Current sectionMiddle East NewsAnalysis The Houthis are attacking ships sailing through the Red Sea as part of the implementation of the blockade on Saudi Arabia. This is an integrated war in which Iranian interests are linked with Houthi ones, but one in which the Houthis determine prioritiesShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeAugust 13, 2026Updated:09:05 AM IDTMira Saddam Hussein was beside herself with rage. In May, a group of armed men led by a senior Houthi official took control of her house and other assets she owns in the affluent al-Haddah neighborhood of Sanaa, Yemen's capital. They kicked her out of her house and told her that from now on it was theirs.CommentsIn the NewsThe Hormuz Model Moves to the Red Sea – and Yemen's Houthis Determine Its RulesOren Nahari, Veteran Journalist Who Brought the World to Israel, Dies at 70Netanyahu Is Sabotaging Trump's Gaza Plan. Will the President Care?Huckabee Calls Jewish Settlers Besieging Palestinian Family 'Israeli Terrorists'How Dare Expat Israelis Come Back Home to Vote? Against Bibi, That IsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI50 Years Ago, a Young Israeli Was Crowned the Most Beautiful Woman in the WorldIsrael's Leading Philosopher on Manipulation, Morality and the Future of ZionismWho Is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish Frontrunner to Become the Next UN Chief?'I Saw Pictures of Dead Kids. In the Army They Told Us We Only Kill Terrorists'Phones of Missing Israeli Mother, Daughter Last Traced Near Vienna Train StationIsrael Elections: How to Actually Read the Polls