Jan 19 U.S. launches 5th strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen By Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, Tara Copp, Associated Press President Joe Biden said the U.S. would continue the strikes, even though so far they have not stopped the Houthis from continuing to harass commercial and military vessels. Continue reading
Jan 17 Pakistan recalls ambassador to Iran after airstrike kills 2 children By Munir Ahmed, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Islamabad angrily denounced the attack as a "blatant violation" of its airspace and said it killed two children. Tuesday's strike in Pakistan's restive southwestern Baluchistan province imperiled diplomatic relations between the two neighboring countries. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 3:44 World leaders concerned about Mideast war escalating after attacks in Lebanon and Iraq By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi The Biden administration will soon designate Houthi militants in Yemen as a specially designated global terrorist group, a White House official tells the NewsHour. It follows more than 30 Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and it's… Continue watching
Jan 15 Iran strikes targets in northern Iraq and Syria as regional tensions escalate By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Salar Salim, Associated Press Iran has announced that it launched strikes against a "spy headquarters and the gathering of anti-Iranian terrorist groups" shortly after missiles hit an area near the U.S. consulate in Irbil, the seat of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region. Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch 5:19 Iranian-backed groups raise threat of drawing U.S. into a wider Middle East conflict By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and Israel’s military response in Gaza, Iranian-backed militias in the region have escalated attacks. Hezbollah and the IDF have traded barrages while the Houthis have lobbed missiles and attacked ships in the Red Sea… Continue watching
Jan 12 Houthi rebels vow fierce retaliation after American and British strikes, ships are warned to avoid Red Sea By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Yemen’s Houthi rebels are vowing fierce retaliation for American and British strikes against them, further raising the prospect of a wider conflict in a region already beset by Israel’s war in Gaza. Continue reading
Jan 11 Biden says strikes in Yemen show U.S., allies ‘will not tolerate’ Houthi attacks on shipping By Associated Press Biden said the U.S. and its allies only made the move after attempts at diplomatic negotiations and careful deliberation. Continue reading
Jan 11 U.S. and British militaries launch massive retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, Associated Press The strikes marked the first U.S. military response against the Houthis for what has been a persistent campaign of drone and missile attacks on commercial ships since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 3:30 U.S. and U.K. strike Houthi targets in Yemen for attacks on ships in Red Sea By Nick Schifrin The United States and Britain launched strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. The strikes are in response to numerous attacks against shipping vessels in the Red Sea in recent months. Nick Schifrin reports. Continue watching
Jan 11 Iran’s navy seizes oil tanker in Gulf of Oman that was at the center of a major U.S.-Iran crisis By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The vessel was once known as the Suez Rajan and was involved in a yearlong dispute that ultimately saw the U.S. Justice Department seize 1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil on it. Continue reading