frank, just explain who the houthis are and why they are targeting these ships? the are and why they are targeting these shi s? ., , ., ., ., ., ships? the houthis are an iranian backed militia ships? the houthis are an iranian backed militia who ships? the houthis are an iranian backed militia who took- ships? the houthis are an iranian backed militia who took over - ships? the houthis are an iranian i backed militia who took over control of most of yemen 9 years ago in a big clue which cloudy arabia and western countries have been trying unsuccessfully to reverse a big coup. they control the coast of yemen and they have already previously some weeks earlier fired missiles towards israel. these were also shut down by a us guided missile destroyer in the red sea. they have said that in support of their brothers in hamas, in their words, they would not allow israeli shipping to pass by their coast. and theyissued shipping to pass by their coast. and they issued a warnin