The rapid Houthi advance in Yemen: why it matters and what’s at stake

NEWS SUMMARY

Saudi Arabia and the Houthis have engaged in air, missile, and drone strikes, threatening to escalate the conflict in Yemen and impact critical shipping waterways. This renewed fighting stems from the ongoing civil war, exacerbated by the Houthis' Red Sea attacks in solidarity with Gaza, challenging a fragile UN-brokered peace.

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The Houthis have wrested control of Yemen’s Red Sea coast from Saudi-backed government, giving Iran and its allies control over a key shipping laneViolence has erupted again in Yemen, where a rapid advance by the Houthis in recent days is threatening another waterway critical to global shipping. More than 1,000 people have been killed or wounded, and tens of thousands displaced by the most significant fighting between the Iran-aligned Houthis and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces in year

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