Ari Heistein
@ariheist
U.S., Israel, DefTech innovation, Yemen, strategy. RT or Likes =/= endorsements.
Another great conversation with @billroggio, ranging across the Middle East landscape and the dramatic changes already seen, and those still to come. #Iran #Israel #Syria #Yemen #Houthis
📻Another must-listen with CEP Senior Advisor @EFittonBrown, joining @billroggio to discuss the post‑12‑Day War chessboard: The Houthis, Hezbollah, and Tehran’s other proxies—what they’ve learned, and where to anticipate the next flashpoint. longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…
Thanks @ariheist, as a true expert on #Yemen, #Iran and #Syria yourself, your positive feedback means a lot.
@EFittonBrown does a superb job of providing ordered analysis of a chaotic Middle East. This @FDD podcast on Yemen, Iran, and Syria, is terrific: longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…
Today, I, along with nearly 50 journalists and photojournalists, attended a press conference organized by @nrfyemen forces under the command of @tarikyemen in Mocha, a strategic port city on Yemen’s Red Sea coast. #Yemen @Nalsoufi16 @wadahdobish
Just two guys in 2003, who hadn't yet realized that they had made one of the best songs of all time
It was shocking to see two ships sink in the Red Sea this month, the Magic Seas & Eternity C. But this "Houthi job" to "support Gaza" points to a new maritime order in which #Iran, #China, & #Russia are aligned. My latest for @ACMideast @ACMideast atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…
During his current visit to Ukraine, Minister of Foreign Affairs @gidonsaar announced the launch of a strategic dialogue between Israel and Ukraine on the Iranian threat: "Iran not only threatened Israel. It threatened regional and global security. It threatened Ukraine. We…
🧵1. US Treasury sanctioned today two individuals and five entities tied to a Houthi petroleum smuggling and money laundering network. This network generates hundreds of millions in annual revenue for the #Houthis & hurts Yemenis under their cotnrol: home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…
At Mach 1.7, Overture outflies Earth’s rotation. So you can have breakfast in London… and fly to New York… for breakfast. And then to San Francisco just in time for breakfast. In fact if you just keep flying west you can keep having breakfast indefinitely.
*To clarify, Abu Ali did cooperate with the Houthis to some extent but is viewed by some experts as a bulwark against complete encroachment on tribal autonomy. Interestingly, both the Houthis and anti-Houthis appear to be claiming him - highlighting how complex this issue is.
Today the Houthis confirm the death of Zaid Mohammed Abu Ali, once a GPC loyalist and later a Houthi insider. In 2023, he appeared at a Houthi rally in Sanaa alongside the Hamas delegation.
فضل العمامي اختطفته اليوم مليشيات الحوثي في مدينة اب .. المليشيا اختطفته من السوبر ماركت التي يعمل فيها محاسبا ...
Abdulmajeed in happier times....
Another Houthi leader bites the dust. This time its Abdulmajeed al-Hamran. 26sep.net/index.php/loca…
Another Houthi leader bites the dust. This time its Abdulmajeed al-Hamran. 26sep.net/index.php/loca…
ما هي الأكاذيب الأخرى التي يقولونها؟ #عبدالملك_الحوثي_كذاب
Shocking video showing Islamists forcing Druze to jump from a building to shoot them as they do so. They could be doing this to anyone—Jews, Christians, Muslims… No one in the West or anywhere should support or ignore this. x.com/EliAfriatISR/s…
This is where @zavaindar and I disagree. When your call is only on pressuring Israel, it emboldens Hamas. It tells them that if they hold on long enough, if they create conditions in Gaza bad enough, if they play the info ops game, they can “win”. If Americans and the combined…
i see this question a lot
פרסמתי בשבוע החולף יחד עם @FainbergSarah מאמר המשווה בין המלחמה באוקראינה למלחמה בעזה בנוגע למעורבות אזרחית בלחימה. ראינו דימיון בין רשני המקרים: כשמערכות ביטחון רשמיות לא הצליחו לתפקד בגלל הפתעת האויב, האזרחים נאלצו להילחם על חייהם. בדיעבד, היה לאזרחים תפקיד חשוב בבלימת האויב,…
No great loss to humanity
Today the Houthis confirm the death of Zaid Mohammed Abu Ali, once a GPC loyalist and later a Houthi insider. In 2023, he appeared at a Houthi rally in Sanaa alongside the Hamas delegation.
When a Yemeni challenges flawed narratives, it’s called “advocacy.” When a Western analyst does it, it’s called “analysis.” The double standard is just a way to silence local voices. I don’t blur the lines. I expose them. If that makes you uncomfortable, deal with it!
I hear you, but I think there is a difference between analysis and advocacy. Concern about undermining the PLC feels like advocacy vs talking about how fragmented it is feels more like analysis. I find @Ndawsari often engages in advocacy that is written as analysis.
🧵1. Houthi TV aired a message from Hamas spokesman Abu Obaida praising the Houthis as a model of resistance, crediting them w/ “astonishing the world” and opening an “effective front against the enemy” Reminder: many international experts long downplayed Houthis’ global threat