This is how Iran and the Houthis destroyed their own countries
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Yemen suffered continuous civil wars 60 years ago. In the north, religious currents were dominant, while the south had a secular Marxist system. The two sides clashed, leading to civil wars in 1972 and 1979. Subsequently, a series of failed Yemeni governments emerged in the 1970s and 1980s, and the country entered another civil war in 1994. Meanwhile, the Zaydis, a religious sect comprising 40 percent of Yemen’s population, felt marginalized during the 1990s.
When the so-called "Arab Spring" emerged in 2011, the Zaidi group, or more accurately the Houthis, gained confidence. They established their own mini-state in Saada, northern Yemen, with its own executive bodies, schools, and police. They even went so far as to demand changes to the Yemeni government, disregarding the human and material losses resulting from their reckless actions.
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The living conditions in Yemen deteriorated, and in 2015, a draft constitution proposed a federal system for Yemen. This divided parliament members into northern and southern factions. The Houthis rejected the federal system, arguing that the constitution would grant them a region with scarce resources, no sea access, and exclude them from government positions. In 2015, they seized control of the capital, Sana’a, and moved to take over other cities. Lacking a plan to govern Yemen, the Yemeni president sought assistance from neighboring countries. Saudi Arabia formed a coalition in March 2015, which included some Arab forces participating in battles against the Houthis. However, they failed to expel them from Sana’a.
The Houthis began attacking coalition ships in the Red Sea using Iranian-made missiles. On November 4, 2017, they launched a missile toward Riyadh, which Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed in mid-air. The Houthis also rejected three rounds of peace talks organized by the United Nations. They occupied western Yemen, covering an area 200 kilometers wide and 300 kilometers long.
On April 9, 2020, Saudi Arabia proposed a ceasefire initiative, but the Houthis persisted in their defiance, violating the truce. The Yemeni people suffered disasters due to this war: thousands died, many homes were destroyed, and many live in misery, facing food shortages or famine.
The Houthis have continued using drones to bomb cities in Saudi Arabia. On March 22, 2021, Saudi Arabia presented a peace initiative to end the war in Yemen, which received global welcome. Saudi Arabia is a peace-loving nation, but the Houthis disregarded this and continued launching drone attacks against it, receiving support from Iran, which does not wish well for the peoples of the region.
The Houthis did not consider rebuilding their country with Gulf funds. Instead, they continued their aggression, launching drones that struck Abu Dhabi on January 17, 2022, causing casualties and injuries. Yesterday, they announced targeting two Saudi ships and blocking the passage of ten others.
Thus, it becomes clear that Gulf countries are peace-loving nations, whereas the Houthi group is an ignorant, foolish gang that desires no good for its own country or for Arabs. It has been proven that Houthi aggression, backed by Iran, against Gulf countries is old, predating the current dispute between the United States and Iran.
On July 23, amid escalating American pressure on Tehran, Iran called on the Houthis to intensify pressures in the Red Sea if the United States expanded its military operations against Iran.
Iran did not stop there; it instructed its allied militias in Iran and Iraq to launch missiles and drones against Gulf countries, causing material and human damage. Thus, the gang of evil continues its tyranny.
