Overview
- Houthi leaders and their media network have seized on U.S. Department of Justice documents that report associates of the Saudi royal court sent tapestries that once covered the Kaaba to Jeffrey Epstein.
- The group has spread the allegations across TV, radio, websites, social platforms, songs, videos and influencer posts to portray Saudi rulers as religiously hypocritical.
- Houthi statements have personally targeted Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, with senior figures framing the Epstein material as evidence of corruption and links to hostile foreign networks.
- Saudi officials have not issued a public response to the specific Epstein-related accusations, even as the fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed forces continues to escalate.
- The propaganda push is running alongside renewed military strikes and a worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen, which the UN and WHO say has displaced roughly 260,000 people and left nearly 1,600 dead.