Trump Endorses Netanyahu in Close Israeli Election
By Doina Chiacu and Alexander Cornwell
WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV, Oct 18 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed his ally Benjamin Netanyahu as the longtime Israeli prime minister struggles for an edge in next...
Iran Urges US to Accept Proposal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Iran's offer to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days is still on the table, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told Iranian media outlets on...
Iran’s Guards Say Tanker Exploded After Hitting Mine in Strait of Hormuz
CAIRO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that an oil tanker had exploded and caught fire after hitting a naval mine while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian media reported.
The...
Rubio Spoke With Lebanon’s Aoun About Confiscation of Explosives From Hezbollah, US Official Says
WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on confiscation of hundreds of kilograms of explosives from Hezbollah, a State Department official said on Thursday.
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Yemen’s Houthis Hit Palace in Aden, Coalition Details Attacks on Saudi Infrastructure
By Enas Alashray, Mohammed Ghobari and Eman Abouhassira
CAIRO/DUBAI, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis fired missiles at the presidential palace complex in the southern city of Aden on Thursday, killing five people, the government...
South Korea Reviews Expanding Military Mission in Middle East, Report Says
SEOUL, Oct 16 (Reuters) - South Korea is reviewing an expansion of its military operations in the Middle East, the Kyunghyang Shinmun newspaper reported on Thursday, as the US ally faces pressure from President...
ANALYSIS—How Are Yemen’s Houthis Attacking Saudi Arabia So Effectively?
By John Davison
LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Houthi militants who control northwestern Yemen have in the past week attacked Riyadh international airport and hit the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil company,...
Hezbollah Says Explosives-Laden Vehicle Seized by Lebanese Security Forces Belonged to Group
Oct 15 (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah said on Thursday that a car carrying hundreds of kilograms of explosives seized by Lebanese security forces earlier this week belonged to the Iran-backed group,...
VISUAL INVESTIGATION-Iran’s Precision Strikes Picked Apart [Persian] Gulf Infrastructure, Blunting US War Plans
By M.B. Pell, Ryan McNeill and Kaylee Kang
LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Iran and its proxies have carried out dozens of pinpoint strikes on infrastructure in the Gulf since the start of the...
How the Houthis Are Helping Iran Turn Saudi Arabia Into a Pressure Point
By Samia Nakhoul
DUBAI, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia are about more than Yemen.
By targeting infrastructure and disrupting investment events central to Saudi Arabia's economic ambitions, they aim to pressure...
