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☆ The Houthis probed Israeli defenses with a ballistic missile, and Iran is likely taking notes
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewA Houthi ballistic missile reached Israel from Yemen for the first time on Sunday, disintegrating in the air after Israel activated its air defenses. AdvertisementThe Arrow 2 and Arrow 3 both made their first-ever combat intercepts against Houthis missiles on October 31 and November 9, 2023, respectively. The Arrow 3 fires an intercept missile that strikes an incoming ballistic missile outside the Earth's atmosphere, and boasts superior range and speed over its Arrow 2 predecessor. The Palestine missiles are solid-propellent, making them more advanced than the liquid-propellent ballistic missiles hitherto used by the group. "When it comes to large-scale drone and missile attacks, Iran has to rely on large volumes to try and overwhelm Israeli air and missile defenses," Tack said.

Persons: —, Israel, Sim, Tack, Samad, Ryan Bohl, RANE, Bohl, Steven Horrell, Horrell Organizations: Service, Business, Houthis, Houthi Media, Getty, Palestine, Tel, East, PAC, Transatlantic Defense, Security, Center for, Israel, US Navy Locations: Israel, Yemen, Iran, Iranian, Palestine, Eilat, Tel Aviv, North Africa, Syria, Tehran, Lebanon, Red

☆ Hezbollah fires rockets deep into northern Israel as tensions flare. Here’s what we know
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

On Saturday Israel pounded Hezbollah targets with nearly 300 strikes it what they described as preemptive action to thwart a planned attack. Hezbollah meanwhile has been launching a barrage of rockets and other projectiles at Israel in what it says is retaliation for Israeli attacks in Lebanon. Israel meanwhile fired nearly 300 projectiles into southern Lebanon on Saturday in what the military said was pre-emptive action against a planned Hezbollah attack. Israel continued its strikes into Sunday, with Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reporting two people were killed Sunday morning in southern Lebanon. Speaking on Sunday, Netanyahu again put the focus on ensuring the return of Israel citizens to their homes in northern Israel and to restore security in that region.

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This is the latest in a decades-long conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. Here’s what to know:Israeli invasion: Israeli forces took almost half of Lebanon’s territory when it invaded Lebanon in 1982. Displaced residents: The increase in cross-border fighting has forced people from their homes in both northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Israel said Aqil was among senior Hezbollah figures who were killed in an airstrike on a residential building in Beirut. Lebanon was already reeling after thousands of small blasts hit Hezbollah members’ pagers and walkie-talkies during the week, killing dozens and wounding thousands.

Persons: Sabra, Shatila, Israel, Hezbollah’s, Fu’ad, Ibrahim Aqil, Aqil, ’ pagers Organizations: Commission, Christian Lebanese, Hezbollah, Hamas Locations: Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanese, Palestinian, Islamic Republic, Gaza, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Beirut . Lebanon

☆ Middle East on the precipice after Hezbollah leader vows retribution and Israel launches strikes. Here’s what we know
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

In a speech Thursday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah condemned the twin attacks, calling them “massacres” that “crossed all the red lines” because the devices exploded in public areas, with civilians among those harmed. Though Hezbollah “suffered a major blow,” a “reckoning will come,” he added, and vowed the attacks would not bring the group down. The Hezbollah chief also warned Israel that fighting on the Lebanese front will not stop until hostilities end in Gaza. Hours later, Israel launched a barrage of strikes in Lebanon, saying it hit about 100 Hezbollah rocket launchers and “terrorist infrastructure sites.”Meanwhile, Hezbollah said it launched at least 17 attacks on military sites in northern Israel. For months, the international community has been trying to de-escalate tensions between Israel and Hezbollah.

