Fatima Alasrar

This is Mocha after its fall. Rapid totalitarian indoctrination by Iran-backed Houthis as hundreds are forced to line up holding signs that read "Death to America, Curse the Jews." Forced conscription has already started, and all these communities in Mokha that vehemently reject the Houthis' ideology are now under this. Over 100,000 people left their homes because they do not want to be subjected to this indoctrination. Every city lost to the Houthis is an expanded recruitment mill turning thousands of Yemeni men into cannon fodder for regional escalation and Tehran's ambition. Iran-backed Houthis are widely sharing this on social media with glee, and this is exactly what is waiting for the rest of Yemen if this group is not deterred.