Houthis claim strikes on Saudi Arabian oil tankers in Red Sea as Iran conflict expands
Yemen's Houthis said Wednesday that they had targeted two Saudi Arabian oil tankers, named Encelia and Layla, with drones and missiles for allegedly...
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- Yemen's Houthis said Wednesday that they had targeted two Saudi Arabian oil tankers, named Encelia and Layla, with drones and missiles for allegedly violating their maritime blockade.
- Central Command said overnight that American forces completed another round of strikes against Iran, hitting military targets including maritime capabilities, missile and drone storage facilities, and air defense assets.
- The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said in its latest update that at least seven vessels had changed course to avoid transiting through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in light of the Houthis blockade on Saudi Arabian ports.
- has also increasingly struck Iranian targets outside of southern Iran, including western and northwestern Iran, the ISW said.
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Yemen's Houthis said Wednesday that they had targeted two Saudi Arabian oil tankers, named Encelia and Layla, with drones and missiles for allegedly violating their maritime blockade. Central Command said overnight that American forces completed another round of strikes against Iran, hitting military targets including maritime capabilities, missile and drone storage facilities, and air defense assets. The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said in its latest update that at least seven vessels had changed course to avoid transiting through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in light of the Houthis blockade on Saudi Arabian ports. has also increasingly struck Iranian targets outside of southern Iran, including western and northwestern Iran, the ISW said. "From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon, the United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT," Trump said Wednesday in a Truth Social post. In response, Iran said it would retaliate to those strikes with attacks against U.S.-linked infrastructure and energy assets in...