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​Houthi fighters fire anti-tank grenades during a military maneuver near Sanaa, Yemen, in late October.
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Iran-backed Houthi rebels drum up trouble in the Red Sea

Houthi rebels appear to have opened a new front in the Israel-Hamas war, targeting maritime traffic in the Red Sea.

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