Arquivos de Tag: Irans

Saudi Arabia spends billions on its military. Why can’t it stop deadly attacks by Iran’s Houthi allies?

Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia in recent weeks have inflicted severe losses on the kingdom, with missiles hitting energy infrastructure and civilian airports, killing at least 20 people. The Iranian proxy group has struck the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, and is fighting Saudi-backed government forces for control of Yemen’s coastline […]

Iran’s Houthi allies’ deadly attacks on Saudi Arabia create “a difficult dilemma for President Trump”

London — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have dramatically upped the stakes in the complex Middle East war, killing at least 20 people — including an American — and wounding hundreds more with strikes on Saudi Arabia’s airports over the last week. The question is whether President Trump will order U.S. military action in support of Saudi Arabia, which has been […]

Iran’s Houthi allies kill 3 in strike on Saudi airport as Trump rules out pre-midterms strikes

Three Saudi citizens were killed and several other people “of different nationalities” were wounded in attacks targeting Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport and a Saudia Airlines aircraft, the kingdom’s civil aviation authority said Friday. Thursday’s attack was the deadliest in Saudi Arabia since the kingdom and allied forces in neighboring Yemen launched a major military […]

Iran’s military says war will only end when U.S. admits defeat as it asks American public to protest against Trump

  1m ago Pakistan vows to help defend Saudi Arabia from Iran-backed Houthis Pakistan will use “whatever means are available” to defend Saudi Arabia against Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the country’s defense minister said Tuesday, offering one of Islamabad’s clearest indications yet that it could become directly involved in the widening regional conflict. Defense Minister Khawaja […]

In war’s opening days, Iran’s attacks on Bahrain caught Navy families and sailors by surprise

On the very first day of the war, Iran targeted the Navy’s Middle East headquarters in Bahrain — before the U.S. government had evacuated all the military families based there. Some had to wait about a week or more to reach safety, according to multiple families who spoke to CBS News. “You’re definitely scared,” one […]

How Iran’s regional allies’ attacks in Yemen are compounding the war’s impact on oil prices

Escalating fighting between Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia, and attacks by other Iranian proxy forces on Saudi infrastructure, are increasing the threat to tanker traffic in the Middle East and driving up global fuel costs more than six months after the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran. Direct clashes between the U.S. […]

Hegseth on “devastation” to Iran’s capabilities

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Norah O’Donnell last month that “we have all the control in the world” on the outcome of the Iran war and touted “historic” devastation to  Iran’s military capabilities. O’Donnell sat down with Hegseth for a story airing on “60 Minutes” about the U.S. Air Force officer shot down in Iran […]

Trump orders scale-back of military exercises with South Korea after refusal to help with Iran’s denuclearization

President Trump announced Sunday that he has ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea, saying that the country recently declined to join the U.S. effort to denuclearize Iran. Mr. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that the exercises are costly and they “send a signal that is totally inappropriate […]

Tehran says Strait of Hormuz “under Iran’s control” after Trump threatens U.S. might “keep it”

More than 30 countries, including France, Britain and Canada, have condemned Iran’s use of capital punishment, saying in a joint statement that the Islamic republic is executing protesters to “silence dissent.” The countries, joined by the European Union’s top diplomat, said they “condemn in the strongest terms the ongoing executions of protesters and use of […]

From inside Iran’s Evin Prison, U.S. citizen Reza Valizadeh gives update on conditions, fears exposure to disease

This week, CBS News received another recording from inside the notorious Evin prison in Iran with an update from U.S. citizen and journalist Reza Valizadeh.   He last reached out in June, and he wants his most recent statement to be made public, as well, according to his attorney Ryan Fayhee. Valizadeh is one of […]