A Houthi official was quoted as saying :
The decision to stand alongside Iran has been made; we are monitoring the situation with our finger on the trigger.
Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Political Bureau of Yemen’s “Ansar Allah” movement ( The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah) , affirmed that the decision to stand alongside Iran “has already been made,” and that they are “monitoring the situation.”
In statements made to Al-Mayadeen, al-Bukhaiti asserted that “Iran has the right to target all American bases in the region from which it is being struck,” noting that “all accusations previously leveled against Iran have collapsed today
Al-Bukhaiti added: “Everyone in the region must condemn the American aggression and stand alongside Iran in this confrontation,” emphasizing that “the target today is not Iran alone, but rather all Arab and Islamic nations.”
The Houthi Political Bureau member continued: “I address all the peoples of the region: we must wage this battle—which has been forced upon us—until we are able to dictate our own terms,” adding, “This is a decisive battle that will result in the triumph of justice.”
Furthermore, Mohammed al-Bukhaiti stressed that “the United States is not concerned with the safety of the Gulf states; rather, it seeks to entangle them in wars against Iran.”
The Houthis, a Zaydi Shiite group in Yemen, are widely considered a key ally of Iran as part of its ” Axis of Resistance ” , like Hezbollah in Lebanon and Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq . Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provides its proxy with training, weapons, and funding, enabling the group to conduct maritime attacks and build localized military-industrial capabilities.
The Houthis demonstrated significant missile and drone capabilities, attacking oil installations and vital infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Why now ?
On March 5, Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al-Houthi said his group was ready to strike at any moment.
“Regarding military escalation and action, our fingers are on the trigger at any moment should developments warrant it,” he said in a televised speech. But unlike Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Iraqi armed groups, they have not made any formal announcement of joining the war until today.
Houthi religious doctrine does not adhere to Iran’s supreme leader in the same way Hezbollah and the Iraqi groups do.
While Iran champions the Houthis as part of its regional “Axis of Resistance”, Yemen experts say the movement is motivated primarily by a domestic agenda though they share a political affinity with Iran and Hezbollah.
Observers have been split on what course of action the Houthis, a notoriously mercurial group, may take.
Some diplomats and analysts believe they may have already undertaken individual attacks on targets in neighbouring states, YL could not substantiate those claims.
Al Nashra Translated from Arabic and Ya Libnan
