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Story summary
- The Houthis intensify high-risk attacks on Saudi Arabia to increase political leverage.
- Dr. Elizabeth Kendall, Middle East specialist and President of Girton College, says threats have historically paid the Houthis.
- Kendall argues the Houthis' operations are calculated political coercion, not merely ideological or Iranian influence.
- Kendall says the campaign seeks legitimacy, territorial expansion, and stronger negotiating leverage.
