Yemen fighting escalates as Houthis intensify attacks on Saudi Arabia

In the long and unresolved struggle over Yemen's future, the Houthi movement has pressed its campaign deeper into Saudi territory, forcing civilian authorities to issue overnight alerts across southern cities as cross-border strikes continue with unsettling regularity. What began as a civil war has matured into a regional proxy conflict, one that no military intervention has managed to decisively end. The escalation now reaches beyond the battlefield, placing mediating powers like Pakistan in the uncomfortable position of choosing between neutrality and relevance. The cycle of attack and respo