# Who are the Iranian-backed Houthis?

https://mins.news/en/video/59867

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-15 19:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Q9zgEr1_U

> For more than a month, the Houthis have attacked Saudi oil infrastructure and shipping in the Red Sea, adding pressure on global oil prices and strengthening Iran’s leverage in its war with the United States. Their advances appear to have faced little resistance from Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces.

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