Persons: CNN — Israel, Israel’s, Hassan Nasrallah, “, Israel, Nasrallah, –, Hossein, Israel “, Ismail Haniyeh Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Hezbollah, United Nations Security, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, UN Security Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Gaza, Iran, Lebanese, Beirut, Tehran, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Argentina, India, Georgia, Thailand, United States

☆ Iran is helping the Houthi rebels in Yemen target and down U.S. Reaper drones, U.S. officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Courtney-Kube-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Courtney Kube | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Iran is helping the Houthi rebels in Yemen target U.S. Reaper drones, which has enabled the Houthis to shoot down or damage several of the massive, unmanned aircraft, say two U.S. officials. The interference severely inhibits the U.S. ability to gather intelligence and increases the chance that the drones could drift into unfriendly airspace. The U.S. military has struggled to stop some Houthi air defense systems because rather than radars, the Houthis often use electro-optical systems to find targets. Iran sent a spy ship to the waters near Yemen to help the Houthis target ships in the Red Sea. It appears the U.S. plan to interdict shipments of Iranian weapons and destroy stockpiles of weapons and drones has failed to roll back Houthi attacks on cargo ships, Knights said.

Persons: Michael Knights, ”, Knights, “ Organizations: U.S, Pentagon, NBC, Defense Intelligence Agency, White House National Security Council, Washington Institute for Near, Policy, NBC News, ” Knights, U.S . Navy, “ Locations: Iran, Yemen, Tehran, Israel, U.S, Eastern Europe, Syria, Red

☆ The US Navy is planning for possible war by 2027, when China expects it will be ready to invade Taiwan, US admiral says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Related storiesFranchetti referenced that assessment again in her speech, saying that it's "what Chairman Xi told his forces, that they should be ready for war by 2027." Fears of a US-China war have further been stoked by Beijing turning more hostile in its territorial disputes with Japan and US allies in the South China Sea. "By 2027, the Navy will be more ready for sustained combat," she said. The admiral aims to have 80% of US naval forces ready to deploy and fight anytime. "We have learned a great deal about the future of war at sea," Franchetti said.

Persons: —, Lisa Franchetti, Franchetti, Xi Jinping, Xi, Joe Biden, It's, Yemen's Houthi, we've Organizations: Service, US Navy, Business, Naval War College, Democratic Progressive Party, Navy, Star, Pacific Fleet, Russia, Associated Press, 6th, Joint Chiefs, Staff Locations: China, Beijing, Taiwan, Rhode Island, People's Republic of China, Japan, South China, Russia, Iran, Republic of China, Washington, Ukraine

☆ Lebanon attacks: What we know about the pager and walkie-talkie explosions
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Lebanon is reeling after facing deadly back-to-back attacks targeting Hezbollah members – with pagers simultaneously exploding across the country on Tuesday, then walkie-talkies detonating in a similar fashion on Wednesday. At least 22 people, including children, have died so far from the two attacks, which Lebanese officials have blamed on Israel. Firefighters put out flames and a crowd gathers after a reported explosion in Saida, Lebanon, on September 18, 2024. How have Hezbollah, Israel and the world responded? It appears US officials were largely in the dark until reports emerged of the explosions, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

Persons: pagers, Mahmoud Zayat, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Mohamed Azakir, ICOM, “, Abdallah Bou Habib, Yoav Gallant, ” Gallant, ” Organizations: CNN, pagers, Firefighters, Getty, Hamas, American University of, American University of Beirut Medical Center, The New York Times, NBC News, Lebanon’s, United Nations Security Council, Israeli, UN, ”, Human Rights Watch Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Beirut, Iran, Saida, AFP, Gaza, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Israeli, American University of Beirut, Asia, Europe, Hungarian, Budapest, United States

☆ A Navy SEAL unit that killed Osama bin Laden may be training Taiwanese forces to defeat a possible Chinese invasion, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewAn elite Navy SEAL unit may be preparing Taiwanese forces for reconnaissance operations and missions to repel a Chinese invasion, retired Navy officers said after a report said the unit had been training for such an eventuality for over a year. AdvertisementAccording to three retired Navy officers, the unit may be training Taiwanese soldiers to fight back against China should it invade Taiwan. One, he told BI, "is training Taiwanese forces in reconnaissance and perhaps direct attack, focusing on missions that might be required to defeat a Chinese invasion." "Naval reconnaissance forces would locate Chinese forces for long-range attacks," he said, adding: "They might also launch attacks against offshore ships or shipping in Chinese ports." Reports have already given clues as to how the US is preparing for a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

