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A US official has admitted that the military’s ability to assess the success of its campaign against Yemen’s Houthis is being limited by its lack of intelligence in the region. During a recent congressional hearing on US operations in the Red Sea, Pentagon official Daniel B. Shapiro said that the US did not know the full capacity of the Houthi arsenal used for strikes in the Red Sea, although the administration was working to gather that intelligence. His comments were echoed by former officials who told the Financial Times that because Yemen became a lower priority for the US administration, …

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