# Yemen: Houthis test Iran’s regional influence

https://mins.news/en/video/56622

- France 24 English, 2026-09-13 13:28 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4CuMaH6F18

> Iran-backed Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia have intensified as fighting spreads around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial route for global trade and oil shipments. Farea Al-Muslimi of the Sanaa Center for Strategic Studies said this could be “the last round in Yemen’s current war,” while examining the Houthis’ links to Iran and the pressure their attacks on US allies are placing on Washington.

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