Speaking in Riyadh, Yemen's internationally recognised government warns global complacency has emboldened the Houthis.
Drones launched at Saudi, Jordan and Iraq suggest Iran, or linked groups, may be testing US as it mulls new strategy.
Iran has reacted with fury to the assault on the vessel, with Tehran's foreign minister saying it "cannot go unanswered".
Tit-for-tat strikes have halted in the Middle East even as the scope of the US-Israel war on Iran widens.
The US has paused its two-week bombing campaign against Iran, prompting Tehran to suspend its retaliatory attacks.
Israel instigated the war on Iran and yet it has borne few of its costs.
Iran says it has stopped retaliatory operations in the Gulf, but warns the war could expand if US strikes continue.
Anti-war activists have protested outside a UK airbase over US forces using it to bomb Iran
Iran condemns what it calls a 'hostile and criminal' Ukrainian attack on commercial vessel. How will it affect the war?
Iran accuses Ukraine of attacking a Caspian vessel, killing one sailor and injuring another, calling it a criminal act.
Skirmishes between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia intensified, as a pause in the nearly two-week run of nightly US strikes on Iran raised fresh questions about President Donald Trump’s strategy in the war. The Houthis, Islamist militants based in Yemen and backed by Iran, said they fired missiles and drones at facilities linked to oil giant Saudi Aramco in the Red Sea port towns of Jizan and Yanbu. There was no immediate confirmation from the Saudi government or Aramco. Saudi authorities briefly...
US missiles struck targets across Iran on Friday and President Donald Trump vowed “major military punishment” for Tehran and its Houthi allies in Yemen, though he once again left open the door to a diplomatic deal with Iran. Separately, the US military said it had fired on and disabled a tanker ship after it was “repeatedly warned” and “didn’t comply” with the American blockade on Iranian ports. Two weeks after the collapse of an interim truce meant to end the war, Iranian armed forces...
US military says it disabled a tanker that was attempting to evade the American blockade on Iranian ports.
It comes as Iran condemned the US plan to use frozen Iranian assets to pay for war damages.
The US military says it has completed its 13th night of strikes against Iran.
The number of tanker crossings in the Strait of Hormuz dropped to lowest levels in two months on Thursday.
Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi reports from Tehran as the US launches strikes for the 13th consecutive night.
Trump says he is considering a ‘massive attack’, as Iran's Araghchi says 'mindless aggression' won't help a deal.
America's war on Iran has cost the US nearly $110 billion. Now, the Trump administration wants another $67 billion.
The US president's threat comes after another day of Iranian attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan.
US President Donald Trump promised on Thursday “major military punishment” for Iran and its Houthi allies, after the Yemeni fighters struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, extending the Middle East war to a second major shipping chokepoint. Fears that disruption could widen further to block another sea route sent global oil prices surging in one of the steepest rises of the war. Brent crude rose more than 6 per cent, breaking through US$100 a barrel for the first time since May. Two weeks...
After a truce, the US has returned to war with Iran. Alex Gatopoulos looks at what’s different this time
With the Houthi naval blockade, shipping disruptions now impact the Bab al-Mandeb strait in addition to Hormuz.
Strikes from the US on Iran are raining down for the 12th night in a row.
Nearly five months on, grief is still raw as a teacher and a mother recall the horror of the attack in Minab.
The Houthi attacks would be the first in the Red Sea since the Iran-backed group announced a "maritime embargo" against Saudi Arabia.
The Iranian-aligned Houthis on Thursday claimed military strikes on two Saudi oil tankers as part of a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, further raising the risk of a second chokehold on world oil supplies at the Red Sea in coordination with Iran’s attempt to control the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile the US military said on Wednesday it launched a new round of strikes on Iran at President Donald Trump’s direction, marking a 12th successive night of American attacks. The Yemen-based militants, who...
US President Trump warned that Iran will ‘pay a big price’ right before he attended a dignified transfer ceremony.
Iran activated air defence systems across Tehran on the 11th night of US strikes.
US President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant each time Tehran attacks a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, escalating Washington’s response as the conflict spread across the region and placed another major shipping route at risk. The warning came hours before Trump was due to attend the return of four US service members killed in Iranian attacks and related operations in Jordan and Iraq. “From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran...
