The widening US-Iran war spilled into another flashpoint Saturday as Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi terrorists traded airstrikes, raising fears that fighting is spreading into another of the world's most critical shipping corridors.
By Raphael Satter and Lefteris Papadimas WASHINGTON/ATHENS, July 26 (Reuters) - The Iran war broadened over the weekend despite a pause in U.S. strikes, as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast and Iran accused Ukraine of targeting one of its vessels i…
WASHINGTON • Signs of the Iran war’s spread emerged this weekend despite a pause in U.S. strikes, as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast and Iran accused Ukraine of targeting an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea. The U.S.
WASHINGTON/ATHENS >> Signs of the Iran war’s spread emerged this weekend despite a pause in U.S. strikes, as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast and Iran accused Ukraine of targeting an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea.
With a pause in U.S. attacks stretching into a fourth day on Monday, Iran has shifted its aggression toward Saudi Arabia, and especially at sabotaging Saudi efforts to shift their oil exports from the Strait of Hormuz into the Red Sea.
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