Analyst: Concerns about the expansion of the conflict in Yemen as a result of recent attacks

The Middle East expert, Elisabeth Kendall, Dean of the Gordon College of Cambridge University, said that the recent attacks were likely to push Yemen into a wider war. This followed the firing of missiles and drones by Al-Houthi forces against military targets in Yemen on Thursday, which resulted in the death of at least 30 Government soldiers and the wounding of 15 others, the first such attack in many years. Yemen's civil war has never ended strictly. She noted that, despite a ceasefire since 2022, “the ceasefire has in fact expired”. She stated that the presence of troop movements and clashes in recent months meant that “all warning signals had appeared”. According to Kendall, for the internationally recognized Government of Yemen, a positive factor is that its troops are more united than in recent years after the conflict of January this year and subsequent integration efforts. Kim Xian