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Gulf Arabs See Specter of Iran in Rise of Yemen's Shiite Rebels
(Bloomberg) Glen Carey and Mohammed Hatem - Houthi fighters in Yemen, with scimitars hanging from their waists, now guard key ministries and the central bank in Sana'a. Outside the capital, they have fought their way into Yemen's second-largest port on the Red Sea and seized a crossing post on the Saudi border. For Saudi Arabia, it's the perception of an Iranian hand that makes the advance a threat. The conflict in Yemen spread into Saudi Arabia five years ago when the Houthis seized territory across the border. More than 100 Saudi soldiers were killed while driving them out. Iran is interfering "most recently and dramatically" in Yemen, Anwar Gargash, the UAE minister of state for foreign affairs, said on Oct. 1.