Where does Al-Houthi drink?

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In December 2022, the US Navy intercepted an arms shipment in the Gulf of Oman, destined for the Houthis. The US Navy said at the time that this shipment of Iranian weapons included more than 50 tons of ammunition, fuses, and rocket fuel.

The route of weapons to the Houthis begins in Iranian ports, such as the port of Jask on the Gulf of Oman, Bandar Jask in Iran, and the port of Bandar Abbas on the Strait of Hormuz, and is then transported by ship across the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the shores of Yemen.

In December 2017, a report prepared by UN sanctions monitors suggested that the ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis at Saudi Arabia were likely designed and manufactured by Iran.

Reports talk about three sources for the Houthi missiles and drones: the first is Iran, of course, the second is smuggling from arms dealers, and the third is what they obtained from the coffers of the Yemeni army, during the days of the late Saleh, after they seized power in 2014.

There are “experts” from Iran who trained the Houthi to assemble and manufacture some parts, but who trained the Iranian in the first place and provided him - and still is - with some of the necessary components?!

There are sources such as North Korea, from which Iran benefited from copying its missiles, and its satellites in Yemen and Iraq reported this - some of the missiles that struck Saudi Arabia came from Iraq - but is the matter limited to North Korea?!

Should we talk frankly with China and Russia about the matter, and explore this path, if there is something suspicious in it?! Especially since the confrontation between these two giants, with America and the West, is a “planetary” confrontation. What confirms that the capabilities that the Houthis have are not of their own making...

On May 4, 2025, Israeli air defense failed to intercept the “Palestine 2” missile that landed at Ben Gurion Airport.

On July 19, 2024, Iron Dome radars failed to notice and intercept a march launched by the Houthi group towards Israel, which they called “Jaffa.” The attack resulted in the bombing of a building, killing one person, and wounding others.

These are some examples of the entry of “external” capabilities into Houthi weapons, with the “localization” of some technologies and industries, such that they have reached this dangerous level.

Therefore, what happened at King Khalid Airport in Riyadh is a continuous expression of the extent to which the danger of the Houthi weapon has reached.

The question is: Is it correct to describe it as a Houthi weapon only?!

Where did the Houthis get their various missiles and drones?! Where did he get the coordinates he wanted to aim his weapon at?! Where did his naval weapons come from?!

Is it a purely Yemeni-Houthi industry?!

What is meant to be said is that Al-Houthi is too weak and far from having these specific weapons and the ability to use them with this intensity and set targets. Otherwise, he would have become the greatest power - after Israel - in the region!

I think that tracing the origin of the affliction is the real solution. If the spring is blocked, the channels dry up, and the people of knowledge have more information than we people know.

Quoted from "Al-Sharq Al-Awsat"