A clan-based militia government in the Arab world’s poorest country is presenting the Biden administration with another foreign policy setback, as Yemen’s Houthis launch cross-border drone and ballistic-missile strikes rattling the wealthy oil and banking hubs of the skyscrapered Gulf.
In the face of three such strikes in as many weeks, U.S. officials are studying financial measures targeting the Houthis and the group's top figures, with new sanctions possible as soon as this week. It's the latest in a so-far unsuccessful push by the Biden administration to get Houthi leaders into peace talks and wind down an eight-year war that has taken a devastating toll on Yemen a nation of millions of impoverished people and cities thousands of years old, afflicted by misgovernment and wars.
