Russia Is Backing the Houthis against Israel

The IDF’s recent strike on Iranian weapons’ factories has important significance for the war in Ukraine. Last month, the Pentagon stated that Iran had begun exporting ballistic missiles to Russia—the same missiles it fired at Israel on October 1. Unable to produce more and wishing to save its stocks to use against the Jewish state, Tehran is unlikely to have any more to spare for Vladimir Putin. And the relationship works both ways: the high-end anti-aircraft missile launchers the IDF recently destroyed were made in Russia, which is inclined to want to keep the systems it has to defend against Ukraine. That’s another reason that Jerusalem stands to gain from a better-armed and more aggressive Ukrainian war effort.