The United States has military advisers deployed in Saudi Arabia providing intelligence and targeting support for the Saudi airstrikes against the Houthis, as part of a newly formed joint forces command. One official put the total at roughly 200 personnel, providing what has been described as non-kinetic support.
The support includes a real-time targeting tool and geospatial targeting support for the strikes. The US is sharing intelligence but is not participating in strikes directly.
Reportedly, hundreds of Iran‘s Revolutionary Guard Corps officers are in Yemen, “working alongside the Houthis with goal of ultimately shutting down the Bab-el-Mandeb strait.”
Efforts Category: US’s Military Support of Saudi Arabia (against the Houthis); Iran’s Military and Covert Support of the Houthis
Russia is shipping drone components, ammunition and other military supplies to Iran through the Caspian Sea, replenishing stockpiles damaged by US and Israeli airstrikes.
More than two dozen Russian ships, most operating under Western sanctions, are involved in the deliveries to Iran’s northern port of Amirabad.
Efforts Category: Russia’s Military Support of Iran
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