The Houthi militia's missile and drone strikes that killed at least 30 Yemeni soldiers in Marib and Hadramout were a premeditated act of terrorism backed by Iran — not a defensive response. These were Yemeni soldiers fulfilling their constitutional duty, not foreign forces, and dressing up the slaughter as justified resistance is a flat-out lie. The Houthis have always needed an enemy to distract from their own failures governing the people under their control.