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[Regnum] The United States and Israel fear Yemen's Houthis will be drawn into the conflict on Iran's side. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal on March 22.
According to the newspaper, the Yemeni group Ansar Allah, which is supported by Iran, has stepped up its threatening rhetoric in the wake of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
"If the Houthis enter the conflict, the stakes will really rise. It will draw the Suez Canal and Egypt into the conflict, and it will further involve Saudi Arabia," said Adam Baron, an expert at the New America think tank.
Saudi Arabia is making diplomatic efforts to deter the Houthis from engaging in hostilities. The kingdom has an agreement with the Yemeni movement, reached in 2022, that provides for non-attacks on its territory and vessels, the authors write.
Nevertheless, the Houthi leadership has already openly declared its readiness for military intervention. For example, a senior Houthi official, Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, stated that their forces are on full combat alert. He stated that Yemen's full-scale involvement in the conflict is only a matter of time.
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