Iran’s Houthi Proxies May Be Sitting Out the U.S.-Iran Conflict

Henry Ridgwell (VOA), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

When U.S. and Israeli airstrikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, they were not just removing the head of the regime but also the leader of Iran’s “Axis of Resistance,” a network that includes Hezbollah in Lebanon, militias in Iraq, and the Houthis in Yemen, which has historically served as Tehran’s forward-defense network.

On day two of the campaign, Hezbollah and several Iraqi militias joined attacks against Israel...