US officials met Houthi representatives in Oman, Reuters reports

US officials met Houthi representatives at the US embassy in Muscat last weekend in an Oman-arranged meeting, three sources told Reuters. The Houthis said they had no intention of attacking US vessels, remain committed to their 2025 ceasefire with the US, and would not attack commercial ships except Saudi ones.

Why this matters. The channel explains Vance's remark about direct talks and suggests Washington is trying to wall off US shipping from the Saudi-Houthi war.