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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels threatened new attacks on ships traveling through the Red Sea corridor, likely trying to back Iran as it worried Monday about an approaching U.S. aircraft carrier after President Donald Trump threatened military action over its crackdown on nationwide protests.
President Trump said Thursday that the US has an “armada” headed toward Iran — but that “maybe we won’t have to use it” — as he remained coy about his intentions after authorities slaughtered protesters this month.
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Dozens of commercial ships have dropped anchor at a distance outside Iran's port limits in recent days, according to data and shipping sources, as tensions with the United States grow.
The mural in Enghelab Square comes as the American aircraft carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln, and accompanying warships moved toward the region.
A U.S. special operations team boarded a ship in the Indian Ocean last month and seized military-related articles headed to Iran from China, U.S. officials said, a rare interdiction operation at sea aimed at blocking Tehran from rebuilding its military ...
A US military strike to support Iran’s protesters would need to be very different from Trump’s operation to target the country’s nuclear facilities.
Dubai: Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels threatened new attacks on ships travelling through the Red Sea corridor, likely trying to back Iran as it worried Monday, January 26, about an approaching US aircraft carrier after President Donald Trump threatened military action over its crackdown on nationwide protests.