The US must rapidly replenish its stockpiles of weapons as the war on Iran rages on.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tells US senators that the war has cost the US $37.5bn so far.
Explosions could be heard over Tehran as the US army said it had completed its 11th consecutive day of strikes on Iran.
The US military’s 11th consecutive night of strikes extended to Iranian provinces not previously hit.
After US strikes on Iran’s largest nuclear facilities last year, both US President Donald Trump and the White House were adamant that the Middle East nation’s nuclear programme had been destroyed. “Monumental Damage was done to all Nuclear sites in Iran, as shown by satellite images. Obliteration is an accurate term!” Trump wrote on social media. “Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated – and Suggestions Otherwise are Fake News,” the White House wrote in a press release. A year later,...
The US president's threat to target a key Iranian nuclear site came ahead of the 11th consecutive night of attacks.
Trump threatens to bomb a suspected Iranian nuclear site called Pickaxe Mountain 'very heavily'.
The cost of the United States’ war in Iran has risen to US$37.5 billion so far, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, as he faced sceptical lawmakers for the first time since heavy bombings resumed to seek urgent funding for the unpopular conflict. With just six months before midterm elections in which US President Donald Trump’s Republicans may face an uphill battle to keep their House of Representatives and Senate majorities, Democrats are riding high in public opinion polls as...
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Latest cost comes as Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine seek a $1.5 trillion budget, including $70bn for Iran war.
Iran has held funerals for 32 children killed in a US strike on a school in Minab, Iran on February 28.
Kuwaitis are rationing electricity after Iranian strikes on power infrastructure are raising fears of outages
None of the choices facing Iran’s leaders offer a clear path to victory, as the conflict with the US continues.
Chinese military analysts are urging the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to rapidly strengthen harbour defences after the United States carried out its first combat strike using unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to destroy an Iranian submarine. US Central Command released footage on July 13 of what it said was the first combat use of American sea drones. Three vessels were shown striking an Iranian base, reportedly destroying one Ghadir-class midget submarine. The Iranian-made submarine has an...
The White House told Al Jazeera that the US would continue its attacks unless Trump decides otherwise.
Iran targeted US radar and air defence installations in the Gulf on Tuesday, warning Washington of “more decisive and powerful” attacks to come as the conflict threatened to widen with a blockade of Saudi ports by Houthi rebels in Yemen. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked and stopped two “non-compliant oil tankers” attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz, part of an effort to tighten its grip on the vital waterway while the war reignited. Following the deaths of at least three...
Washington vows revenge for US military casualties, while Iran claims attacks on US sites across the region.
Explosions reported in Iran's Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Chabahar and Konarak as US launches new wave of attacks.
The US says the attacks were aimed at degrading Iran's capabilities to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The US intensifies air strikes on Iran, targeting critical sites after the deaths of American soldiers in the region.
Analysts say Iran is using Gulf states to pressure Washington while avoiding direct confrontation with US forces.
What does Iran’s attack on Kuwait infrastructure mean for Gulf?
Iran's IRGC claims an attack on Jordan while the US embassy issues a warning to Americans in Bahrain.
Iran responded with attacks in Syria and Jordan, as two ships reportedly exploded in the Strait of Hormuz.
US President Donald Trump said the latest strikes on Iran were carried out 'in honour' of killed US military personnel.
The US military carried out its ninth consecutive night of strikes on Iran.
A US soldier has been killed in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian downed drone.
Kuwait and Bahrain report several rounds of Iranian missile, drone attacks; sirens reportedly sound in Jordan.
US strikes target Iran's IRGC after two of its soldiers were killed in Jordan, as Tehran attacks Kuwait and Bahrain.
The announcement comes after Jordan said it intercepted 10 Iranian missiles fired into its airspace overnight into Saturday.
US strikes damaged bridges and a water desalination plant in Iran after a seventh straight night of attacks.
The US military on Saturday announced the first American troop deaths due to direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war, saying two were killed and another was missing in an attack on a base in Jordan. They were killed Friday as the US and partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks, a statement said. Four other service members who were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals were later discharged. The dead were not identified. Since the war began,...
The US has bombed bridges and energy infrastructure in the seventh straight night of attacks on Iran.
Mohsen Rezaee has warned that if the US continues bombing Iran, Tehran will escalate its response into full-scale war.
