# Former envoy warns Houthis are becoming a global threat beyond Iran’s control

https://mins.news/en/item/102254

- Fox News, 2026-10-15 22:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/houthis-emerge-global-threat-iran-control-saudi-attacks-says-former-envoy

> Former U.S. Yemen envoy Tim Lenderking warned that the Houthis are acting increasingly independently of Tehran and improving their strike capabilities, posing an international security threat. A spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition said Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport from Oct. 7 to 11 killed 17 people and injured 333.

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