Iran-backed Houthi rebels clash with Yemeni government forces

Also, Iran was working to clean up an oil spill off Qeshm Island, which lies off the Iranian mainland in the Strait of Hormuz.

Clashes between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen raged overnight Thursday as renewed violence continues to spread and feed growing fears that the country’s civil war could reignite and create a new front in the Middle East war.

Clashes between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen raged overnight

Iran-backed Houthi rebels clash with Yemeni government forces and other Mideast developments  AP News

Clashes between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen raged overnight

Amid relentless war in the Middle East, the Iran-backed militants seem poised to renew their conflict with Yemen’s Saudi-backed government.

Yemeni authorities said six people were killed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacking a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, while U.S. forces fired on a ship they said was trying to break a blockade of Iran's ports.

Iran-backed Houthi rebels have renewed their attacks on the Yemeni government-held city of Mokha, a key port city along the Red Sea, amid their blockade on Saudi exports in response to the Iran war. The attack was preceded by a deadly strike on a vessel off Mokha’s coast in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, killing three…

Trump scoffs at Iran’s demand for war reparations and other Mideast developments  Toronto Star