Tensions rise as Yemen launches a missile at Israel after weeks of calm, while Houthi leadership signals readiness to join the Iran-linked conflict if escalation continues.
Rising tensions in West Asia may spread further as Yemen’s Houthis indicate readiness to support Iran, with strategic Red Sea routes emerging as a potential flashpoint.
The Houthis in Yemen have confirmed that their Prime Minister Ghalib al-Rahawi and a number of his ministers were eliminated during an Israeli airstrike on Thursday.
Yemen's Houthis, in a statement on Sunday, claimed responsibility for launching missile attacks towards Israel in the past 24 hours.
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the US will stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen as the insurgent group has "capitulated" and sent a word that it will stop attacking ships.
The Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, conveyed in a televised statement that they had fired a substantial number of ballistic missiles and drones at Israel.
Since the firing of the missiles, Yahya Sarea, the spokesperson of the Houthis, has advised foreign companies and investors to leave, saying the situation was not stable. The Houthis, he said, were prepared to “meet escalation with escalation”.
A US military official acknowledged the assistance of American Patriot missile batteries that prevented the Houthi missiles from striking targets in Abu Dhabi. The Houthi military spokesman, Yehia Sarei, confirmed the attacks, saying the rebels targeted several sites in the UAE with both Zulfiqar ballistic missiles and drones.
"The airstrikes targeted the rebel positions, gatherings and reinforcements on the frontlines in Sirwah district, killing 43 and destroying nine weapons-mounted vehicles,"
Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported 50 coalition airstrikes in the past 48 hours that targeted Houthi reinforcements and positions in Marib, noting that its forces have made important progress in Sirwah
