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...The Houthis, who control much of Yemen, are one element of the Iran-linked Axis of Resistance that has come to the fore since the October 7 attack that sparked the Gaza war....
...Houthi rebels in Yemen have also targeted merchant ships and US naval vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden....
...The group has launched 99 attacks in the Red Sea and surrounding waters — affecting 15 commercial ships, including four American vessels — since October....
...The attacks have been carried out by a shadowy group known as the “Islamic Resistance of Iraq”....
...They are in a battered red notebook filled with handwritten notes, sitting in the back of a car....
...The Houthis are part of the Iran-backed “axis of resistance” to Israel and have launched the attacks in response to Israel’s war in Gaza....
...As well as Hizbollah’s clashes with Israel, Houthi rebels in Yemen have attacked merchant ships in the Red Sea and Iran-supported militants have fired missiles and drones against US forces in Iraq and Syria...
...But in today’s context, it has — so far — been considered to be contained, even as both sides have struck deeper and deeper into each other’s territory beyond invisible red lines....
...The Houthis are part of the so-called Axis of Resistance of Iran-backed groups that also includes Hamas....
...The Houthi strikes are part of growing anti-US activities by Iran’s so-called “axis of resistance”, a loosely affiliated network of militant groups that includes Hamas and Lebanon’s Hizbollah....
...Lebanon’s Hizbollah, another arm of the Axis of Resistance, has also clashed with Israel on their shared border while Houthi rebels in Yemen have attacked shipping in the Red Sea....
...The US last month launched a campaign of missile strikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, who had attacked commercial shipping in the Red Sea....
...Tehran has insisted that militant groups within its Axis of Resistance — which also includes Hamas and Lebanon’s Hizbollah — act independently....
...The targeting of shipping in the Red Sea by Houthi rebels in Yemen has badly disrupted one of the world’s important maritime trade routes....
...For evidence, look no further than Yemen, where the Houthis continue to threaten international shipping in the Red Sea, the Bab-el-Mandeb straits and Arabian Sea despite multiple rounds of US air strikes...
...It has also been attacking Houthi targets in Yemen in an effort to degrade the rebel group’s ability to continue targeting commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea....
...Iran is the chief backer of forces opposed to Israel that it has dubbed the “axis of resistance”, which includes the Houthis, Hizbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, as well as militant groups in Syria and...
...However, the attack on Sunday crossed a red line and may force Washington to reassess, said the senior western diplomat....
...Tehran’s mission to the UN depicted the strike as part of clashes “between the US army and resistance groups in the region, who reciprocally confront each other”....
...“But it’s important not to oversell Iran’s position in the region or its investments in the Axis of Resistance.”...
...The US has also been drawn into combat with Iranian-backed Houthis who have launched attacks against Israel and commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden....
...The Houthis, who control northern Yemen, have become one of the most active factions in Tehran’s so-called Axis of Resistance since the war between Israel and Hamas erupted on October 7....
...In Iraq and Syria, US forces have come under repeated assault by a newly created group of Iran-backed militias known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq....
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