Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Israel, and the U.S. have done their best to try to take down Yemen and the Houthis, to no avail. From Lucas Leiroz at strategic-culture.su:
A year after the start of the war, Yemen continues to cause significant damage to Israel and its allies in the Middle East
When hostilities between the Palestinian Resistance and the Zionist regime began in late 2023, Yemen was the only country to declare war on Israel, making the greatest gesture of solidarity with the Palestinians of any country in the region. At the time, Zionist and pro-Western militants repeatedly stated that the Yemenis would be destroyed in a few days by the supposedly “invincible” joint military force of Israel and the US. Almost a year later, reality has proven very different from the fanciful Zionist predictions.
First of all, it is necessary to clarify that the term “Houthi” has been commonly used by the Western media in a pejorative way, to differentiate the de facto government of the country – which is controlled by the political wing of the Houthi ethnic group – from the “official” government – already militarily defeated on the battlefield and self-exiled in Saudi Arabia. There is no point in avoiding using the name of the country – “Yemen” – to refer to actions taken by the Houthi government, simply because the Houthis have already won the civil war and are currently the legitimate government of the country.
So, when the “Houthis” began military operations against Israel and its allies in the Red Sea, it was the National State of Yemen that declared war on the Zionists – not a mere ethnic militia. Induced by Western and Zionist propaganda, global public opinion believed that a militia of “primitive Shiites” could not cause any damage to the strong US and Israeli structures in the Middle East. There were high bets that Washington and Tel Aviv would quickly destroy “the Houthis” and reestablish the Saudi proxy government to neutralize Yemen as a regional adversary. All of this turned out to be absolutely wrong. The war between Yemen and Israel’s allies is a war between states – and in this conflict the Yemeni armed forces have proven themselves strong enough to cause profound damage to the enemy.
The Afghanistan of the ME?
These things happen when you have nothing to lose.
It is almost unbeatable.
It helps to have some big wheelbarrow stones as well.
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Acts 7:43