American officials say the U.S. and Britain have struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
of the contention between the saudi arabian factor and their increasing defenses along their southern border with yemen and what iran might do because they are backing the houthi s. this has become a civil war and it s going to get worse, especially last night with the indication that the houthi rebels have overtaken the city of taiz which is halfway between the capital and aidan where the president is hiding out right now. philip mudd even if syria, at least there you have the regime that has power and wants an infrastructure set up to maintain power in assad s regime. you don t have that in yemen. have you the houthi s. who knows what they want and why they re there. what could that mean? yeah i think there is a contrast here yemen doesn t have the geographic proximity. i think syria and iraq were