The Middle East is sliding into another storm, more uncertain than any in recent memory. What began as limited clashes between Israel and Iran is now reshaping the regionβs power balance. In this tense moment, Yemenβs Houthis are drifting toward danger. The Israeli strike that wiped out much of their Cabinet did more than kill leaders; it destroyed their aura of invincibility and revealed how much they had relied on Iranβs weakening power.
For years, the Houthis called themselves the vanguard of resistance, guardians of faith and sovereignty against foreign threats. Since the strike, that image has crumbled. Their defiance has turned inward, replaced by suspicion and revenge. Obsessed with control, Houthi leaders now purge their ranks, chase imagined traitors and silence dissent. What once claimed to be a movement of liberation has become an inward-looking regime feeding on fear.
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