Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have shown an ability to strike targets far beyond Yemen and disrupt shipping lanes around the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea. CAIRO: The risk of an expanded Iran war grew as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday (Mar 28) launched their first attacks on Israel since the start of the conflict, as additional US forces reached the Middle East. Washington has dispatched thousands of Marines to the Middle East in the month-old war. The first of two contingents