Reports say Yemeni government forces withdrew from Mayyun Island, strategically located in the heart of the critical waterway, allowing the Houthis to capture it. The Iran-backed terrorist group also reportedly seized the Red Sea coastal town of Dhubab, near Bab al-Mandab.
Iran-backed Houthis reportedly achieve key objective in push toward Bab al-Mandeb Strait. A Series of airstrikes was also reported against Houthi positions in Hodeidah province.
The president warns Washington could strike Tehran again
According to CNN, intelligence analysts notice surge at Iran's underground Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site using six years of satellite imagery. A source familiar with the matter told CNN that elements held a "planning sprint" on the topic, with efforts to develop plans for decisive strikes against underground facilities.
Washington has not immediately confirmed the claim that a Dive-LD drone was in Iranian hands. The operation, according to a Tuesday statement from the Revolutionary Guards' Navy, took place in the early hours of the day and was described as a "complex intelligence and operational action."
Troops encircle Al-Lubnat camp in Jawf province and push toward the provincial capital, days after repelling a Houthi assault on the port city of Mocha.
New research reveals long-standing ties between Board of Peace Gaza chief Nickolay Mladenov and an international organization linked to the "starvation" campaign against Israel. Researchers say the organization helped draft the section dealing with a "political horizon" and the two-state solution. ALLMEP's response: Claims are false.
The Financial Times reports Navy SEAL divers spent four months conducting a covert mine-clearing operation in the Strait of Hormuz, mostly under cover of darkness. Mission involved rubber boats, robotic vessels and underwater systems, while US Navy minesweepers remained outside the area. While shipowners believe the southern shipping route has been cleared, they doubt the entire strait is mine-free.
Sarah Khalifa and 11 other defendants convicted of manufacturing and trafficking synthetic drugs. Authorities seized more than 750 kilograms (1,653 pounds) of drugs and raw materials and found two apartments used as laboratories. The verdict can be appealed.
Tehran told Washington that officers from its Revolutionary Guards are embedded with Hezbollah terrorists at the Ali al-Taher ridge, and that a full-scale Israeli assault there would trigger a large-scale Iranian response, Reuters reported.
