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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2026/2939(RSP))

On the escalation of Houthi attacks and implications for regional security

B-10-2026-0488

on behalf of the ECR Group · Rapporteur: Adam Bielan, Jacek Ozdoba, Rihards Kols, Tobiasz Bocheński, Alexandr Vondra, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Alberico Gambino, Ivaylo Valchev, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Bogdan Rzońca, Nikola Bartůšek, Carlo Fidanza, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Marlena Maląg, Waldemar Buda, Ondřej Krutílek, Veronika Vrecionová, Emmanouil Fragkos

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A non-binding resolution on the escalation of Houthi attacks and its implications for regional security. It condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi airports, energy infrastructure and shipping, and calls on the Houthis to end all attacks and comply with UN Security Council resolutions. It calls for de-escalation, a UN-negotiated solution, an end to external support for the Houthis and an end to Iran's arming of them. It asks the EU to strengthen and extend operation ASPIDES, safeguard freedom of navigation and work with regional partners and NATO allies. It backs an EU-Saudi Arabia strategic partnership and cooperation on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, and supports a Yemeni-led political transition.

Key points

  1. Condemns the Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport and other attacks on civilian and economic infrastructure, and expresses solidarity with Saudi Arabia and the victims' families.
  2. Calls on the Houthis to immediately end all attacks inside and outside Yemen, including on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, and to comply with UN Security Council Resolutions 2722 (2024) and 2826 (2026).
  3. Supports all efforts to reduce tensions and pursue diplomatic solutions, given the delicate situation in the region.
  4. Warns that disruptions in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz raise global energy prices, shipping and insurance costs, harming EU households, businesses and competitiveness, and stresses the need to safeguard freedom of navigation.
  5. Highlights Saudi Arabia's role in regional peace and stability and as the region's largest oil producer.
  6. Calls on the EU and member states to work with regional partners and NATO allies to reduce tensions and contain the escalation, and for a coherent approach rather than reliance on ad hoc coalitions.
  7. Calls for the strengthening and, where necessary, extension of operation ASPIDES, and for member states' offers of additional naval vessels to become concrete commitments without delay.
  8. Warns that disrupting global logistics is used as strategic pressure, and that Middle East instability affects the Mediterranean, NATO's Southern Flank and the Sahel through hybrid and cross-border threats.
  9. Urges de-escalation and a negotiated solution under UN auspices, and implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions 2140 (2014), 2216 (2015) and 2801 (2025), including the targeted arms embargo.
  10. Calls for an end to all external support for the Houthis and condemns Iran's role in arming, training, funding and directing them; voices concern about Chinese parts and reported use of Anthropic's Claude AI for missile software.
  11. Backs an EU-Saudi Arabia strategic partnership agreement and EU-Saudi cooperation on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor.
  12. Expresses concern at Yemen's humanitarian decline, welcomes Saudi humanitarian aid, supports a UN-facilitated Yemeni-led transition, deplores reported use of child soldiers and encourages Saudi-Emirati cooperation on deterring the Houthis.

Who is affected

  • Saudi Arabia: the resolution expresses solidarity and backs a strategic partnership and cooperation on IMEC.
  • The Houthis: called on to end all attacks and comply with UN Security Council resolutions.
  • Iran: called on to end its arming of and support for the Houthis.
  • EU member states: asked to commit naval vessels to operation ASPIDES and work with partners and NATO allies.
  • Yemeni civilians: the text cites humanitarian needs and supports a Yemeni-led political transition.

Figures and deadlines

  • 13 July 2026: Houthi ballistic missile attack on southern Saudi Arabia.
  • 20 July 2026: Houthis announce a maritime and aerial embargo against Saudi Arabia.
  • 10 October 2026: at least 13 killed and 308 injured in a missile hit on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport.
  • 11 October 2026: a second missile hit the airport, leaving one dead and 11 wounded.
  • 15 October 2026: missiles hit the Aramco headquarters in Dhahran and the presidential palace complex in Aden, killing five.
  • 19 October 2026: at least 53 killed and 200 injured in an attack on a training camp in Shabwa province.
  • 800 000 people cut off from life-saving assistance; 22.3 million people require humanitarian assistance in 2026, including 5.2 million internally displaced people.
  • Since 2015 the EU has contributed almost EUR 1.5 billion to the Yemeni crisis, including over EUR 1 billion in humanitarian aid.