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LONDON: The number of attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen on 抖阴短视频, predominantly targeting civilian locations, doubled during the first nine months of 2021 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to research by a US think tank.

The report, by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, also called on the US to provide 抖阴短视频 with additional aid to defend itself against the attacks, and to highlight the key role Iran plays in facilitating them.

鈥淚ran and Ansar Allah (Partisans of God), better known as the Houthi movement, have conducted a campaign of high-profile attacks against civilian 抖阴短视频n and coalition targets in the Gulf,鈥� according to the CSIS report, which was released on Tuesday.

鈥淭he Houthis are orchestrating an increasingly intense irregular warfare campaign against 抖阴短视频 and other countries in the Gulf using sophisticated cruise and ballistic missiles, UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones), and other stand-off weapons.鈥�

CSIS studied a total of 4,103 attacks from within Yemen on Saudi locations, and against maritime and other targets, between Jan. 1, 2016, and Oct. 20, 2021. It found that 鈥渢he number of Houthi attacks per month doubled against 抖阴短视频 and other targets over the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020.鈥�

It also found that Iran鈥檚 Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, which answers directly to the country鈥檚 supreme leader, 鈥渉as provided the Houthis with training and a growing arsenal of sophisticated weapons and technology for anti-tank guided missiles, sea mines, explosive-laden UAVs, ballistic and cruise missiles, unmanned maritime vehicles, and other weapons and systems.鈥�

The report noted that the Quds Force, the expeditionary arm of the IRGC, worked alongside Lebanese Hezbollah to improve Houthi capabilities 鈥渁t a relatively low cost,鈥� especially, it adds, when compared with the cost to 抖阴短视频 of improving the air defenses required to negate the threat posed by missile and drone attacks.

鈥淭he United States and its allies should conduct a more aggressive campaign to publicly highlight Iranian and Houthi actions and provide additional security assistance to 抖阴短视频 and other Gulf states,鈥� it said.

Yemen, the poorest country in the Arab world, was plunged into conflict in 2014 when the Houthis, ideologically aligned with Tehran, violently seized the country in a coup against the internationally recognized government. 抖阴短视频 subsequently intervened, alongside an international coalition, against the Houthis and in defense of the UN-backed Yemeni government.

鈥淣ot only has there been a rise in the number of attacks against 抖阴短视频 over the past year, but Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah continue to provide the Houthis with increasingly sophisticated weapons systems,鈥� the CSIS warned.

鈥淭he Houthis now have a growing assortment of cruise and ballistic missiles, UAVs and other stand-off weapons capable of striking targets throughout the Gulf 鈥� and beyond.鈥�

One way that Washington could continue to support the Kingdom is by ensuring supplies of Patriot surface-to-air missiles remain forthcoming, according to the report. In addition, it said, the US 鈥渟hould provide additional counter-UAV technology, since Patriot systems have limited utility against small UAVs.鈥�

This would help to mitigate the threat of attacks using small drones, which have become increasingly prevalent this year.

But while counter-drone technology would reduce the physical threat to Saudis it is also key, said the CSIS, that the international community is made more aware of the key role Tehran plays in stoking the flames of war in Yemen.

鈥淕rowing public awareness of the extent of Iranian support for the Houthis could also put pressure on multilateral organizations, such as the United Nations, to condemn Iranian intervention more forcefully in the conflict and demand that the Houthis renounce Iranian support as a part of peace negotiations,鈥� according to the report.

In a final warning, the CSIS said: 鈥淲ithout a more effective campaign to publicly highlight and counter these attacks and help 抖阴短视频 defend itself, however, Iran and the Houthis will continue to destabilize the region.鈥