India, Sept. 20 -- The Houthis launched a wave of attacks on Saudi Arabia in retaliation for its support to the US. The trigger came in July when Saudi Arabia bombed Sanaa airport to prevent a Houthi delegation from attending the funeral of Ayatollah Khamenei.

The Iran-US-Israel war has been in its 'on-again, off again' mode for almost six months now, with both sides trading intermittent attacks on each other, but neither making much headway. The Strait of Hormuz has remained blocked by Iran on one side and a US embargo on Iranian shipping on the other. In fact, the US strategy seemed to have shifted towards blocking Iranian energy exports and starving its economy. Four Iranian tankers were hit near the Strait in response to an Iranian a...