The Houthis are Back in Action.
After months of quiet following the Gaza ceasefire, the group has resumed attacks on Red Sea shipping — with a larger arsenal, better targeting, and ambitions that now reach beyond Yemen's coast.
Simon Whistler • July 22, 2026
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When it comes to the recent conflict in the middle east there's one key player that's been quiet suspiciously quiet we're speaking of yemen's houthi rebels who despite being all the talk in foreign policy circle a few years ago have basically been keeping to themselves save for a few rocket launchers to remind the world that they are still there that is
Until yesterday according to their own leadership the houthis are very much back in action and while their target this time seems to be exclusively saudi arabia their entry is raising all sorts of alarm bells as to what exactly this could mean for their role in the region going forward blockading the blockade in the early hours of monday the houthis chief
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