# Iran’s ‘new Hezbollah’: How powerful are the Houthis now?

https://mins.news/en/item/64765

- DW, 2026-09-18 19:22 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/iran-s-new-hezbollah-how-powerful-are-the-houthis-now/a-79331945?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Houthi victories in Yemen have raised the group’s importance in the US-Iran war. As Hezbollah has come under pressure from recent Israeli attacks, the Houthis have expanded control along Yemen’s coast and islands in the Red Sea, emerging as a potentially more valuable and dangerous force in Iran’s “axis of resistance.”

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