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Eurasia Review Says US Must Incorporate Houthi Threat Into Iran Strategy After Riyadh Strikes
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Houthis intensified missile and drone strikes on targets in Saudi Arabia, including Riyadh-area capacity. US policy should incorporate the Houthi threat into Iran-focused regional strategy.
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Houthis as Iran’s arm
Eurasia Review argued that the intensification of Houthi military operations across Yemen and into Saudi Arabia in recent weeks shows the US must incorporate the Houthi threat into its Iran strategy. Eurasia Review said the Iran-backed Houthi forces this month launched missile and drone strikes on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, killing more than a dozen people and wounding hundreds, and it said an attack on Yemeni government training camps killed as many as 73 recruits. Eurasia Review also said the US should treat the Houthis as an operational extension, writing that the Houthis function as an arm of the Iranian government.
Eurasia Review warned that when a terrorist or militia group reaches the stage of systematically attacking civilians, limited defensive measures or a purely diplomatic approach are insufficient, and it argued a strong military response is necessary to degrade the group’s capacity to project force. Eurasia Review concluded that weakening proxies is equivalent to weakening Iran, and it said Tehran has little incentive to negotiate seriously while forward proxies continue to operate with effect.
Trump, ports, and escalation
Bloomberg News, citing British officials, said London was concerned about the readiness of U.S. President Donald Trump to launch a new attack on Iran.
Trump announced he spoke by phone with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and that Iran was discussed during the conversation “very briefly.”
Bloomberg wrote that British officials feared a new strike on Iran could disrupt energy supplies further and increase inflationary pressures.
الشرق للأخبار quoted Trump saying, “We can end this very quickly,” and it added that Trump wondered whether Washington should “settle it or let it fizzle out gradually.”
الشرق للأخبار further said Trump told reporters, “We can seize all the oil in Iran,” and it said he added, “We will take out whatever oil we want through the Strait of Hormuz.”
Strait of Hormuz and conditions
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi detailed a “seven-day plan” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume talks with the United States in an op-ed published in the British Financial Times. Araghchi’s account said “the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened on the sixth day” and that “negotiations will resume to reach the final agreement starting on the seventh day.” Araghchi said “America has no military solution,” and it said he argued Iran’s geographic position gives it leverage over maritime movement through the Strait of Hormuz.
Mohsen Rezaei emphasized during his meeting with Pakistan's army chief that “not a single gram of Iran's enriched uranium would leave the country.” Fox News also said Abbas Araghchi made reopening the Strait of Hormuz conditional upon acceptance of Tehran's proposed plan, and it warned that Tehran was seeking to preserve its instruments of coercion ahead of the Nov.