Yemen’s Houthis Break Two-Year Truce with Saudi Blockade

Yemen’s Houthi movement declared a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia on Monday, ending years of relative calm along one of the Middle East’s most sensitive frontlines and opening a new front in the wider regional standoff over Iran. The Houthi armed forces said in a statement that they had imposed a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia, describing it as retaliation based on “an eye for an eye,” effective immediately. The group accused Saudi Arabia of maintaining an unjust and oppressive siege on Yemen for nearly 12 years, plundering the country’s resources and blockading its ports and airports by land, sea and air….