Persons: —, Osama bin Laden, Mark Cancian, Bradley Martin, Sam Tangredi, Graeme Thompson, Joe Biden, Samuel Paparo, Martin, Cancian, Daniel Ceng, Phil Davidson, Davidson, Feng Hao, Paparo, Frank Kendall, Kendall Organizations: Service, Navy SEAL, Financial Times, Business, Navy, Marine, Center for Strategic, International Studies, US Navy, Getty, Eurasia Group, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Pacific Command, Washington Post, Congressional Research Service, Senate Armed Services Committee, Theater Command, PLA, China Military, Anadolu, American Enterprise Institute, Institute for, Japan's Nikkei, RAND Corp, US Air Force, Air & Space Forces Association Locations: Virginia, Taiwan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, Somalia, Pakistan, China, People's Republic of China, Pingtung County, AFP, Washington ,, Australia, United States, Taichung, Anadolu, Pacific

☆ Satellite images show the difficult mission to save a stricken oil tanker in the Red Sea
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewSatellite imagery obtained by Business Insider captures the difficult mission to rescue an oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea nearly a month after the Iran-backed Houthi rebels first attacked the vessel. Operation Aspides stated that it would continue to monitor the situation while "private stakeholders" finish the salvage mission. Satellite images captured by Maxar Technologies this past weekend show the salvage mission underway. Related storiesRear Adm. Vasileios Gryparis, the operational commander of Aspides, told BI earlier this month that a successful salvage mission required meeting safety, technical, environmental, and weather considerations. AdvertisementThe Houthis have struck a number of vessels with missiles and drones since the Iran-backed rebels started attacking merchant shipping lanes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden last fall.

Persons: —, Aspides, BlackSky, Valdez, Vasileios Gryparis Organizations: Service, Business Insider, Business, Maxar Technologies, Technologies, European Locations: Iran, Red, Iraq, Greece, Gulf, Aden, Yemen

☆ Sirens sound as Yemeni missile lands in central Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Nine people were injured as they ran to shelters, after air raid sirens sounded in central Israel Sunday morning. A ballistic missile launched from Yemen crossed into Israel, landing in an open field outside Tel Aviv, the Israel Defense Forces said. The sirens were the first in months, and included Israel's Ben Gurion international airport in Tel Aviv, where local media showed footage of people racing to shelters. Responders put out a fire in the area of Lod, near Tel Aviv, in central Israel. The IDF originally said that a "surface-to-surface missile was identified crossing into central Israel from the East and fell in an open area."

Persons: Israel's Ben, MENAHEM KAHANA, Nasr Al, Din Amer, Al, Israel Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, NBC News, Reuters, Getty, IDF, Arabi, Israel, U.S . Embassy Locations: Israel, Yemen, Tel Aviv, Israel's Ben Gurion, Lod, AFP, Modiin, Yemen’s Iran, Gaza, U.S

☆ Houthi rebels say they struck Israel with a 'new hypersonic ballistic missile' that flew more than 1,200 miles in just over 11 minutes
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The Houthi rebels said they had struck Israel with a hypersonic ballistic missile. They said the missile flew more than 1,200 miles in just over 11 minutes. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementYemen's Houthi rebels have said that the militant group struck Israel using a "new hypersonic ballistic missile." The Israel Defense Forces said that it had identified a surface-to-surface missile fired from Yemen over central Israel.

Persons: —, Yemen's, Yahya Sarea Organizations: Service, Israel Defense Forces, Business Locations: Israel, Yemen

☆ Missile from Yemen lands in central Israel, IDF says, an area normally safe from enemy projectiles
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Jessie Yeung | Dana Karni | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The projectile crossed into Israeli territory and fell in an open area in central Israel, with no injuries reported, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Sirens rang across central and northern Israel, the military said, and sirens were also sounded at Tel Aviv airport, the airport’s spokesperson told CNN. Also on Sunday morning, approximately 40 projectiles crossed from Lebanon into Israel’s northern region, some of them intercepted and others falling in open areas, the IDF said. It has also targeted shipping in the Red Sea, as a rejection of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Since then, more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s military operations in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the enclave.

