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Saudi Arabia Forms Alliance to Counter Houthi Red Sea Attacks

Saudi Arabia Forms Alliance to Counter Houthi Red Sea Attacks
Beyond Trending: What is Axis of Resistance? · indianexpress.com

Saudi Arabia is worried that a group called the Houthis is attacking ships in the Red Sea.

To stop this, Saudi Arabia is building a new team with other countries and groups that also fight against the Houthis.

This team is part of a bigger plan by Iran to help its friends in the Middle East.

Even though a war in 2026 hurt some of Iran’s allies, the Houthis are still active.

The new alliance wants to keep shipping safe and show that the region can work together to stop attacks.

Key facts

Alliance Name
Axis of Resistance Alliance
Key Actors
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Houthi militia
Targeted Area
Red Sea shipping lanes
Threat
Houthi attacks on tankers
Strategic Doctrine
Iran's forward defense

Quotes

Vali Nasr

Iranian-American political scientist and author of "Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History"

“"In 2003, Iran formally embraced the strategic doctrine of forward defense (defa‘ pisehrou or defa‘-e roubejelo): the imperative of defending Iran by being present inside the Arab world, providing it with a minimum of “relative security” (amniyat-e nesbi)."”
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