The US has broadened its military campaign in Iran, says Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna.
The US command says it is conducting more strikes to degrade Iran's armed forces, as Iran reports explosions near the Strait of Hormuz.
The US struck bridges in Iran, and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait on Friday, as the two sides risked further escalation by expanding their targets to include infrastructure. At sea, where the renewed conflict has again cut off energy supplies from the Gulf, US Marines boarded a tanker near the Strait of Hormuz. Armed men seized another vessel off Yemen, raising concern over security in the Middle East’s other big choke point for oil shipments at the mouth...
Iranian forces: missiles and drones fired at US targets in Gulf States.
Analysts say the goals range from targeting Iran's supply lines to curbing its influence in the Strait of Hormuz.
US strikes destroy key bridges, tower in southern Iran
President Donald Trump has ramped up US air strikes on Iran and threatened broader escalation, but there is little sign that a military strategy that has already failed to extract concessions from Tehran will succeed this time. With the collapse of an interim ceasefire deal reached a month ago, Trump finds himself in a bind as he seeks to break Iran’s grip on the vital Strait of Hormuz and force Tehran to accept his demands. While the two sides have so far avoided a return to full-scale...
The United States struck Iran and Tehran attacked US allies in the Gulf on Thursday as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war. The rekindled fighting came a month after the signing of a preliminary deal that aimed to end the conflict, which broke out in late February with massive US-Israeli strikes on Iran. US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced it was conducting a new wave of strikes on Thursday evening to “further degrade Iranian military capabilities”...
The US says its attacks aim to "further degrade Iranian military capabilities", as fighting continued for the sixth day in a row.
Iranian media reports airport, bridge and communications tower targeted.
Donald Trump has refused to rule out sending US troops into Iran as fighting resumes and US strikes continue.
Iran accuses US of 'cowardly war crime' as doctor says blast was 'so close' they thought the hospital was struck.
The Iranian aircraft incident has exposed a fragile calm that may not survive a wider regional escalation.
Explosions were heard across Iran overnight, shortly after neighbouring Gulf states began to report attacks.
Nightly strikes between the US and Iran have been the heaviest since the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement.
The United States launched a new wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday to curb its ability to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, as US President Donald Trump warned he could widen attacks unless the Islamic republic returned to talks. US Central Command said the strikes began at 1900 GMT and targeted Iranian military capabilities used to threaten vessels freely transiting the vital waterway. The US military also said one of its aircraft fired on and disabled an empty oil tanker that...
Oil prices rise as the US renews a blockade on Iranian ports and carries out a wave of air strikes.
Donald Trump says the US is going to bomb Iran’s civilian infrastructure if there is no deal by next week.
Iran's bridges, power plants possible targets, Trump said as IRGC says it attacked US forces in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan.
Iranian state media is reporting that Tehran has targeted a US naval support base in Bahrain’s capital.
Iran's deputy foreign minister accuses US of destroying the interim peace deal.
Expensive interceptor missiles are facing mounting pressure from Iran's cheaply produced drones.
US has carried out more attacks on Iran, with Iranian media reporting explosions in Kish, Qeshm and Bandar Abbas.
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US CENTCOM has published a video it says shows three Corsair unmanned surface vessels striking an Iranian ship facility
Gov't says its forces carried out a strike at Sanaa airport to prevent an Iranian aircraft from landing there.
The US has launched a new wave of strikes on Iran targeting Tehran's ability to threaten shipping in the strait.
Iranian state media report explosions in port cities of Bandar Abbas, Sirik and Jask, as well as Qeshm Island.
The US military said it has launched another round of strikes against Iran “to degrade their ability to attack commercial ships freely transiting the Strait of Hormuz”. The strikes, which took place overnight on Sunday into Monday, came after attacks by the US military on Sunday morning in response to an Iranian strike on a container ship in the critical waterway the day before. Iran responded to those strikes by attacking Gulf Arab states in an escalating cycle of violence that left the...
Sunday's attacks follow three previous days of tit-for-tat strikes between Iran and US as a June ceasefire deal frays.
US military has significantly increased the scale of attacks on Iran in recent days as the Strait of Hormuz standoff boils over.
US CENTCOM completes third round of strikes on Iran