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The Houthis Have Found America's Weak Spot

By honoring a ceasefire with Washington while bombing Riyadh, Tehran's proxy is splitting the Gulf security architecture without ever formally breaking it.

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Fatima Abo Alasrar
Sep 22, 2026
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This month, the U.S.-Iran war spilled into a new arena, and Yemen, along with Saudi Arabia, will carry the scars for years. The Iran-backed Houthis now hold most of the Yemeni coast along the Bab al-…

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