{
  "id": 676236,
  "title": "How Houthis gained enough firepower to be major military force",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/how-houthis-gained-enough-firepower-to-be-major-military-force",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T14:59:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/08/12/how-houthis-gained-enough-firepower-to-be-major-military-player/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Houthi rebels ' missile advances have created a “global threat” with a military might that far outstrips many modern armies, experts have told The National . For more than a decade the Iran-backed Houthis have been building up their aerial arsenal. They have assembled an inventory of attack drones, long-range ballistic rockets , anti-ship cruise missiles and kamikaze speedboats. The arsenal…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}