Revision History

On March 28, 2026, Yemen's Houthi movement fired ballistic missiles at Israel, formally entering the US-Israel war against Iran one month after it began. The move opens a third front in an expanding regional conflict, raises the specter of renewed Red Sea shipping disruptions, and revives longstanding questions about whether Iran's proxy networks operate as centrally directed instruments or autonomous actors with their own financial and political incentives. The humanitarian cost in Yemen — already home to 19.5 million people in need — threatens to compound one of the world's worst crises.