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☆ A Navy SEAL unit that killed Osama bin Laden is busy preparing for a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA Navy SEAL unit that killed Osama bin Laden is busy preparing for a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the preparations. SEAL Team 6, an elite military special missions unit, has spent more than a year planning and training for a potential Chinese invasion of the island at its Dam Neck base in Virginia Beach, per the FT. People familiar with its planning did not provide details to the FT about what specific missions it is preparing for. These include the rapid modernization of its armed forces over the past two decades, and drills around Taiwan. According to a June report from the American think tank RAND Corp, the US — if it decided to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion — may have to do it alone as several of its biggest allies are unlikely to commit troops.

Persons: —, Osama bin Laden, Osama bin, Phil Davidson, Adm, Samuel Paparo Organizations: Service, Navy SEAL, Financial Times, Business, Operations Command, Pentagon, Department of Defense, American Enterprise Institute, Institute for, Pacific, Japan's Nikkei, RAND Corp Locations: Taiwan, Virginia Beach, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, Somalia, Pakistan, China

☆ How Saudi Arabia's ruler used chaos in the Middle East to get what he wants from the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewPresident Joe Biden came to power having pledged to make Saudi Arabia's maverick new ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, a global pariah. Analysts say that MBS has navigated increasing regional and global chaos to emphasize Saudi Arabia's importance to Washington. Related storiesUS President Joe Biden gives a fist bump to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2022. AdvertisementSaudi Arabia's importanceBut global instability, economic change, and the war in Gaza have made clear to the White House Saudi Arabia's indispensability. Crown Prince Mohammed has condemned Israel's attack on Gaza but has not ruled out a normalization deal with Israel.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Mohammed bin Salman, Biden, Kamala Harris, Prince Mohammed, Crown Prince, Jamal Khashoggi, Giorgio Cafiero, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Mohammed bin Salman's, Saad Hariri, Khashoggi, He's, Mohammed Hamoud, Trump, Abraham, Israel, Jon Alterman Organizations: Service, Business, Crown, Democratic, MBS, Saudi, Gulf, Analytics, Saudi Arabia's, Royal, Anadolu Agency, White, White House Saudi, Abraham Accords, Israel, Center for Strategic, International Studies Locations: Saudi, November's, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Istanbul, Washington, Gaza, Israel, Iran, West, Riyadh, Lebanese, Russia, China, Beijing, Ukraine, UAE, Bahrain, Palestinian, United States, Red, Jeddah

☆ Houthi rebels say they shot down a $30M US Reaper drone, the 8th in less than a year
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewHouthi rebels claim to have shot down another MQ-9 Reaper drone in Yemen. AdvertisementThe Houthi rebels did not post a picture, video, or evidence of this latest claimed shootdown on their social media channels. This is not the first time the Houthis have claimed to have taken down a MQ-9 Reaper drone. In May, the Associated Press reported a US MQ-9 Reaper drone — worth $30 million — came down in Yemen, the third in just a month, citing a video of the shootdown. Related storiesUS warships and aircraft, meanwhile, have repeatedly targeted Houthi missiles and drones, as well as assets like radar sites.

Persons: —, Ameen Hayyan, Adm, George Wikoff, Wikoff Organizations: Service, Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesperson's Office, Yemeni Air Forces, Business, Department of Defense, Associated Press, Prosperity Guardian, Center for Strategic, International Studies, US Naval Forces Central Command Locations: Yemen, Gaza, Israel, Iran, Gulf, Aden, Red

☆ In photos: Arabian oryx populations rebound
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-26 | by ( Katie Guenthner | For Cnn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has partnered with CNN to drive awareness and education around key sustainability issues and to inspire positive action. The slender horns of the Arabian oryx, also known as the “white oryx” because of its luminous white coat, are said to be an inspiration for tales of the mythical unicorn. This kickstarted conservation efforts, which involved breeding the species in captivity and reintroducing it into the wild. Today, there are an estimated 1,220 Arabian oryxes in the wild and 6,000 to 7,000 in captivity, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Organizations: CNN, Initiative, International Union for Conservation of Nature Locations: Egypt, Yemen

☆ Hezbollah: What weapons does it have? A visual guide
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Lou Robinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Though no match for Israel’s military might, Hezbollah’s increasingly sophisticated arsenal has the potential to inflict significant damage on Israel and its allies in the region. As it fought in the trenches of that nearly decade-long war, Hezbollah became seasoned in urban warfare and solidified its alliances with other Iran-backed groups fighting in Syria. Throughout its decades-long conflict with Israel, Hezbollah has been engaged in asymmetric warfare. It has sought to grow its political and military might, while seeking to establish deterrence despite Israel’s military superiority. Because of Hezbollah’s growing power, a possible all-out war between Israel and Lebanon would thrust the Middle East into uncharted waters.

