# Yemeni officials, Western diplomats and analysts say the country is edging towards the resumption of a more than decade-old frozen conflict. This comes as attacks on Saudi infrastructure and shipping by Iran-aligned Houthis test the patience of the kingdom and the Yemeni government forces that it backs. Houthi and Yemeni government forces have in recent days built up along a front line spanning the Houthi-controlled northwest of Yemen, running from the Red Sea coast to the Saudi border. Houthi forces have threatened a blockade of the Red Sea.
Renewed violence threatens Yemen as Iran conflict widens