Missile fired from Yemen as Israel, U.S. target Iran
Israel said on Saturday it had detected a missile fired from Yemen, the first since the Iran war began, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. expected to conclude military operations within weeks, not months.
A month after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the conflict has spread across West Asia, killing thousands and causing the biggest disruption ever to energy supplies, hitting the global economy and fuelling inflation fears. While Israel said it was again hitting targets across Iran’s capital on Saturday, it identified what it said was a missile launched from Yemen.
Hours earlier, Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said they were prepared to act if what the group called an escalation against Iran and the “axis of resistance” continued, but did not say what form any intervention would take.
Houthi involvement in the war would risk broadening the conflict, given their ability to strike targets far beyond Yemen and disrupt shipping lanes around the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea, which they had done in support of Hamas in Gaza after October 7, 2023.
– Reuters
