Will a Saudi-Houthi ceasefire agreement be announced by 31 December 2026?

errata now: 12%
Base rate: 15%
Crowd: 24% Polymarket
Deadline: 31 December 2026 · 83 days left
Opened: 9 October 2026
Status: open

Polymarket 24%

Criteria

YES if between 10 Oct and 31 Dec 2026 Saudi Arabia and the Houthis (Ansar Allah), directly or through a mediator such as Oman or the UN, announce an agreed ceasefire or truce covering cross-border strikes, confirmed by both sides or by the mediator and two major wire services. Unilateral pauses do not count. Otherwise NO.

Probability over time

erratacrowd (Polymarket)base rate

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Method

base: Saudi-Houthi war 2015-2026: formal truces in 2016 and 2022 (2 in ~11 years) but rounds of open fighting are often followed by mediated truces within months; judgmental 15% for 12 weeks. signals: LR 0.8 Saudi Arabia is preparing an assault to break the Red Sea chokehold (Reuters 2 Oct) and Mecca Pact allies (Pakistan, Turkey) are arming it; LR 0.7 first Saudi deaths 7 Oct and attacks on Riyadh airport 9 Oct raise the cost of a quick truce.

Models are combined as a mean in log-odds; see How we forecast.

Every update

Date	Probability	Models	Reason
9 October 2026	12%	Base rate 15% Signals 9%	Opening: both sides are escalating; a truce now would mean one of them blinks.

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