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Home / Yemen / Yemen’s Houthis emerge from Gaza war emboldened, and with more enemies
Yemen, Air power, Deterrence, Iran, Middle East, Military analysis, Naval power

February 13, 2025

Yemen’s Houthis emerge from Gaza war emboldened, and with more enemies

“No longer content to focus their sights just on Yemen, [the Houthis’] growing ambitions to fill the void left by Iran’s crumbling axis cannot be ignored,” wrote Beth Sanner, a former U.S. deputy director of national intelligence, and Jennifer Kavanagh, senior fellow and director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, in an article for Foreign Policy last month.

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