Is the world on the brink of World War III ?
“Today, at my direction, U.S. military forces—together with the United Kingdom and with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands—successfully conducted strikes against a number of targets in Yemen used by Houthi rebels to endanger freedom of navigation in one of the world’s most vital waterways”
This is the statement of President Joe Baiden from White House .
Following the orders …On Thursday, the military forces of the United States and the United Kingdom conducted airstrikes on various Houthi targets within areas under Houthi control in Yemen. This action signifies a notable reaction against Houthis who are showing their solidarity with Gaza by blocking Red Sea though drone and missile attacks on commercial shipping .
Air attacks will not deter the Houthis
Houthis on the other hand held an enormous rally in Yemen’s capital Sanaa where group’s determined leaders declared themselves ready for US escalation .
“I don’t think these attacks are going to act as a deterrent to the Houthis,” Raiman al-Hamdani, a researcher at the ARK Group and a former visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, told Al Jazeera.
Strategically speaking, the Houthis should also be quite comfortable. Their mobile infrastructure should make picking targets more difficult for the Americans, another analyst told media .