The Houthis may soon discover the limits of Saudi strategic patience
- The Houthi declaration that they intend to block Saudi shipping and vessels bound for Saudi ports in the Red Sea is not another act of revolutionary theatre.
- It is Iran’s latest attempt to test Saudi Arabia’s strategic patience through one of its most capable regional proxies.
- That is a dangerous gamble because Riyadh has spent nearly a decade avoiding the wider regional war that Tehran increasingly appears determined to provoke.
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- The Houthi declaration that they intend to block Saudi shipping and vessels bound for Saudi ports in the Red Sea is not another act of revolutionary theatre.
- It is Iran’s latest attempt to test Saudi Arabia’s strategic patience through one of its most capable regional proxies.
- That is a dangerous gamble because Riyadh has spent nearly a decade avoiding the wider regional war that Tehran increasingly appears determined to provoke.
Sources: Al Jazeera