A former US military commander said that Washington has the ability to stop attacks on international shipping, but does not have the political will to do so.
Former US Central Command Commander Kenneth McKenzie added that the Houthis are a more radical group than the groups supported by Iran, noting that Tehran supported them with weapons across the sea and through the Sultanate of Oman.
He said that if the Houthis had the ability to attack Israel more, they would, but they cannot, and therefore they are intensifying their attacks on international shipping ships.
Washington has been leading an international coalition to launch attacks on Houthi sites since January of this year, in response to their attacks on international shipping lines.
For its part, an American magazine said that operations targeting senior Houthi leaders are a viable strategy for the United States and its partners to deter the Houthis and disrupt the group’s military capabilities.
The Long War magazine reported that the Israeli occupation was able to significantly disrupt Hezbollah by targeting its leaders, but the Houthi leadership structure remains intact.
This comes as the Russian Federation denied American accusations of supplying the Houthi group in Yemen with weapons in response to continued American support for Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said - in a statement - that what was reported by the American newspaper "The Wall Street Journal" regarding the Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout and his attempt to mediate the sale of small arms to the Houthi group in Yemen "appears to be fake."
The American press reported earlier about the return of the Russian arms dealer, nicknamed the “Merchant of Death,” Viktor Bout, to his activity again nearly two years after his release from American prisons as part of an exchange deal, and he is currently working on “completing an arms deal to the Houthis in Yemen.” ", according to a special report by the American newspaper "The Wall Street Journal".
In turn, Britain renewed its accusation that Iran provided support to the Houthis to attack international shipping in the Red Sea.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that Tehran helped the Houthis in their threats to international commercial shipping routes.
Starmer made clear that there is no military solution, stressing the need to make diplomatic efforts to end the conflict and crises in the region.