OPINION - The case for calm about airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen
by Robbie Smith
Jan 12, 2024
3 minutes
Britain launched airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen overnight and the big question today is about escalation.
It looks like fears that the Israel-Gaza conflict could metastasize into a wider war in the Middle East could become true.
But that is to misread, I believe, some fundamental aspects of what’s happening in the . In short, this is a specifically Yemeni and Houthi issue – part of a vicious conflict that has been going on.
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