00:00The conflict between the Houthis of Yemen and Saudi Arabia risks escalating
00:05a new and extremely dangerous level.
00:08Years of relative calm could give way to large-scale hostilities, and the Houthis
00:13In Sanaa they are preparing to open a new front directly on the border with the Kingdom
00:18Saudi Arabia, extending the climbing zone far beyond the Red Sea.
00:23According to the Lebanese newspaper Al-Ajbar, which is linked to Hezbollah and the Iranian bloc, the Houthis
00:29They intend to respond to any pressure from Riyadh by escalating hostilities.
00:33south of Saudi Arabia, mainly to the regions of Hizan and Nairan.
00:39This scenario would mark the definitive collapse of the tacit ceasefire agreements that
00:44They have kept direct border clashes at bay in recent years.
00:49Sanaa's concerns would be well-founded.
00:52According to media reports, Saudi Arabia has begun actively moving reinforcements.
00:57military personnel and weapons to the allied Yemeni forces.
01:01Specifically, supplies have resumed to representatives of the Al-Isla party and other groups.
01:07Salafists, and the salaries of loyalist units have been restored in several provinces.
01:13The Houthis view this activity as a clear preparation for a land invasion.
01:19The threat of a large-scale ground campaign inside Yemen is becoming increasingly real.
01:24more obvious.
01:26Al-Jazeera, citing its own military sources, notes that the current concentration of forces
01:31action by the internationally recognized Yemeni government could lead to a large-scale operation
01:37against the Houthis as early as this year.
01:40Yemeni local forces are expected to bear the brunt of the fighting, while
01:46that Saudi Arabia will provide logistical, financial and military support.
01:51Amid these preparations, the Houthis have taken preventative measures.
01:56In recent weeks, they announced a so-called naval blockade.
02:00They intensified attacks against Saudi oil tankers and launched a series of strikes against
02:05oil infrastructure.
02:06As Al-Ajbar points out, the insurgents are using the threat to Saudi oil exports
02:13as its main lever of economic pressure on Riyadh.
02:17The Houthis have already openly warned that any attempt at a large-scale ground offensive will be met with hostility.
02:23will provoke harsh retaliatory blows against the kingdom's strategic energy targets.
02:29The Houthis have developed three fundamental principles to confront Saudi Arabia by force.
02:35Mirror lock
02:37The closure of maritime routes and the restriction of navigation to Saudi commercial and civilian vessels
02:43in response to similar actions by Riyadh
02:46Attacks against infrastructure
02:48Systematic attacks against military bases
02:51Deployments of Saudi strategic equipment and facilities
02:56Sovereignty without concessions
02:57The cessation of any attempt to invade the territory, sea or airspace of Yemen
03:03In a single month, the Houthis claimed to have destroyed eight Saudi oil tankers.
03:08Five in the Red Sea and three in the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea
03:13According to their own statements, these attacks forced nearly 50 commercial vessels to seek refuge.
03:19to urgently modify their routes
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