The Bear and the Dragon in the Sands of Southern Arabia, or the Role of Russia and China in Supporting the Yemeni Houthis
In April 2025, Washington sanctioned a Chinese company for supplying the Houthis with satellite images of ships in the Red Sea. Russia, too, reportedly passed them satellite data through Iran. Moscow's contacts with them go back to the early 2010s, when a Russian intelligence officer in Sana'a met Houthi representatives.