Iran is sending more weapons to the Houthis following the collapse of its other proxy groups across the Middle East, a spokesman for Yemen’s army has said.

The Islamic Republic has given the Yemeni militia group enough supplies to keep up its strikes on Israel and attacks on global shipping for “years to come”, Abdul Basit Al-Baher, the spokesman for Yemen’s military in the governorate of Taiz, told The Telegraph.

The Houthis have launched a barrage of attacks against Israel and global shipping in the past fortnight.

The escalation is “clear evidence that Iran is increasing its support for the Houthis after the weakening of Hamas and Hezbollah and the fall of the Assad regime in the region”, Mr Al-Baher said.

He added that the Houthis had “high-level missiles and aircraft, then they have workshops for assembling and manufacturing drones and developing missiles with Iranian expertise”.

“Then there is the continuous smuggling by Iran of weapons parts, especially drones and missiles, which are assembled internally. It is not possible to talk about a specific number for all of this, but according to the operations carried out by the Houthis, we believe that the quantity is large and the stockpile can last for years to come.”