The Iran-backed Houthis are no longer a rag-tag army Why have they been attacking ships in the Red Sea? Image:Map of Middle East The Houthis claim the attacks are aimed at ending the air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip following the 7 October attacks byHamas. Seve...
Meanwhile, Lebanese Hezbollah fighters have launched strikes on northern Israel, pro-Syrian regime fighters are hitting US bases in Syria, and Iraq's armed units are attacking American forces not just in Iraq but US bases in Jordan too. The ability of these Axis of Resistanc...
On Jan. 3, the United States and 13 other nations delivered an ultimatum to the Houthis, the Yemeni rebel group that has turned into the country’s de-facto authorities: Stopattacking civilian vessels in the Red Seaor face the consequences. The group has been carrying out the attacks ...
And, if I don’t miss my guess, this trouble will spread off campus, for campus is where what is ideologically “cool” begins. (As Andrew Sullivan said, “We’re all on campus now.”) Arresting or expelling the protestors won’t solve the problem, for arrested protes...
How Yemen’s new government will look is still unclear, if it’s going to have a functioning government at all. If the Houthis take the lead, that would mean Shiites ruling a country that’s mostly Sunni. While the Houthis and previous government both fought against al Qaeda, this insta...