# Yemen’s Houthis are shifting the balance of power, analyst says

https://mins.news/en/video/70605

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-23 12:23 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af-MWYozG80

> As fighting persists between Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed government forces, the strategic Kahboub Mountains in southern Yemen have become a focus. Elisabeth Kendall, a Yemen analyst and president of Girton College at Cambridge, says recent pro-government gains there could curb Houthi confidence and challenge claims of the group’s success. But she said the Houthis’ advances…

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