Yemen’s fragile truce faces its biggest test in years after Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia followed airstrikes linked to an Iranian flight dispute, raising fears that regional tensions could reignite the country’s long-running conflictAP|A truce that ended nearly a decade of war in Yemen has mostly held since 2022. It is being severely tested four years later, as tensions tied to the war in Iran risk spilling over.The civil war in Yemen that began in 2014 eventually pitted Iran-backed Houthi rebels against a Saudi-led coalition supporting the country’s government. While the Iran war that began on Feb. 28 reignited all sorts of regional rivalries, the peace between the Houthis and Saudis had mostly prevailed, until Monday.GalleryHouthi supporters rally in Sanaa, Yemen (Photo: Mohammed Huwais/AFP)Yemen, one of the world’s poorest countries, is still recovering from the civil war that plunged parts of the nation into famine.Yemen’s civil war began in 2014 when the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen and forced the government into exile.A Saudi-led coalition intervened the following year to try to restore the government to power. The country is now divided between the Houthi-controlled north and a southern region mostly ruled by the internationally recognized government.Tensions began to flare earlier this month when the Houthis accused Saudi Arabia of trying to prevent an Iranian plane from carrying a Houthi delegation to Tehran for the funeral of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.When the plane returned to Yemen on Monday, Saudi Arabia attacked the Sanaa airport to prevent it from landing, the Houthis said. The plane was diverted and landed safely at another airport.Saudi Arabian officials did not respond to a request for comment about the airstrikes in Yemen.