WSJ: Iran provided intelligence and direct support for Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia and Yemen

The Wall Street Journal has reported that the Iranian regime supplied the Houthi militia with intelligence that helped identify targets for strikes in Saudi Arabia, noting that this assistance enabled the Houthis to carry out their most complex attacks against both the Kingdom and Yemen.

According to the Journal's report, Tehran's support includes providing intelligence, military training, tactical advice, and direct assistance in selecting targets for missile and drone attacks.

A source familiar with the matter told the newspaper that officers from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were present on front lines and helped guide drone and missile attacks.

The paper added that in recent attacks, the Houthis have used more sophisticated tactics, including combining infantry assaults with missile and first-person-view drone attacks, some guided by fiber-optic cables—an approach that suggests military training from the Iranian regime.

The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with regional intelligence, said the Houthis, with help from IRGC officers stationed in Yemen, deployed missiles and radar systems at several locations overlooking the Red Sea and Bab Al-Mandab Strait.

The newspaper also quoted European and Houthi officials as saying that the Iranian regime began sending weapons to Yemen via submarines after US and Israeli attacks disrupted traditional maritime supply routes.