# ‘Growing ambitions’: Kendall on Houthis’ push for recognition as Yemen’s ‘legitimate’ leaders

https://mins.news/en/video/100184

- France 24 English, 2026-10-14 17:18 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7gldDdBmfQ

> Elizabeth Kendall, a Middle East specialist and president of Girton College, University of Cambridge, says the Houthis’ high-risk confrontation with Saudi Arabia is aimed at winning political legitimacy. She describes their increasingly bold military operations as tools of political coercion, not simply expressions of ideological hostility or Iranian influence.

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