Middle East
The alert cited renewed hostilities between the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
The volume of commodities transiting the strategic waterway has reached a new peak in the last two weeks, said Adm. Brad Cooper.
The Iranian-backed Yemeni group said it shot down a Saudi F15 fighter jet in the airspace of Marib province.
France requested the briefing after the Iran-backed terror group seized control of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
Likud says IDF operations in Gaza led to release of captives, rejects Jared Kushner’s claim regarding Doha strike.
The embassy advised American citizens to “remain vigilant” and maintain “heightened situational awareness.”
“We will defend our communities at any cost—the IDF stands as a shield on the front line,” Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said.
The Israeli president met with his Cypriot counterpart, Nikos Christodoulides, discussing expanded bilateral security ties and broader Middle East stability.
White House advisers reportedly cautioned that fighting could continue past Inauguration Day.
CENTCOM confirmed that no American personnel were injured when Tehran launched ballistic missiles at a naval craft in regional waters this week.
“Whether or not Islam will continue to try and devour Judeo-Christian civilization or whether it can live side by side with Western civilization,” the Israeli ambassador in Washington said at a JNS event in Las Vegas.
The U.S. envoy said that Washington was dismantling Tehran militarily and economically after the Islamic Republic targeted the West for decades.
