The extraordinary success of the rebels, and Saudi counterstrikes, threaten economic havoc. But the country’s civilians are paying the highest price Even in a region beset by turmoil and learning to expect the unexpected, the lightning advance of Yemen’s Houthis along the Red Sea coast has shock...
Source: [Guardian US](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/16/the-guardian-view-on-the-houthi-advance-in-yemen-another-vital-middle-east-artery-becomes-a-battlefield)