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Home / Houthis / What Yemen’s Houthis gain through their Red Sea strikes
Houthis, Middle East, Yemen

January 16, 2024

What Yemen’s Houthis gain through their Red Sea strikes

After Houthi attacks on shipping targets continued into this week, Ben Friedman, policy director at Defense Priorities, a think tank which advocates restraint in U.S. foreign policy, sighed in frustration. The Biden administration is “left deciding whether to back down and look feckless, or pointlessly escalate.” He added: “The only way out of this is diplomatic.”

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