U.S. Has Been at War in Yemen for 20 Years. Houthis Can Still Choke Red Sea.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked two oil tankers in the Red Sea on Monday with ballistic missiles and a one-way attack drone, according to U.S. Central Command, which characterized the strikes as “reckless acts of terrorism.”
The U.S. responded on Tuesday with an airstrike on a “Houthi missile system” that the U.S. claimed “presented an imminent threat to U.S. and coalition forces,...