Houthis
Bin Salman Has Prioritized His Own Rivalry with the United Arab Emirates Above Strategic Stability
The U.S. Should Establish a Security Partnership with Tihami Forces and Local Communities Along the Tihama Coast
Cell Phone Towers and All Major Internet Service Providers in the Country Are Under Houthi Control
A Recurring Funding Request by a Government That Prefers to Run Its Affairs from Exile Deserves Scrutiny, Not Promotion
The Houthis Utilize Areas Controlled by Kata’ib Hezbollah and Other Militias for Logistical Routes and Launch Zones
A More Robust U.S. Presence in Somaliland Is Necessary to Handle the Logistics of Resupply and Provide Air Defense
Watch for Talk of Naval Rotations Through the Port and Emirati Moves to Expand Energy and Export Infrastructure
Somaliland Is Crucial to Winning the War Because of Its Strategic Geography, Including a 530-Mile Coastline on the Gulf of Aden
Appeasing Extremists and Terror Sponsors Seldom Brings Peace
Iran’s Ability to Command or at Least Align with Proxy and Client Forces Across the Middle East and Beyond Remains Its Most Significant Tool of Power Projection
Yanbu May Relieve Immediate Pressure, but It Does Not Remove Geopolitical Risks for Saudi Arabia
The Houthis’ Leader Has Warned That ‘Any Israeli Presence in Somaliland’ Will Become a Military Target for the Militant Group
Jerusalem Has Made Clear That Tehran’s Insistence on Linking Any Deal to a Ceasefire in Lebanon Will Not Constrain Its Response to Hezbollah Attacks
The Houthis Gave Pirates Better Tools, and Tehran Gave the Houthis Their Purpose and Their Logistics
International Humanitarian Law Prohibits Targeted Attacks on Civilians and Attacks That Cannot Distinguish Between Civilian and Military Targets
When Saudi Forces Attacked Yemen’s Southern Forces, They Left a Vacuum Into Which Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Resurged
The Regime Deliberately Unravels Nation-States from Within, To Reassemble According to Loyalties That Answer to Tehran
The Danger Is Not Just Erosion of Freedom of Navigation, but Also Iran’s Direct Financing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Terror
Escalation Along the Tihama Coast Is Part of a Coordinated Political-Military Strategy, Not Merely a Local Tactical Maneuver
The Objective Is Not Control of the Red Sea, but to Disrupt Shipping and Create Economic Pressure That Grants the Houthis Influence