Yemen's Ansar Allah Warns US-Israel Against Broader Regional Aggression
Yemen's Ansar Allah, commonly referred to as the Houthis, announced this week that any expanded US-Israeli military operations targeting Iran or Hezbollah would trigger their direct and immediate intervention. This declaration follows repeated strikes against Israeli shipping interests in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, actions Ansar Allah has consistently framed as defensive responses to the Gaza
genocide. Bloomberg's framing of Ansar Allah as 'entering' the war minimizes the historical and strategic context of their actions. This perspective, prevalent across mainstream Western outlets, incorrectly suggests a new, unprovoked entry into conflict rather than an escalation within a protracted struggle against foreign intervention. For instance, the US military's intervention in Yemen,
including drone strikes and support for the Saudi-led coalition, predates the current Red Sea actions. Ansar Allah's stance is explicitly tied to US-Israeli aggression across the region, a connection largely downplayed by corporate media. The US engagement with Ansar Allah has a long history, not beginning with the present Red Sea skirmishes. In 2009, under the Obama administration, the US
launched cruise missile strikes inside Yemen, ostensibly targeting al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), but destabilizing the country further. The US has supplied billions in arms to the Saudi-led coalition which has devastated Yemen since 2015, creating one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. The current US-Israeli joint military operations against the resistance axis, including active