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26.07.26 - 07:06
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New front in US-Iran war escalates as Houthis fire at Saudi oil facilities (Al Jazeera)
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Conflict also spreads to Caspian Sea as Tehran accuses Ukraine of a deadly attack on an Iranian vessel. Tehran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen have fired missiles and drones at two of Saudi Arabia’s most strategically important oil facilities on the Red Sea, in a major escalation of the latest simmering regional conflict to be reignited by the war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran..
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23.07.26 - 15:09
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Trump Suggests He May Restart Bombing Yemen (ZeroHedge)
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Trump Suggests He May Restart Bombing Yemen
Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,
President Trump on Tuesday suggested he could restart a bombing campaign in Yemen in response to the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, enforcing a blockade on the Red Sea.
Trump's comments came after Ansar Allah announced a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia, which came a week after the Saudis bombed Yemen's Sanaa airport to prevent the landing of a plane carrying a Yemeni delegation from Iran to enforce its long-standing blockade on the country that was eased under a 2022 ceasefire deal but never fully lifted.
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Ansar Allah has already warned shipping companies against using Saudi ports, and Reuters reported that two oil tankers loaded with Saudi crude bound for China and India made U-turns in the Red Sea, heading for the Suez Canal instead of attempting to cross the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Yemeni media reported that a total of six ships turned around following the warning.
For his pa...
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15.07.26 - 04:27
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Trump Gave Saudi Crown Prince Green Light For Attack On Yemen′s Sanaa Airport (ZeroHedge)
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Trump Gave Saudi Crown Prince Green Light For Attack On Yemen's Sanaa Airport
Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com
Axios reported Monday that President Trump gave Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) his support for an attack on Yemen ahead of Saudi Arabia's bombing of the Sanaa International Airport, which shattered a years-long truce between Riyadh and the Houthis.
US officials told Axios reporter Barak Ravid that Riyadh sought support for the attack during conversations with US officials last week, which included a Friday conversation between Trump and MbS. The report said MbS "asked Trump for his backing for a military action against the Houthis and received it."
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The US backed a brutal Saudi/UAE-led war against the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, from 2015 to 2022, throughout the entire first Trump administration.
The US provided significant military and intelligence support to the Saudis, meaning the US could have provided support for ...
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