Oil prices were lower as concerns eased over Middle East supply disruptions after Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia did not cause the interruptions markets had feared, according to Bloomberg.

The International Energy Agency also raised its forecast for the war's impact on supply. Afshin Molavi, a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, spoke to Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons Middle East & Africa about the likelihood of US military support for Saudi Arabia in its fight against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen.