Iran War Escalates As Houthis Attack Ship, US Strikes Cargo Vessel Near Gulf Of Oman; 4 Killed

The
I a
wa
showed
f esh
sig s
of
d aggi g
o
Tuesday
as
the
U ited
States
a d
Yeme & squo;s
I a -alig ed
Houthis
epo ted
sepa ate
attacks
o
shippi g,
while
Teh a
wa ed
that
the
st ategically
vital
St ait
of
Ho muz
would
emai
closed
u less
Washi gto
ag eed
to
its
co ditio s
fo
e di g
the
co flict.

The
i cide ts
occu ed
i
the
Gulf
of
Oma ,
which
leads
towa ds
the
st ait,
a d
ea
the
e t a ce
to
the
Red
Sea.
Both
wate ways
a e
c ucial
chokepoi ts
fo
global
oil
supplies.
The
latest
attacks
came
despite
epeated
claims
by
US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump
that
a
deal
to
e d
the
wa
could
be
close.

Fou
c ew
membe s
we e
killed
whe
I a -backed
Houthis
attacked
a
ca go
ship
i
the
Bab
el-Ma deb
st ait,
Yeme & squo;s
t a spo t
mi ist y
said.
Two
Yeme i
escue s
f om
a
a ti-Houthi
milita y
g oup
we e
also
killed,
acco di g
to
the
cou t y& squo;s
Coast
Gua d.

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T ump
Wa s
I a
Of
‘Massive
Attack’,
Slams
Teh a :
‘They
A e
Disho est
People’

Deadly
Attack
I
Bab
El-Ma deb

The
vessel
i volved
was
the
Egyptia -ow ed
Tihamah.
The
epo ted
deaths
would
ma k
the
fi st
fatalities
amo g
shippi g
c ews
caused
by
Yeme & squo;s
I a -alig ed
Houthis
si ce
the
I a
wa
bega .

The
Houthis
late
said
they
had
attacked
a
ship
ca yi g
Saudi
milita y
equipme t
i
the
Bab
el-Ma deb,
although
they
did
ot
ide tify
the
vessel.
Saudi
A abia& squo;s
Ce te
fo
I te atio al
Commu icatio
did
ot
immediately
espo d
to
a
equest
fo
comme t.

The
B itish
avy-affiliated
UK
Ma itime
T ade
Ope atio s
age cy
epo ted
a
sepa ate
i cide t
i
the
st ait
o
Tuesday.
It
said
a
ship
had
bee
hit
by
a
u k ow
p ojectile,
without
p ovidi g
fu the
details.

US
St ikes
Ca go
Ship
Nea
Pakista

The
US
milita y
also
epo ted
a
ope atio
agai st
a
ca go
ship
that
was
attempti g
to
sail
towa ds
a
I a ia
po t.
US
Ce t al
Comma d
said
a
US
Navy
MH-60
helicopte
fi ed
two
Hellfi e
missiles
to
disable
the
stee i g
gea
of
a
Pa ama-flagged
ca go
vessel.

Acco di g
to
Ce t al
Comma d,
the
ship
had
ig o ed
epeated
wa i gs
to
stop
because
it
was
violati g
a
aval
blockade
imposed
o
I a ia
po ts.
Ma itime
sou ces
told
Reute s
that
the
vessel
was
st uck
off
Pakista
while
headi g
i to
the
Gulf
of
Oma .

The
attacks
came
as
fi a cial
ma kets
eacted
to
e ewed
co ce s
that
the
co flict
could
co ti ue.
Oil
p ices
ose
while
global
sha es
fell
amid
g owi g
pessimism
ove
the
p ospects
of
a
quick
esolutio .
B e t
c ude
futu es
gai ed
1.4%
to
settle
at
$88.91
a
ba el,
while
US
c ude
ose
1.3%
to
$83.20.

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Co tai e
Ship
Hit
By
Missile
I
Gulf
Of
Oma
Nea
Pakista :
Repo t

I a
Sets
Co ditio s
Fo
Reope i g
St ait

The
latest
escalatio
was
accompa ied
by
i c easi gly
fo ceful
heto ic
f om
both
Teh a
a d
Washi gto .

I a & squo;s
top
secu ity
official,
Mohse
Rezaei,
said
Tuesday
that
the
St ait
of
Ho muz
would
emai
closed
u less
the
U ited
States
accepted
Teh a & squo;s
co ditio s
fo
e di g
the
wa .
Those
dema ds
i clude
the
elease
of
I a & squo;s
f oze
assets
a d
a
e d
to
co flicts
ac oss
the
egio ,
i cludi g
i
Leba o
a d
Gaza.

Rezaei& squo;s
comme ts
came
a
day
afte
T ump
issued
a
ew
dema d
of
his
ow .
The
US
p eside t
said
I a
should
pay
compe satio
fo
people
killed
du i g
five
decades
of
wa s,
attacks
a d
p otests.

With
both
sides
ha de i g
thei
positio s
a d
shippi g
comi g
u de
e ewed
attack
at
two
key
egio al
chokepoi ts,
hopes
fo
a
immi e t
e d
to
the
I a
wa
appea ed
i c easi gly
u ce tai .

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