Yemen’s Houthis claim attacks on Red Sea tankers as US launches 12th night of strikes on Iran – Middle East crisis live
Key events11m agoOpening: US launches more strikes on Iran as Yemen’s Houthis claim Red Sea attacksOpening: US launches more strikes on Iran as Yemen’s Houthis claim Red Sea attacksWelcome to our live. . .
Key events11m agoOpening: US launches more strikes on Iran as Yemen’s Houthis claim Red Sea attacksOpening: US launches more strikes on Iran as Yemen’s Houthis claim Red Sea attacksWelcome to our live coverage of the continuing crisis in the Middle East. TheUSmilitary announced on Thursday evening it had began a 12th consecutive night of strikes againstIranianmilitary targets at the direction ofDonald Trump. US Central Command said the strikes would “continue to further degradeIran’s ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters”. It came asYemen’s Houthissaid they carried out missile and drone strikes on Wednesday on twoSaudioil tankers in theRed Seaafter declaring a maritime embargo on the kingdom amid the US war with Iran. The Houthis said in a statement posted on Telegram that they “carried out a qualitative military operation targeting two Saudi oil tankers that violated the blockade”, naming the vessels as the Encelia and the Layla. Meanwhile, the US signed alandmark nuclear dealwith Saudi Arabia that could allow the kingdom toenrich uranium. The US Department of Energy said on Wednesday its secretary and his Saudi counterpart signed a “peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement”, along with a “bilateral safeguards agreement”. We’ll bring you more on these and other developments in our continuing live coverage.