• Richard already touched on this, but this article’s importance needs to be reemphasized: Iran is actively trying to stir up internal discontent in Saudi Arabia. This follows the dispatching of naval forces including mini-submarines in the Gulf of Aden ostensibly to fight Somali piracy. This is a MAJOR escalation and as Rich said, indicates this war is Iran’s main concern right now.
• A street in Tehran has been named after Hussein Badr Al-Din Al-Houthi, the former leader of the radical Shiites currently fighting the Yemeni government with Iranian backing.
• Yemen has shut down a hospital and clinic in Sadaa run by the Iranian Red Crescent, saying the facilities were receiving funding from the Iranian government.

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