Iran-backed Houthis clash with Yemeni forces and other Mideast developments

Iran-backed Houthis clash with Yemeni forces and other Mideast developments  AP News

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

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.

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

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.

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