The Iran war has a new front in Yemen. Here’s how it could escalate

(Tim Lister and Nadeen Ebrahim – CNN) After a month of threats, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels finally entered the Middle East conflict on Saturday, firing two missiles towards Israel. And in recent days they have also warned they could close a key waterway at the southern entrance of the Red Sea – raising the prospect of even greater disruption to global shipping and oil supplies. Whether the Houthis will extend their attacks to Saudi Arabia or Red Sea shipping remains unclear, but doing so would mark a dramatic escalation of the month-long war. – Iran war has a new front in Yemen. Here’s how it could escalate | CNN