Will Yemen's Houthis join the Mideast war?

A man gestures as supporters of Yemen's Huthi rebels take part in the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally, a commemoration in support of the Palestinian people on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in Sanaa on March 13, 2026. Yemen's Houthi rebels on March 9, welcomed Iran's ruling clerics appointing their slain leader's son as the country's new supreme leader, calling it a major blow for the Islamic republic's enemies as it fights a war with the United States and Israel.

 Mohammed HUWAIS

With assault rifles, daggers and posters of Iran's late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waving in the air as tens of thousands chant "death to America, death to Israel", there's little mistaking where the loyalties of Yemen's Houthis lie. 

But will the battle-hardened militia backed by the Islamic republic join the war with the United States and Israel?

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