2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (397+ words) Military sources said Yemen’s Houthi movement had captured the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha from Saudi-backed government forces. The capture of Mokha would bring the Iran-backed group closer to controlling the Bab al-Mandab strait, a key shipping route…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (391+ words) Algeria announced Thursday that it was cutting diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates. The foreign ministry said the UAE's actions had reached a point ​where they could no longer be considered acceptable or tolerable and that it ​had "exhausted…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (157+ words) Yemen’s Houthis claimed they shot down a Saudi Karial-type armed reconnaissance drone while it was conducting operations in the air space of Hajjah Governorate, Al Jazeera reported. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said that the drone was “downed using appropriate…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (405+ words) Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly rejected the Arab League’s attempts to portray what it described as the Islamic Republic’s acts of retaliation against US regional interests as deliberate targeting of regional states. It issued the rejection in a statement on…...

4+ day, 42+ min ago   (457+ words) Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it launched ballistic missiles at a U.S.-used military base in Jordan and attacked 10 ships on Wednesday, escalating the six-month-old war after the U.S. reported destroying five Iranian oil tankers. Increased attacks by both the U.S. and…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (433+ words) Dozens of South Korean protesters called on the government Wednesday to keep its military out of the conflict involving Iran and reject any plan to deploy troops to the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. Around 60 demonstrators gathered near the US…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (295+ words) Oil prices climbed above $100 a barrel for the first time since July as ongoing turmoil in the Middle East rattled markets. As the market opened on Wednesday, the price for Brent Crude - the benchmark for oil across the world - hit…...

4+ day, 17+ min ago   (173+ words) Saudi Arabian fighter jets have launched a series of airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Marib, al-Jawf, and Taiz governorates. It said five air strikes targeted the Khab wa Sha’af district in al-Jawf, 10 other air attacks targeted areas in the Sirwah district of…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (288+ words) Top Chinese and Qatari diplomats discussed rising tensions in the Middle East and stressed the importance of maintaining safe and free international navigation through the nearly closed Strait of Hormuz. The visiting Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (366+ words) Forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government have launched counterattacks against Houthi rebels, with officials saying their goal is to retake the capital, Sanaa, from the Iran-backed group. Fighting intensified on Monday in the provinces of Taiz, al-Bayda and al-Jawf,…...