U.S.-Led Yemen Strikes Heighten Danger of Broader Center East Battle

Yemen’s Houthi rebels responded defiantly to U.S.-led strikes towards them Friday, saying that the assaults had did not trigger important injury and that they remained undeterred from launching extra assaults on U.S. and worldwide targets within the area.

The strikes—and contemporary guarantees of retaliation—threaten to escalate monthslong violence within the Center East right into a broader battle and switch the Pink Sea into a brand new flashpoint between Washington and the varied Iran-backed teams arrayed throughout the area.