This week, a new group entered the war in the Middle East that began when the US and Israel attacked Iran in February. The Houthi rebel group - a political and military group based in Yemen, launched a series of missiles at Israel in response to the US and Israel’s actions over the last month. Their entry risks widening the conflict even further and might worsen the current global economic issues... So in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll look at who they are, how they’re connected and why their intervention might complicate things.

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Reading: The Wilson Centre’s history of the Houthi group - it’s meaty but it gives you some extensive background on this group’s origins and the role they’ve played in the Middle East. 

Reading: And that group chat story is still a belter - here's a Guardian article about Atlantic Editor Jeffrey Goldberg’s account of being added to the confidential military discussion - and the original paywalled article from Goldberg himself.

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