The British website Middle East Monitor, in a report it published, said that the recent American war against the Houthis in the Red Sea has turned from a show of force into a stark example of the military and strategic failure of the US. After two months of the air campaign that cost more than $1 billion, Washington announced a sudden ceasefire with the Houthis without involving Israel.
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The report described the campaign as the largest in decades, as it involved aircraft carriers, strategic bombers, and precision-guided missiles and targeted more than 800 sites inside Yemen. However, it did not achieve its declared objectives, as the Houthis continued to target commercial and military ships and even carried out direct attacks on American destroyers in an unprecedented challenge since World War II.
The report confirmed that the failure of the operation is not due to the weakness of the firepower but to the narrow vision of American policy, which relied entirely on the military solution and neglected the roots of the political and economic crisis in Yemen and the region, pointing out that the lack of coordination with regional partners such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE and the obvious disregard for Israel, which was surprised by the agreement, constituted a diplomatic and security shock to Washington’s allies.
It pointed out that Washington’s bypassing of Tel Aviv in the agreement sparked heated disagreements, especially after the Houthis launched a simultaneous missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport, prompting the occupation to respond with airstrikes on the port of Hudaydah and Sana’a Airport without coordination with the US, and that this separation in the decision between the two historical allies revealed the fragility of the regional alliance in the face of the resistance axis.
The report described the agreement with the Houthis as a “strategic defeat” that transferred the initiative from the hands of the US to the hands of the Houthis, who emerged from the war more resilient and presented the agreement as a “historic victory” over the world’s largest military power, to the extent that The Economist magazine described the deal as the “Faustian pact” that strengthened the Houthis’ control instead of undermining it.
It indicated that the air campaign depleted the precision ammunition of the US military, which raised concerns within the military leadership in the Indian and Pacific Ocean region amid tensions with China. The security leaks and mismanagement of operations within the Trump administration, especially after the appointment of hardline figures in sensitive positions, also contributed to further complicating the situation.
It explained that the ceasefire consolidated the Houthis’ position as a key regional player, capable of influencing maritime security equations and the global economy. They have shown that they are not just a local force but a movement capable of waging multi-level battles, combining military, political, and propaganda work at the same time.
The report stressed that the war in the Red Sea revealed the limits of American power when used without a deep understanding of the geopolitical reality, and the ceasefire was not the result of a military victory but an expression of strategic inability. As for the Houthis, they have proven that they have the ability to reshape the regional landscape and ignoring them is no longer possible.
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