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Daily Briefing: TRUMP TAKES ON THE HOUTHIS

US forces target underground Houthi weapons storage sites in Yemen |SOURCE:  FMT
US forces target underground Houthi weapons storage sites in Yemen |SOURCE: FMT

The Houthis are the New Barbary Pirates:  Dov S. Zakheim, The Hill, Mar. 21, 2025
How the Houthis’ Missile Attacks Fit into Iran’s Regional Strategy – Analysis:  Nathan Klabin/The Media LineJerusalem Post Mar. 24, 2025
Silent Enabler: US-backed Country Helping Houthis:  Israel Shamay/Makor Rishon, Israel Hayom, Mar. 12, 2025
The Trump Foreign-Policy Team’s Real Problem:  Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS, Mar. 26, 2025

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FOR FURTHER REFERENCE:

Houthis Reaffirm Attacks on Israel, Ready to Assist Hezbollah Despite US Strikes:  Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, Mar. 25, 2025   Despite the US strikes, the Houthis believe their arsenal of ballistic missiles is largely intact, and they will continue attacks on Israel.

Houthis Mark ‘Steadfastness Day’ With Claims of Strikes on Tel Aviv, US Air Carrier: James Gen, Jerusalem Post, Mar. 26, 2025  The Yemen-based Houthi terrorists claimed a joint missile, UAV, and naval force attack targeting “enemy warships in the Red Sea” led by the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, earlier on Wednesday.

How Iran Arms, Trains and Directs Yemen’s Houthi Rebels to Challenge the US:  Marco Giannangeli, MSN, Mar. 22, 2025 — It is the new frontline of a bitter proxy war between the US and Iran, and is already holding one the world’s most important shipping routes to ransom. With the demise of Hamas and Hezbollah, Yemen’s Ansarallah – better known as the Houthis – now represent Tehran’s last effective weapon against President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure ” policy.

Leaked Text Messages Reveal the U.S. Bombed the Houthis’ ‘Top Missile Guy’ as He Was ‘Walking into His Girlfriend’s Building’:  Paolo Confino, Fortune, Mar. 26, 2025A newly released batch of messages shows top U.S. officials sharing detailed plans about a military operation against the Houthis in Yemen. The group chat also offers insight into the reasons behind the strike, resentment U.S. leaders feel toward

Timeline: The Houthi Attack Chat on Signal That Includes a Journalist: Greg Collard and James Rushmore, Racket News, Mar 26, 2025 — We live in a political climate where nothing should surprise us anymore. And yet, we were treated to this Monday from Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic:

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