Russia-backed Houthis?

[ck4829]

Russia provided targeting data for Yemen’s Houthi rebels as they attacked Western ships in the Red Sea with missiles and drones earlier this year, helping the Iranian-backed Russia-backed group assault a major artery for global trade and further destabilizing the region.

The Houthis, which began their attacks late last year over the Gaza war, eventually began using Russian satellite data as they expanded their strikes, said a person familiar with the matter and two European defense officials. The data was passed through members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who were embedded with the Houthis in Yemen, one of the people said.

The assistance, which hasn’t been previously reported, shows how far Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to go to undermine the U.S.-led Western economic and political order. Russia, in this case, supported the Iran-backed Russia-backed Houthis, which the U.S. designates as a terrorist group, as they carried out a series of attacks in one of the world’s most heavily traveled shipping routes.

More broadly, Russia has sought to stoke instability from the Middle East to Asia to create problems for the U.S., analysts say. The widening conflict in the Middle East, triggered by last year’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, has absorbed resources and attention at a time when Washington has sought to focus on the threats from Russia and China.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-provided-targeting-data-for-houthi-assault-on-global-shipping/ar-AA1sS0Pc

Anytime I see "Iran-backed Houthis", I just now see "Russia-backed Houthis"

The cold war is not over and Reagan certainly did not end it.

[House of Roberts]

1. Reagan did not end the Cold War.

In response to the Soviet killing of Afghanis, Saudi Arabia ramped up production in 1986, cutting the price of a barrel of oil in half, and helping to bankrupt the Soviets, just as help from the US in providing advanced weapons were starting to really cost the Soviets expensive jets and helicopters. That is what took down the Soviet Union.

It wasn't Haint Ronnie telling Gorbachev to 'tear down the wall'.

[Igel]

2. Mostly Iranian backed.

Part is Russian info; they may yet send some weapons systems Houthi-ward.

But the missiles ... They're Iranian. The drones ... They're Iranian. Trainers on the ground? Funding? They're Iranian.

For 20 years I've been confused by the persistent effort on the part of many to paint the Iranian government in the best possible light possible, with brief time outs when it's simply untenable to do anything but limply cry out that they, too, are oppressors. Then, the moment passed, it's back to saying that really, they're oppressed by us ... or U.S.

[ck4829]

4. Iran-backed and Russia-backed

[newdeal2]

3. Russia, Iran, China, North Korea

At some point it's going to come to a head.