MAERSK PAUSES SHIPPING OPERATIONS IN RED SEA INDEFINITELY “We’re asking the administration to enforce the sanctions that are there and put the squeeze on those who are doing business with Iran,” said …
A wider war doesn’t suit Iran, even as it benefits from rising tensions
It has been a relatively low-rumbling tit-for-tat that has stayed just below the threshold of a full-blown regional war. And it has sharpened US President Joe Biden’s foreign policy dilemmas while Iran seeks to balance tactical military gains against the dangers of a larger conflict.
US sanctions 2 companies for supporting Yemen’s Houthis
Washington will continue to ‘counter illicit Iranian financial support’ to Houthis, says US State Department spokesman – Anadolu Ajansı …
Iran’s navy seizes oil tanker in Gulf of Oman that was at the center of a major US-Iran crisis
Iran’s navy captured an oil tanker Thursday in the Gulf of Oman that only months earlier had seen its cargo of Iranian oil seized by the United States over sanctions linked to Tehran’s nuclear program,
AFC Asian Cup by the numbers: Iran and Saudi Arabia chase Japan and can South Korea end their drought?
One of the most consistent nations in the history of the Asian Cup, Iran already hold the record for games played in the tournament, but it’s one that can be extended with a deep run. Iran also have the most wins in the tournament with 41 and can tie Japan for the most Asian Cup titles with five if they are to win the tournament.
Biden says he’s sent a message to Iran with Yemen strikes, calls Houthis a terrorist organization
President Joe Biden said Friday he’s delivered a message to Iran with Thursday’s airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen, which he now is calling a terrorist group despite his administration’s 2021 decision to revoke that label.
Iran’s new jet-powered exploding drones in Russian hands could put even more stress on Ukraine’s best air defenses
There are suspicions Russia may have a new jet-powered Iranian exploding drone called the Shahed-238. That could be a problem.
Calling airstrikes on Houthis ‘success,’ Joe Biden says U.S. not in proxy war with Iran
President Joe Biden said the United States is not in a proxy war with Iran following a joint American/British strike against Houthi targets in Yemen.
The West must confront the Iran threat
November, the Iran-backed Houthi movement has been engaged in an escalating series of attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. On Tuesday, it chose to target British and American warships, and in doing so invited military retaliation.
Gen Jack Keane: The US has to take Iran on in a ‘limited measured way’ to get their attention
Fox News senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane (Ret.) reacts to the US-UK Yemen strikes on Houthi targets on ‘The Story with Martha MacCallum.’