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Smoke rises from the area around the international airport in Sanaa after the strikes.

US amplifies strikes on Yemen’s Houthis as tensions with Israel flare

The strikes mark the latest salvo as the US and its ally Israel struggle to halt a campaign of regional assaults by the Iranian-backed militant group.

  • Missy Ryan

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The Israeli strikes on Sanaa left the airport control tower a blackened shell.

WHO chief caught up in Israeli airstrike ‘lesson’ on Yemen

“The Houthis will also learn what Hamas, Hezbollah, the Assad regime have learned. This lesson will be understood across the Middle East,” the Israeli PM said.

  • Daniel Hardaker and Jotam Confino
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut.

Israeli strike hits north Lebanon for first time, cuts off key crossing into Syria

The US military said it carried out 15 strikes against targets linked to Iran-aligned Houthi fighters in Yemen.

  • Bassem Mroue

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  • Jackson Graham and Angus Holland

Why Iran’s impotence has been exposed, and Netanyahu’s the big winner

The new campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon is just one part of Israel’s sweeping offensive against Iran and its proxy militias like Hamas in Gaza and the Houthis in Yemen.

  • Peter Hartcher
The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in the suburb of Ghobeiri in Beirut, Lebanon on Sunday.

Israel strikes inner-city Beirut, bombs Houthi targets in Yemen

Videos showed ambulances and a crowd gathered near the multistorey residential building in a mainly Sunni district with a busy thoroughfare lined with shops.

  • Melanie Lidman and Kareem Chehayeb
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This screen grab shows what the Houthis describe as one of their attacks on the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion in the Red Sea.

Oil tanker hit by Houthis now appears to be leaking oil, Pentagon says

The Houthis, who control Yemen’s most populous regions, said they attacked it in the Red Sea, as the Iran-aligned group has been attacking ships in solidarity with Palestinians.

Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas: Who they are and what they want

As Israeli troops raid Lebanon, conflict is spreading again in the Middle East. Who are the key players, and what is the Axis of Resistance?

  • Jackson Graham, Angus Holland and Cindy Yin
Houthi supporters hold posters showing Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader recently assassinated in Tehran during an anti-Israel and anti-American rally in Sanaa, Yemen.
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World of photos, August 18, 2024

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a commemoration for the Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani killed in 2020 by a US drone strike.

What Iranian president’s helicopter crash means for the Middle East

Iran views itself as the chief patron of Palestinian resistance to Israeli rule, and top officials have called for Israel to be wiped off the map.

  • Joseph Krauss

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