The Houthis are Holding the World to Ransom Through the Red Sea Attacks

The Houthis – whose flag proclaims, among other things, “Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews” – operate from the chunk of western Yemen that they have seized from Yemen’s Internationally Recognized Government (IRG), comprised of Yemeni state institutions recognized by the international community since February 2015. It is a well-populated area, home to the capital, Sana’a, and a great length of coastline bordering the Red Sea, including the vital port of Hodeidah. For the past 10 years the Houthis, intent on extending their grip over the entire country, have been locked in a civil war which, despite various…