1. 🧵If you’ve read the latest reporting on the Signal leaks and think it’s just another DC drama, think again. What happens in Washington doesn’t stay in Washington, especially in a live conflict like Yemen. Political missteps in the US can have real consequences on the ground: 2. According to @nytimes a second Signal chat, reportedly created by Defense Sec Hegseth, included operational details about US strikes in Yemen. Among the participants were his wife, brother, and personal lawyer, none of whom held roles requiring access to such information.

1. 🧵 I’ve been asked how Houthis might respond to the Signal leak. They already have, publishing coverage framing it as a major US intel failure on par w/ past political scandals. Houthis' view & interpretation on this issue matters because the content was entirely about them 2. Senior US officials were still deliberating over timing, targeting, and strategic objectives just days before the strikes! The transcript conveyed real hesitation on what to do in Yemen. This signals to Houthis a lack of coherence at the highest levels of decision-making.

1/ Fascinating how US presidents sprint to #Yemen for their first foreign policy "win." Biden's war-ending pledge, #Trump's Houthi designation, it’s become Washington's favorite Day One flex, where presidents go to score quick diplomatic points. 🧵thehill.com/policy/interna… 2/ Here's the cold reality: #Yemen has become less about Yemen and more about Washington's political theater & Iran messaging. The designation carousel (2021 Trump ➝ Biden reversal ➝ 2024 Trump) reads like a script where actual Yemen policy is perpetually waiting in the wings.

1🧵/ Abdulmalek al-Houthi is speaking live now, following #Khamenei’s speech yesterday. He’s weaving Palestinian suffering and events in #Syria into a broader critique of Arab moral failure while denouncing #Israel. I’ll be unpacking some of his points here and their implications; 2/ Al-Houthi criticizes what he calls “moral numbness” in the Arab world toward #Palestine, attempting to position themselves as champions of resistance, despite being heavily aligned w/ #IRGC regional agenda

1. The level of callousness in which #Yemen's conflict is depicted is truly insulting to Yemenis. This article published by @thehill is poorly researched & amateurishly written w/out fact checking. It's full of misinformation & unquantifiable statements.
thehill.com/opinion/congre… 2. In reporting the number of civilians killed by the Saudis, authors manipulated the information and made an inaccurate citation from a UN study choosing to attribute the entire war casualty estimate of 337K to #Saudis, and not the 15K reported UN estimate.

1. While many foreign observers praised @Rob_Malley's op-ed in @nytimes, anyone who KNOWS Yemen will find it one-sided. The op-ed does a gross disservice to #Yemen despite good intentions.

At times I thought the op-ed was either naive or deliberately misleading. Here's why:

https://twitter.com/Rob_Malley/status/1158405273981259782

2. @Rob_Malley gives a narrow view of #Yemen's conflict and re-hashes #Houthis' narrative when he limits the conflict as "#KSA vs. Houthi". He is not inaccurate per se but deliberately selective, ignoring Houthis' overthrow of UN-backed government as a root cause of conflict.

1. #Houthis of #Yemen raised funds for #Hezbollah during the month of #Ramadan

It's not the first time. Yet many found the news surprising.

#Houthis' ties to #Hezbollah & #Iran are undeniable. This thread will clarify some misconceptions about this clandestine alliance. 2. First, let's begin with Houthi's recent fundraiser in #Yemen to support #Hezbollah.

Source for this? #Houthis OFFICIAL news agency.

The fundraiser started this month of Ramadan & is ongoing. Millions of Yemeni Riyals were collected for Hezbollah & Houthis' war in Yemen;

1. #Houthis' ability to launch a drone into oil installations in #KSA isn't all that impressive when you consider that their main supplier, #Iran, has been guiding them throughout the process. It is absurd to think that this is a Houthis' DIY project w/out considering the source; 2. #Houthis formerly used the Qasef-1 drone, which according to the 2018 UN experts has "characteristics similar to #Iranian- made Ababil-2/T loitering munition ...as well as the smaller Rased reconnaissance drone." Likely that Qasef-1 suicide drone was used in the attack today.

1. The #Iran Action Group created by @SecPompeo last month released its report. Iran's role in the region, which other administrations overlooked, appears to be under intense scrutiny. #Houthis in #Yemen have been identified alongside groups responsible for attacks against the US 2. The report stated that consequences of #Iran's meddling include its lethal ballistic missiles, which advanced its proxies military capabilities: "Yemen’s #Houthi militants have fired numerous ballistic missiles into #Saudi Arabia, including two directed at Riyadh in May 2018."

1. The attack on the Hospital and Fishmarket yesterday, which initially was attributed to an airstrike, was denied by Coalition & revealed to be a result of a series of mortar shelling conducted by members of the #Iran-backed #Houthi militia.

Residents in #Hodeidah CONFIRMED. 2. Although we were all skeptical when the coalition denied the airstrikes, all visual images revealed a consistent pattern of mortar shelling. Residents immediately noted that there was no crater or airstrike damage, instead, they uncovered mortar shells. #Yemen