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Houthi missiles have moved from Saudi oil sites to Saudi airports, and now they are killing people. Saudi jets are emptying the group’s ballistic-missile caves, Yemen’s government is massing for Mokha, and Riyadh has no choice left but to finish the Houthis.
Saudi-backed forces have retaken ground on Yemen’s Red Sea coast, but the war will be settled at Taiz and by how long Saudi Arabia can absorb Houthi missiles. Patriot stocks, the economy and the Mecca Pact set the endgame.
Iran’s March strike on Prince Sultan Air Base cost Saudi Arabia one of its two RE-3 surveillance jets. That explains Riyadh’s calls for British tankers and allied intelligence before a major offensive against the Houthis, and the Houthis cannot stop it.
