The United States and the United Kingdom launched military operations in Yemen in reprisal for the Houthis’ string of attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
Based in Yemen, the Houthis, a group affiliated with Iran, have denounced these acts as “barbaric,” claiming that their own assaults are a response to Israel’s airstrikes in Gaza and the seeming lack of response from the international community.
The Houthis are who, then? And how would the most recent uptick impact Yemen’s already precarious domestic peace?