Persons: Yemen’s Houthis, Bashar al, Assad Organizations: CNN, Islamic Locations: Iran, Lebanon, Israel, Yemen, Syria, Gaza, Iraq, Red, Beirut, Islamic Republic

☆ Fires observed on board Greek-flagged tanker in Red Sea, says maritime agency
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Houthis first damaged the tanker on Wednesday with repeated attacks that caused a fire and a loss of engine power. Three fires blazed on a Greek-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said on Friday, one day after rescuers evacuated its crew in the wake of an assault by Yemeni Houthi militants . Later in the day, the Houthis posted a video on social media that purportedly showed them setting the tanker on fire. The damaged tanker, carrying 150,000 metric tons of crude oil, poses an environmental hazard, the EU's Red Sea naval mission Aspides said. The Sounion was the third vessel operated by Athens-based Delta Tankers to come under Houthi attack this month.

Persons: UKMTO, Aspides, Yahya Saree Organizations: United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, Authority, International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation, Delta Locations: Yemen, Eritrea, Iran, Israel, Gaza, Red, Yemeni, Djibouti, Caribbean, Tobago, Athens, Palestine

☆ Sounion: Fires on board Greek-flagged tanker after Houthi attack in Red Sea, says maritime agency
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Reuters —Three fires blazed on a Greek-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said on Friday, one day after rescuers evacuated its crew in the wake of an assault by Yemeni Houthi militants. The Iran-aligned Houthis, who control Yemen’s most populous regions, said on Thursday that they had attacked the Sounion oil tanker as part of their 10-month campaign against commercial shipping to support Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The Houthis first damaged the tanker on Wednesday with repeated attacks that caused a fire and a loss of engine power. The damaged tanker, carrying 150,000 metric tons of crude oil, poses an environmental hazard, the EU’s Red Sea naval mission Aspides said. The Sounion was the third vessel operated by Athens-based Delta Tankers to come under Houthi attack this month.

Persons: UKMTO, “, Aspides, Yahya Saree Organizations: Reuters, United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, Authority, International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation, Delta, “ Locations: Red, Yemeni, Iran, Israel, Gaza, Yemen, Eritrea, Djibouti, Caribbean, Tobago, Athens, Palestine

☆ New military photo captures a NATO warship taking out an explosive-packed drone boat during a Red Sea rescue mission
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-22 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA new photo released by the French military on Thursday captures one of its warships battling an explosive drone boat during a rescue mission in the Red Sea. AdvertisementThe rescue mission in the Red Sea. The attack left the Sounion without power and adrift off the coast of Yemen, prompting the French rescue mission. Operation Aspides said on Thursday that the crew was transported to the nearest safe port of call in Djibouti. "The lives of seafarers and freedom on the high seas are nonnegotiable values and their protection is a key objective" of the security mission, Operation Aspides said.

Persons: —, Aspides Organizations: Service, Business, United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, Royal Navy, Union, European, Pentagon Locations: Red, Iran, Gulf, Aden, Yemen, Djibouti

A ship in the Red Sea was targeted in a third attack suspected to have been carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels Tuesday in their campaign of assaults over the Israel-Hamas war, officials said. The Houthis have targeted more than 70 vessels with missiles and drones since the start of the war in Gaza in October. Other missiles and drones have been either intercepted by a U.S.-led coalition in the Red Sea or failed to reach their targets. After the strikes, the Houthis paused their attacks until Aug. 3, when they hit a Liberian-flagged container ship traveling through the Gulf of Aden. Additional F-22 fighter jets have flown into the region, while the USS Wasp, a large amphibious assault ship carrying F-35 fighter jets, is in the Mediterranean Sea.

