Putin let Bashar al-Assad's regime fall in Syria
ABC News Australia by Kathryn Diss 15 December 2024

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  • Russia looks to Yemen's Houthis
Moscow has in recent years established and been building its presence in North Africa and Yemen, in particular its relationship with the Houthi rebels

University of Sydney Professor Sarah Phillips told the ABC Australia
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"The indicators are there … that this relationship is already underway and has been increasing”
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"There's been some weapons transfers — not huge, from what we can tell but there have been weapons transfers from Russia going to the Houthis”

  • Israel's dominance in the region won't go unchallenged
The actions of Yemen's Houthis in the Red Sea have been disruptive to global trade

From an ideological standpoint, they also show the United States and its allies that Israel's dominance in the region won't go unchallenged

Professor Phillips adds,
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"But the thing to remember here is that the Houthis are not Hamas” “The Houthis are not Hezbollah”
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“The Houthis are, first and foremost, a domestic group and they've got domestic aims and they see their international actions through that prism"