Iran seems to be abandoning its Houthi allies as the US escalates its airstrike campaign against the Yemeni group. Tehran has ordered its military personnel to leave Yemen to avoid direct confrontation with the US if an Iranian soldier was killed, The Telegraph reported.Iran was also scaling back its strategy of supporting a network of regional proxies to focus on the direct threats from the US instead, the report added. Tehran’s primary concern was “Trump and how to deal with him”, the UK-based daily quoted an unnamed Iranian official as saying. The Iranian source told The Telegraph that the view in Tehran is “that the Houthis are living their final months or even days.”n18oc_world n18oc_crux 0:00 INTRODUCTION2:10 “HOUTHIS ON THE FRONTLINE” AFTER HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH?4:25 US WARNS OF EMERGING AL-SHABAAB–HOUTHI AXIS5:12 “WE ARE NOT FIGHTING THE HOUTHIS”6:32 PENTAGON TO PROBE SIGNAL CHAT ON YEMEN STRIKES