The global and political implications of the year of rage in the region are also huge. For instance, months of attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea have seen US and allied naval forces often under fire and intercepting missiles from Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Cascading ...
The spotlight has already fallen on Yemen just days into 2024, where the UK and US havecarried out airstrikes on Houthi rebels. It comes after the Iranian-backed fighters have beenattacking merchant ships as they pass through the Red Sea, stating solidarity with Palestinians and claim...
Petraeus said it was important to carefully consider a vast amount of regional complexities, including Iranian proxy forces, like Hezbollah in Lebanon, proxy militias in Syria and Iraq, and Houthi rebels in Yemen, all potentially affecting the situation. Petraeus said the presence of U.S. forces...
Iran is the most powerful player and the organizing force behind the axis, but the various groups nevertheless do maintain their autonomy, said Michael Knights, an expert on Iran-backed militias at the Washington Institute. He described the alliance as a network of “ideologically compatible partne...
The waiver decision changed the Iranian calculus from trying to outlast Trump to one of meeting Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign with one of its own: Oil tankers were sabotaged; the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen used Iranian-provided drones and rockets to hit Saudi civilian airfie...
conversations with partner nations and discussions with Iran, the president is taking a broader approach to the threats Iran poses, Tillerson said. Those threats include Iran's ballistic missile program and provocations, its backing of the militant group Hezbollah, the support of Houthi rebels in Ye...
According to code-breaking expert David Oranchak, the cipher’s text includes: “I hope you are having lots of fun in trying to catch me. … I am not afraid of the gas chamber because it will send me to paradise all the sooner because I now have enough slaves to work for me,”the...
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