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By Staff Writer<\/p>\n
There is a lot riding on the battle of Hodeidah in Yemen, indeed this could be the battle where the Saudi-led Arab coalition finally pushes the Iranian Regime and its Houthi militia out of the war-torn county, but let’s look back at how the Houthis came to be in this position in the first place.<\/p>\n
The Houthi militia is relatively small and, on its own, could not have forced out the legitimate Yemeni government and kept up a four-year-long fight against the Arab Coalition. However, thanks to its powerful supporters, most notably the Iranian Regime, the Houthis have been bolstered through military training and the supply of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n
Iran has even tried a fairly unusual way to turn global public opinion against the Arab coalition and continue this war, which has killed thousands already. The Iranian Regime claimed that the Arab coalition had been blocking deliveries of humanitarian aid by land and sea, when what the Arab coalition was actually doing was preventing Iran from sending in shipments of weapons, including ballistic missiles. These ballistic missiles, which were determined to be Iranian-made by independent UN experts, were being fired at Saudi Arabia for over a year, targeting civilians\u2019 spaces.<\/p>\n
The Arab coalition was actually working with the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centres and the Red Crescent Society of the UAE to ensure the safety of civilians and provide aid to them, while the Iran-backed Houthis are actually posing a significant risk to Yemeni people.<\/p>\n
How? Well the Houthis have committed a number of war crimes during the conflict, including, but not limited to:<\/p>\n
\u2022 the recruitment of children<\/p>\n
\u2022 using civilians as human shields<\/p>\n
\u2022 false imprisonment<\/p>\n
\u2022 assassinations<\/p>\n
\u2022 murder<\/p>\n
\u2022 torture<\/p>\n
\u2022 smuggling weapons, including ballistic missiles<\/p>\n
\u2022 receiving training from the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group<\/p>\n
\u2022 pledging political loyalty to Iran<\/p>\n
\u2022 stealing money<\/p>\n