Yemen’s Houthis Have Entered the Iran War. What You Need To Know
The Iran-backed group opens a new front in the regional conflict—and could soon target Red Sea shipping again.

The Houthis said they had launched ballistic missiles at Israel and would continue operations until strikes on Iran and its proxy militant groups such as Hezbollah in Lebanon stop.
The Iran-backed group opens a new front in the regional conflict—and could soon target Red Sea shipping again.
Oil prices climbed above $116 per barrel after markets opened Sunday, as Iran-backed Houthi militants fired missiles and drones at Israel over the weekend and promised to continue attacks.Why it matters: The increase came as the war moved into its fifth week, showing little sign of abating despite President Trump's talk of diplomacy. Driving the news: The…
The Houthis, an Iranian-backed militant group in Yemen, entered the widening conflict in the Middle East Saturday, launching an unsuccessful missile attack on Israel. Meanwhile, about 3,500 more U.S. troops have arrived in the Middle East. Holly Williams reports.
Bulwark editor Sam Stein and podcaster Tim Miller took turns agonizing over Iran’s timely hack of FBI Director Kash Patel’s email. The attack, they said, revealed the mess of President Donald Trumpo’s low-quality staff and laid another case for his people’s lack of preparation for the Iran war.“… [W]e picked the time of this war and yet simultaneously the…