Houthi Fighters Launch Ground Incursions Into Saudi Arabia

Fresh reporting in Middle East regional outlets suggests a major escalation in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. While drones and missiles have been launched on Saudi territory almost daily since September, a new report says that Houthi militants are actually conducting ground force incursions. In a development that's been largely unreported, "The Houthis have launched multiple cross-border raids into Saudi Arabia in recent months, in an expansion of the conflict beyond Yemen, a Western and Arab official with direct knowledge of the raids told Middle East Eye."

via AFP "The small-scale raids have targeted border posts in Saudi Arabia's rugged, mountainous southwest," the report continues, citing that at least one of the raids occurred as recently as the end of October.