Letting the ‘bloodthirsty’ Houthis take control of the Suez Canal and thus world shipping could eventually lead to World War Three, an expert has warned.

The Islamist group’s leader Mohammed al-Bukhaiti said the US and UK would “soon realise” the action was “the greatest folly in their history” after the countries launched missiles at strategic Houthi sites in Yemen.

The attack was a response to the Yemeni rebel group launching dozens of attacks on ships sailing through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal since mid-November, threatening global trade. Professor Anthony Glees from Buckingham University said their assault on the region sandwiched between the Arabian Penninsula and the east African coast is tantamount to the Iran-backed group “putting their nasty hands round the world’s throat.”

Reacting to the news that there was a total of 72 US and UK strikes across Yemen, Professor Glees said it is just right “to end their [the Houthis’] nonsense decisively” before another great war kicks off.

“We cannot allow the Shia rebels, backed by Iran, to strike against the freedom of the seas and plunge us back into economic recession by forcing international shipping to avoid the Suez canal,” he told the Daily Star.

And, worse than recession, he said the skirmish could inspire something bigger.

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