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October 29, 2026
Yemen’s Houthis are bringing their war to Saudi Arabia – and reframing the narrative of being an Iranian proxy
Geopolitics

Yemen’s Houthis are bringing their war to Saudi Arabia – and reframing the narrative of being an Iranian proxy

Yemen is spiralling into another civil war that could swiftly engulf in the entire region
Geopolitics

Yemen is spiralling into another civil war that could swiftly engulf in the entire region

Houthi advance boosts Iran’s leverage over the US and Saudi Arabia – but may cost rebel group its legitimacy back in Yemen
Geopolitics

Houthi advance boosts Iran’s leverage over the US and Saudi Arabia – but may cost rebel group its legitimacy back in Yemen

Geopolitics

Yemen’s Houthis are bringing their war to Saudi Arabia – and reframing the narrative of being an Iranian proxy

A deadly bombing at Riyadh’s international airport is the latest in a tit-for-tat retaliation campaign the Houthis have ramped up for weeks.

Laurent Bonnefoy
October 19, 2026
Yemen’s Houthis are bringing their war to Saudi Arabia – and reframing the narrative of being an Iranian proxy
Geopolitics

Yemen is spiralling into another civil war that could swiftly engulf in the entire region

Turkey and Pakistan are poised to send troops to Saudi Arabia, but so far the Trump administration has avoided getting involved.

Geopolitics

Houthi advance boosts Iran’s leverage over the US and Saudi Arabia – but may cost rebel group its legitimacy back in Yemen

Seizure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait complicates a widening conflict in the Persian Gulf. It also risks reigniting Yemen’s civil war.

Geopolitics

Yemen Risks Being Pulled into Wider Regional War, UN Envoy Warns Security Council

The UN Special Envoy for Yemen has told the Security Council that the country faces a greater risk of returning to large-scale conflict than at any point since the 2022 UN-mediated truce, as Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping lanes deepen Yemen's entanglement with the wider regional confrontation. A separate UN humanitarian briefing warned that 6 million Yemenis are experiencing emergency levels of deprivation, while the humanitarian appeal remains just barely 20 per cent funded.

Geopolitics

UN Envoy Warns Security Council That Yemen Risks Being Drawn Into Regional War as Houthi Attacks Escalate

The UN Special Envoy for Yemen has told the Security Council that the country faces a greater risk of returning to large-scale conflict than at any point since the 2022 UN-mediated truce, as Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping imperil global trade and threaten to pull Yemen into the wider Middle East war. The UN's humanitarian coordinator separately warned that 6 million Yemenis are experiencing emergency levels of deprivation, with the humanitarian appeal just barely 20 per cent funded.

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