‘Axis of Resistance’ in no position to help Iran
Self-preservation and national interest mean regional allies can do little more than express support
Yemen
For all his bragging, Trump knows he has little leverage with either Putin or Netanyahu
Just as Trump folded his tent in the Doha discussions on Afghanistan and gave up threats to forcibly end North Korea’s missile programme, his boasts about doing deals look empty
Israeli air strikes on Gaza Strip kill at least 30 Palestinians
Israel now controls 77% of Gaza Strip, says Hamas media office, as journalist and senior rescue official among latest casualties
Israel attacks Yemeni ports and warns that Houthi leader is a target
Houthis have continued to fire missiles at Israel in what they say is solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza
Israel not included in Yemen-US ceasefire, say Houthis
The group said the agreement with US president Donald Trump did not extend to their activities against Israel
Israeli strikes on Yemen’s capital killed at least seven, say Houthi rebels
Airstrikes came in response to a Houthi missile striking grounds of Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv
‘Despicable and unconscionable’: Tánaiste says Israeli plans to seize all of Gaza ‘alarming’
Israeli authorities accused of aiming to ‘manipulate and militarise all aid to civilians’
Israeli ministers to vote on expanding Gaza fighting as Houthi missile strike targets Tel Aviv airport
Yemeni Houthi rebels claim responsibility for missile that landed near Tel Aviv airport
Donald Trump’s bombing campaign against Houthis tests his vow to ‘stop wars’
The US is conducting its largest bombardment since the war on Isis – without a clear endgame
Yemen’s Houthi rebels say 68 dead in US air strike that hit jail holding migrants
Footage of aftermath of strike in Saada shows bodies covered in dust amid bloodstained rubble
Fiction in translation: Figures in a landscape
Frank Wynne reviews Our City That Year, by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell; The Book of Sana’a: A City in Short Fiction, edited by Laura Kasinof; and The Accidentals by Guadelupe Nettel, translated by Rosalind Harvey
White House supports defence secretary Pete Hegseth after reports he shared data on Yemen strikes
Democrats call on Pentagon chief to resign after reports Signal chat group included his wife, brother and lawyer
US strike on Yemen fuel port kills at least 38, Houthis say
Attack on western port of Ras Isa is one of the deadliest since US began its campaign against Houthis
How did the Atlantic editor get added to the White House Signal group chat?
Investigation finds unlikely series of events saw journalist Jeffrey Goldberg included on chat about US strikes in Yemen
Trump says he will not ‘fire people’ over Signal security leak
Trump expresses confidence in Mike Waltz and Pete Hegseth after shock to US security establishment
Yemen pounded by fresh US strikes targeting Houthi rebels
Attacks followed intense air strikes on Friday compared to other days in campaign that began on March 15th
Without Signal security leak, we would not have known depth of Trump’s contempt for Europe
A security breach of this scale usually requires the intervention of historians or a courageous whistleblower. Enter bungling Pete Hegseth, the least experienced Secretary of Defence in American history
Signal controversy: The texted messages on Yemen attack
The Atlantic releases more details from US government communications
Trump backs Waltz over Yemen security breach
Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg says he was accidentally included in war plan discussion
Character of Trump’s administration exposed: What we learned from US security leak to Jeffrey Goldberg
Intelligence agencies will consider the security culture around US defence secretary Pete Hegseth
US magazine editor says he was added to Trump advisers’ text group on bombing Houthis
Jeffrey Goldberg says top officials discussed plans to bomb Houthi militias in Yemen
At least 91 killed in Gaza as Israel ditches ceasefire and orders evacuations
After initially holding fire, Hamas launches rockets into Israel
US piles pressure on Yemen’s Houthis with new airstrikes
At least 53 killed, says Houthi-run health ministry
Yemen’s Houthis ‘prepared to respond to escalation’ after US strikes kill 31
US president tells Houthis ‘hell will rain down’ if Red Sea attacks continue and issues warning to Iran
More than 180 people missing after migrant boats capsize in rough seas off Yemen
International Organisation for Migration says all passengers and all but two crew members are feared dead
Yemen’s Houthis say they will continue attacks if Gaza ceasefire breached
Houthis have mounted more than 100 attacks on ships since November 2023 and have sunk two vessels and killed at least four seafarers
Israel turns attention to Yemen’s Houthi militants, Iran’s ‘last proxy’
Analysts and former officials warn that the Houthis, situated 2,000km away, are a vastly different and more complex challenge than adversaries closer to home
Israeli military intercepts missile launched from Yemen, says army
Syria cautions Iran on spreading chaos in country; and Israel fails to curb armed gangs looting Gaza food convoys
Gaza: Five killed in Israeli air strike on house in Nuseirat refugee camp
Enclave’s health ministry reports heavy bombing of Kamal Adwan Hospital in its north that hit without prior warning
Fourteen injured in Tel Aviv after Israel fails to intercept missile from Yemen
Paramedics treating people for minor injuries with some taken to hospital, says ambulance service
Israel kills 41 Palestinians in fresh strikes on Gaza as ceasefire talks continue
MSF says there are clear signs of ethnic cleansing in Israel’s Gaza offensive as Palestinians are forcibly displaced and bombed
US stealth bombers attack Houthi targets in Yemen
Rare use of B-2 bombers in attack on ‘weapons facilities’ could serve as warning to Iran
Lebanon braces for Israeli ground invasion as the country reels from day of assassinations
As many as a million people are thought to be displaced now in Lebanon, according to Lebanese authorities, while the death toll since September 16th is at least 1,135
Israels vows revenge against Houthis after missile fired from Yemen
More than 70 rockets launched into northern Israel from Lebanon with Netanyahu at odds with defence minister
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