India, Sept. 23 -- In a warning to the United States, a Houthi military adviser has said American interests will become targets if Washington extends support to Saudi Arabia or tries to unblock the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

"If America gambles on supporting Saudi Arabia with airstrikes or air support... We will consider any American interests around us to be targets and we will not exclude anything," Houthi military adviser Abed Mohammed al-Thawr told AFP in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.

This comes even as the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen seized control of the Bab el-Mandeb, the gateway to the Red Sea, this month. The move came after a 2022 truce between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis unravelled. The blockade on the narrow strait has aff...