Persons: Yemen’s Houthi, Ismail Haniyeh, Ambrey, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt Organizations: U.S . Navy, British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, Liberian, U.S ., USS Locations: Israel, Iran, Asia, Europe, Hodeida, British, Gaza, U.S, United States, Tel Aviv, Aden, America, USS Georgia, Gulf of Oman

Nearly two weeks have passed and no large-scale response has materialized, leaving Israel and the wider Middle East on edge. But Mr. Haniyeh’s killing was seen as the greater blow to Tehran because it took place on Iranian soil. “Israel has checkmated Iran in this situation because Iran is left with no good options,” said Mr. Vaez. What could an Iranian response look like? U.S. and Israeli diplomats and security officials had some advanced knowledge of its scope and intensity of Iran’s attack in April, which facilitated defensive preparations.

Persons: Ismail Haniyeh, Masoud, Israel, Fuad Shukr, Haniyeh’s, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, analystsexperts, Nasser Kanaan, Sanam Vakil, Pezeshkian, Vakil, Ms, Ali Vaez, Vaez, “ Israel, ”, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Keir Starmer, Nasser Kanani, Jordan, Mr, Haniyeh, Lloyd J, Austin III, Biden Organizations: Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Chatham House, Crisis, Diplomats, of Islamic Cooperation, United, Hamas Locations: Iran, Tehran, Israel, Masoud Pezeshkian, Beirut, Lebanon, Golan, East, London, Yemen, Western, Iranian, United States, Gaza, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia

☆ The US naval presence around the Middle East is getting a firepower boost. Here are the warships already there and what's on the way.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Facing this possibility, the Pentagon has deployed a number of military assets to the Middle East this month to defend Israel and US troops in the region. When these forces arrive on station, they will join a wide range of existing naval capabilities in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean that were already deployed in response to various conflicts and crises. AdvertisementAdditionally, two destroyers — USS Bulkeley and USS Roosevelt — have been in the area for several weeks. Warships in transitA MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter flies next to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on August 2. The coming Lincoln strike group consists of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and the destroyers USS Spruance, USS Stockdale, USS Frank E. Petersen, and USS O'Kane.

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☆ US will resume offensive weapons sales to Saudi Arabia
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The United States will resume sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, the State Department said Monday, ending a suspension put in place at the beginning of the Biden administration over concerns about human rights violations in the war in Yemen. “As part of this policy, our administration froze the sale of certain classes of offensive weapons, while also maintaining sales of systems to the kingdom required to defend itself from attack,” State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said at a news briefing. At the outset of President Joe Biden’s tenure, the administration suspended offensive weapons sales to Riyadh amid concerns about the toll of the Saud-led war against the Houthis in Yemen, which killed thousands of civilians. Patel denied that the lifting of the suspension was linked to the administration’s ambitious plan for post-war Gaza and Israel-Saudi normalization. He acknowledged, however, that “Saudi Arabia has remained a close strategic partner of the United States, and we look forward to enhancing that partnership.”

Persons: Biden, Vedant Patel, “, ” Patel, Joe Biden’s, Saud, Patel, ”, ” “ We’ve Organizations: CNN, State Department, ”, UN Locations: United States, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, “, Saudi, Riyadh, Red, Gaza, Israel

Nearly two weeks have passed and no large-scale response has materialized, leaving Israel and the wider Middle East on edge. Iran, which backs Hamas, blamed Israel for the assassination, but Israeli leaders have not said their forces were responsible. What could an Iranian response look like? U.S. and Israeli diplomats and security officials had some advanced knowledge of its scope and intensity of Iran’s attack in April, which facilitated defensive preparations. The foreign minister of Jordan, an ally of the United States, has traveled to Tehran in recent days for meetings.

Persons: Ismail Haniyeh, Masoud, Israel, Fuad Shukr, Haniyeh’s, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Nasser Kanaan, Sanam Vakil, Pezeshkian, Vakil, Ms, Ali Vaez, Vaez, “ Israel, ”, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Jordan, Mr, Haniyeh, Lloyd J, Austin III, Biden Organizations: Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Chatham House, Crisis, Diplomats, of Islamic Cooperation, United, Hamas Locations: Iran, Tehran, Israel, Masoud Pezeshkian, Beirut, Lebanon, Golan, East, London, Yemen, Iranian, United States, Gaza, Saudi Arabia

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