Middle East

Images emerging on social media indicate a top leader of Khataib Hezbollah was killed by an AGM-114RX9 Hellfire in Baghdad.

The attack, days after U.S. airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria, was claimed by one of those groups targeted.

As the U.S. determines what effect 85 strikes against targets in Iraq and Syria had, there were new attacks against Houthi targets in Yemen.

Plans are already leaking about the extent of the expected attacks in response to the deadly drone strike on U.S. soldiers in Jordan.

For a Navy warship, using a Close-In Weapon System against an approaching anti-ship missile is a method of last resort.

Houthis do not possess a capable air defense network, but they do have SAM capability that has proven effective in aerial ambushes.

The decision by Khataib Hezbollah to pause attacks on U.S. forces is unlikely to change the Biden administration’s plans.

A day after a deadly attack in Jordan, a U.S. outpost in northeast Syria came under a rocket attack Monday.

President Biden blamed Iranian-backed militias for the attack, which will escalate the already extremely volatile situation in the region.

The latest strikes by the U.S. and U.K. on Houthi targets in Yemen comes after reports that the Pentagon has given the operation a new name.

This is the third day in a row that the U.S. has carried out preemptive attacks against Houthi missiles being prepared to launch.

The U.S. struck four Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles that were being prepared for launch early Tuesday morning Yemen time.

It remains unclear exactly what was hit, but we do know that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched the strikes.

There wasn’t major damage or injuries in this attack a day after a Houthi missile heading to the USS Laboon was downed by a US fighter.

This latest incident comes after the U.S. and U.K. launched reprisal attacks on Houthi facilities in Yemen.

The Houthis say recent strikes against their facilities in Yemen caused little damage and vowed revenge against the U.S. and its allies.

A follow-up strike on a Houthi radar site in Yemen was launched tonight by an Arleigh Burke class destroyer.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reportedly briefed his cabinet on potential U.S. and U.K. strikes against the Houthis in Yemen tonight.

Only one Arab country has joined Operation Prosperity Guardian even though Iranian-backed Houthis threaten shipping in their region.

Not long after the drone boat was spotted, the admiral running Operation Prosperity Guardian provided insights into how it’s working.

This marks the first U.S. airstrike in Baghdad since Iranian-backed militias began attacking U.S. forces in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.

The warning, which comes after 24 Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping since Nov. 19, does not specify the consequences.

Three missiles, which all missed, were fired from Yemen at a container ship transiting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on its way to Egypt.

This marks the fourth U.S. airstrike against Iranian-backed militias since Oct. 26 and the first on a target in Iraq.

The incident comes as Turkey has stepped up its drone campaign against Kurdish targets following a bombing in Ankara on Sunday.