Yemen’s Tehran-aligned Houthi movement has threatened to besiege a second key Middle East waterway as Iran launched drone attacks against US Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend after a diplomatic effort to end the war appeared to collapse. A closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, would effectively sever Saudi Arabia’s only remaining oil export route. The kingdom has been shipping up to 7 million barrels of crude per day through the...
There are two currents within the Houthis: one favouring caution, and another favouring commitment to allies.
The Houthis in Yemen say they attacked Israel alongside their backers Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Fears of air strikes and rising prices dominate everyday life in Sanaa as Yemen becomes embroiled in regional conflict.
Yemen’s Houthi military spokesman has claimed responsibility for a strike on Israel’s Ben Gurion airport in Jaffa.