rallying to the palestinian cause, and that will resonate throughout the middle east, notjust in yemen. as always, frank, thank you for your analysis. it is at worry about the economy, about what is happening along that shipping area which is pushing western powers to worry about this more than perhaps they might. so how will houthis react to the strikes? how could they potentially react to them? here is our bbc international editor jeremy bowen with his analysis. the iranians are their allies, often talked about as proxies but they are allies, really. i have spent quite a bit of time with the houthis in yemen and they are people who are highly independently minded. they have a relish for getting involved in this kind of thing. they want to be involved in the war. and so the iranians have very much beefed up the kind of firepower they have, they even have anti ship missiles, they have various kinds of ballistic
incumbent have acted in self defence, it is incumbent now on the houthis to stop carrying incumbent now on the houthis to stop carrying out incumbent now on the houthis to stop carrying out these attacks, but pepple s carrying out these attacks, but people s lives at risk and disrupting the economy, which will also have disrupting the economy, which will also have a disrupting the economy, which will also have a damaging effect on people s also have a damaging effect on people s shopping and their day to day shop and when they go about day to day shop and when they go about their day to day shop and when they go about their lives. it is not right, we have about their lives. it is not right, we have seen instruction that brings over the we have seen instruction that brings over the last year or two, the situation over the last year or two, the situation with russia and ukraine, we don t situation with russia and ukraine, we don t want to see that happen again we
they were fighting the saudis for much of the last decade, they fired off a huge number of these targets inside saudi arabia. 0ne off a huge number of these targets inside saudi arabia. one month alone, march 2021, they fired over 300 drones and missiles at targets in saudi arabia, so that s why there is a deafening silence from saudi. they can t stand the houthis but don t want to antagonise them. let’s don t want to antagonise them. let s talk about how don t want to antagonise them. let s talk about how this don t want to antagonise them. let s talk about how this is don t want to antagonise them. let s talk about how this is viewed globally. globally what is happening now, particularly in terms of the houthi attacks and the houthis themselves, they see it as part of themselves, they see it as part of the israel gaza conflict wearers the us and uk see houthis are doing on the red sea in terms of shipping and global economy. the red sea in terms of shipping and global economy
last night. he is currently in ukraine. let s listen.- ukraine. let s listen. very straightforward ukraine. let s listen. very straightforward question. | ukraine. let s listen. very - straightforward question. why ukraine. let s listen. - straightforward question. why did you authorise military action against houthi targets in yemen? 0ver against houthi targets in yemen? over the last month we have seen a significant over the last month we have seen a significant increase in the number of houthi significant increase in the number of houthi attacks on commercial shipping of houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the red sea. that is putting shipping in the red sea. that is putting innocent lives at risk, it is disrupting the global economy and it is also is disrupting the global economy and it is also destabilising the region and in it is also destabilising the region and in that time we have also seen the single and in that time we have also seen the single biggest at