Iran Is Giving Houthis Targeting and Intelligence for Attacks on Saudi Arabia

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   Iran Provides Targeting Intelligence for Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia

   Iran is supplying Yemen's Houthi movement with targeting intelligence, training, and tactical guidance to facilitate sophisticated attacks against Saudi Arabia and its Yemeni allies. According to reports citing intelligence from Saudi Arabia and the anti-Houthi alliance, this external assistance has enabled the Houthis to execute their most potent strikes to date. In response to the escalating threat, the United Kingdom announced on Tuesday that it is expanding military support for Saudi Arabia to include defensive air patrols by Royal Air Force jets.

   Why it matters

   The Houthis have used a varied arsenal to strike Saudi targets as part of a long-term cultivation effort by Iran. These attacks serve as a pressure point for Iran in the region and test the military limits of both Iranian and American power.

   What is confirmed

   • Iran is providing the Houthis with intelligence, training, and tactical guidance for attacks on Saudi Arabia.
   • The UK is expanding military support for Saudi Arabia to include defensive air patrols.

   Still unconfirmed

   • Recent Houthi military gains are undeniably based on external Iranian assistance, according to New America fellow Adam Baron.
   • Iran cultivated the Houthis for years before opening a new war front, according to a Yemeni insider.

   What to watch next

   • Details on the specific mission of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Middle East
   • Evidence of further expansion of the Houthi arsenal
   • Official Saudi responses to the UK air patrol deployment
   Sources used for this update (16)

   1. Financial Times — What do the Houthis want?
   2. Reuters — How the Houthis are helping Iran turn Saudi Arabia into a pressure point
   3. Newsweek — How Yemen’s Houthis Are Testing the Limits of Iran’s Power—And America’s
   4. WSJ — Iran Is Giving Houthis Targeting and Intelligence for Attacks on Saudi Arabia
   5. The Telegraph — The Houthis are Europe’s problem
   6. Iran International — Iran cultivated Houthis for years before opening new war front, Yemeni insider says
   7. WRAL — Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia show the Yemeni rebels' growing strength
   8. Dawn — The Houthis' varied arsenal used to strike Saudi Arabia
   9. www.iranintl.com — Iran giving Houthis targeting intelligence for Saudi attacks - WSJ
   10. www.iranintl.com — Iranian support helps Houthis mount sophisticated attacks on Saudi Arabia - WSJ
   11. Arab News — Are the Houthis nearing defeat?
   12. www.arabtimesonline.com — Iran Providing Houthis With Intelligence, Training for ...
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