Catch up: US-Iran strikes appear to pause, but another front escalates
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A student holds up a poster of Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi during a parade at Sanaa University campus to show support amid an escalation with Saudi Arabia, in Sanaa, Yemen, on July 22. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters Facebook X LinkedIn After 13 straight nights of attacks against Iran, the US did not announce any new strikes overnight. The Saudi military targeted the militant group with strikes in Yemen on Friday, and the Huthis said they responded Saturday with attacks against Saudi installations on the Red Sea coast.
- ▪A student holds up a poster of Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi during a parade at Sanaa University campus to show support amid an escalation with Saudi Arabia, in Sanaa, Yemen, on July 22.
- ▪Khaled Abdullah/Reuters Facebook X LinkedIn After 13 straight nights of attacks against Iran, the US did not announce any new strikes overnight.
- ▪The Saudi military targeted the militant group with strikes in Yemen on Friday, and the Huthis said they responded Saturday with attacks against Saudi installations on the Red Sea coast.
3 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 12 hours. Coverage spans 2 points on the political spectrum — 1 lean left, 1 right.
- ▪ New front in US-Iran war escalates as Houthis fire at Saudi oil facilities — Al Jazeera English
- ▪ Iran War Day 148: U.S. Appears to Pause Iran Strikes, While Houthis Hit Saudi Oil Facilities — The American Conservative
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A student holds up a poster of Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi during a parade at Sanaa University campus to show support amid an escalation with Saudi Arabia, in Sanaa, Yemen, on July 22. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters Facebook X LinkedIn After 13 straight nights of attacks against Iran, the US did not announce any new strikes overnight. US President Donald Trump had signaled on Friday that talks with Iran were getting more serious, although an Iranian official later dismissed his comments and called the war “one that will not end.” googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1652956513490-0'); }); Meanwhile, fighting between the Iran-backed Huthi rebels and Saudi Arabia risks escalating a new front in the war.
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