Houthis expand territory amid Saudi tensions
The gist
Houthis expanded territory and fired drones and missiles at Saudi targets, injuring 73 civilians.
The escalation tests a 2022 truce and risks pulling Riyadh back into full-scale war.
How it unfolded
- 2014Houthis seized Yemen's capital, Sanaa, triggering the Yemen civil war.
- 2015Saudi Arabia led a military intervention against the Houthis; the group had 30,000 fighters.
- 2022A UN-brokered truce began, after which direct hostilities largely subsided.