Houthis' escalating attacks on Saudi Arabia give Iran leverage in the Middle East – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

Houthis’ escalating attacks on Saudi Arabia give Iran leverage in the Middle East  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

The war between the U.S. and Iran widens into a larger regional conflict, reigniting a civil war in Yemen and a decadelong conflict between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia. The ongoing war between the U.S. and Iran has widened into a larger regional war, reigniting a civil war in Yemen and a decadelong conflict between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia. Over the past few weeks, the Iran-backed Houthis — an extremist political and military organization that controls the capital and large swaths of Yemen — have escalated their attacks by launching drones and missiles at international shipping lanes in the Red Sea and targets in Saudi Arabia. In a telephone call with Fox News, President Donald Trump said Sunday the U.S.

was in constant communication with the rebel group and said that the Houthis had so far agreed not to fight the United States. The president added that he was in "deciding mode" on what to do in the larger war with Iran. Last week, Trump said the Houthis had called the U.S. and "they don't want to fight with us." "They would much prefer not having us involved, and they're letting most ships go through," he said. Despite these public assurances, Trump reportedly came close to ordering military strikes against the Houthis in Yemen this weekend after Saudi Crown