabia strike Iraqi militias — Saudi Arabia and the United States bomb Iranian-backed militias in Iraq after blaming them for earlier drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities that had been claimed by the Houthis.
- **2026-06**: Saudi Red Sea exports top 5 million bpd — The International Energy Agency reports Saudi Arabia had more than doubled oil exports from the Red Sea port at the end of the East-West pipeline to more than 5 million barrels per day.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### 5M bpd Red Sea oil flow hit as Houthis seize Bab el-Mandeb island
2026-09-12 06:28:51 · Sentiment: Strongly negative · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

Iranian-backed Houthis have seized Perim island, giving Tehran a forward position over one of the world's most important maritime chokepoints just as Saudi Arabia shut its East-West pipeline after a cross-border drone attack from Iraq. This escalates the proxy war and raises questions for missile defense, naval presence, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/houthis-seize-bab-el-mandeb-saudi-pipeline-shutdown-defense

---
This page is a machine-readable summary. Sentiment measures the directional read of each development for this entity, not the tone of the reporting; impact weights consequence, not syndication reach. See https://getspacebrief.com/guides/methodology for the full editorial methodology.