World Feb 04 After U.S. and UK strikes in Yemen, Iran warns against targeting suspected spy ships Iran issued a warning Sunday to the U.S. over potentially targeting two cargo ships in the Mideast long suspected of serving as forwarding operating bases for Iranian commandos, after the U.S. and the United Kingdom launched a massive airstrike campaign against…
Politics Feb 01 Defense Secretary Austin hints large response against Iran-backed militias While the threat of retaliation has driven some militant groups to say they were stopping hostilities, as late as Thursday Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels were still attacking vessels and fired a ballistic missile at a Liberian-flagged container ship in the…
World Jan 31 Iran threatens to ‘decisively respond’ to potential U.S. attacks There are concerns that any additional American strikes could further inflame a region already roiled by Israel's ongoing war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the ongoing attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea…
World Jan 29 Houthis say they attacked U.S. warship, but American official rejects their claim The Houthis have previously launched missiles that did not reach their intended target, instead crashing onto the land or sea.
World Jan 29 What is Tower 22, the U.S. military base in Jordan where a drone attack killed 3 soldiers? The base sits near the demilitarized zone on border between Jordan and Syria along a sandy, bulldozed berm marking the DMZ’s southern edge.
World Jan 28 As tensions rise, Iran launches 3 satellites that are part of a program criticized by the West Iran said Sunday it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket that had multiple failures in the past, the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran's ballistic missiles.
World Jan 27 Crew put out fire on tanker hit by Houthi missile after U.S. targets rebels in airstrike The crew aboard a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker hit by a missile launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels extinguished an hourslong fire onboard the stricken vessel Saturday sparked by the strike, authorities said.
World Jan 26 Houthi rebels fire missile at U.S. warship, escalating worst Middle East sea conflict in decades Yemen's Houthi rebels launched a missile Friday at a U.S. warship patrolling the Gulf of Aden, forcing it to shoot down the projectile, and struck a British vessel as their aggressive attacks on maritime traffic continue.
World Jan 24 2 cargo ships flying U.S. flags come under suspected Houthi rebel attack off Yemen Suspicion immediately fell on Yemen's Houthi rebels for carrying out the assault.
World Jan 22 Iran ‘directly involved’ with Houthi rebel ship attacks, top Navy commander says Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of the Navy’s 5th Fleet, stopped short of saying Tehran directed individual attacks by the Houthis in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.