The Guardian view on the Houthi advance in Yemen: another vital Middle East artery becomes a battlefield | Editorial
But the country’s civilians are paying the highest priceWed 16 Sep 2026 13.36 EDTLast modified on Wed 16 Sep 2026 13.38 EDTShareEven in a region beset by turmoil and learning to expect the unexpected, the lightning advance of Yemen’s Houthis along the Red Sea coast has shocked observers. More than 100,000 people have been forced to flee in a country where immiseration and displacement have become routine and half the population depend on humanitarian aid. Now drone strikes – blamed on an Iran-backed militia in Iraq – have shut the pipeline: on one estimate, a month-long closure could cut global crude supply by 120m barrels.
- ▪But the country’s civilians are paying the highest priceWed 16 Sep 2026 13.36 EDTLast modified on Wed 16 Sep 2026 13.38 EDTShareEven in a region beset by turmoil and learning to expect the unexpected, the lightning advance of Yemen’s Houthi
- ▪More than 100,000 people have been forced to flee in a country where immiseration and displacement have become routine and half the population depend on humanitarian aid.
- ▪Now drone strikes – blamed on an Iran-backed militia in Iraq – have shut the pipeline: on one estimate, a month-long closure could cut global crude supply by 120m barrels.
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‘The Houthis are not mere proxies for Tehran, but their interests are increasingly aligned.’ Photograph: Houthi Military Media/ReutersView image in fullscreen‘The Houthis are not mere proxies for Tehran, but their interests are increasingly aligned.’ Photograph: Houthi Military Media/ReutersOpinionHouthisThe Guardian view on the Houthi advance in Yemen: another vital Middle East artery becomes a battlefieldEditorialThe extraordinary success of the rebels, and Saudi counterstrikes, threaten economic havoc. But the country’s civilians are paying the highest priceWed 16 Sep 2026 13.36 EDTLast modified on Wed 16 Sep 2026 13.38 EDTShareEven in a region beset by turmoil and learning to expect the unexpected, the lightning advance of Yemen’s Houthis along the Red Sea coast has shocked observers.
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