The Houthis, in many ways, are agents and proxies of the Iranians. I think behind some of this is clearly the Iranian hand.
The U.S. has a very strong defensive military relationship with Saudi Arabia, and we’re watching those events very closely. It’s been going on for some time.
I think there’s been some ground operations as well, where Yemeni forces are taking on the Houthis and pushing back against some of the ground advances that they attempted to make.
And we’re monitoring that, as I said, very, very closely.
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