For years, Yemen appeared to have slipped away from the centre of West Asian politics. The war had never really ended, but the truce reached in 2022 reduced large-scale fighting and created an uneasy condition of neither war nor peace. That relative calm has now collapsed. The Houthis, or Ansar Allah, have returned to the battlefield with a speed that has shocked their adversaries. Their recent capture of important areas along Yemen’s Red Sea coast has brought them closer to controlling one of the world’s most sensitive maritime passages.
This resurgence comes amid the wider US-Iran war. What began as another round of regional confrontation has opened new opportunities for the Houthis. Their gains raise a larger question: has a movement that began in the mountains of northern Yemen become a regional power capable of shaping security in the Gulf and the Red Sea?
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