The United States launched airstrikes against Houthi positions in the Yemeni capital Sana'a on Saturday, hours after the Iran-backed rebels fired a missile hitting a civilian area in Israel.
Houthi commanders have left Sanaa and relocated to other areas due to concerns about a potential attack by Israel or the US following the early Saturday attack on Tel Aviv, Al-Arabiya reports.
Iran’s influence in the region has been significantly diminished by its ally President Bashar al-Assad's fall, Syria's de facto new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat.
The United States imposed sanctions against entities linked to Iran and its allies the Houthis in Yemen on Thursday just weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump is due to herald even harsher pressure on Tehran.
Israel launched a series of airstrikes across Yemen on Thursday morning targeting key infrastructure in territories controlled by Iran’s Houthi allies in the wake of a missile strike overnight.
Iran is backing Sudanese army forces with weapons and drones in a grueling civil war, according to a Bloomberg report, and Tehran along with Russia is seeking military bases in Port Sudan on the Red Sea.
A senior Iranian military officer has expressed concern over the ideological influence of Iran's enemies and the risk of losing out in a technological race for armaments, in a potential sign of greater official unease following regional setbacks.
One of Iraq's few independent newspapers has warned that the country may share Syria's fate of prolonged conflict and upheaval if the government fails to distance itself from the Islamic Republic and undertake urgent reforms.
Multiple large explosions shook Syria's coastal areas, home to Russian and pro-Assad bases, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, as Israel continued its week-long bombing campaign targeting military installations across the country.
The Israeli prime minister says his country's attacks against Iran and its allies in the region over the past few months have destroyed the so-called Axis of Resistance led by the Islamic Republic and changed Tehran's behavior.
Iranian officials have rejected the idea that Bashar al-Assad’s fall represents a defeat for Tehran, instead emphasizing their continued influence and assigning blame to the deposed Syrian president.
Israel has conducted a series of airstrikes targeting weapons storage and infrastructure in Syria, while Iran was left out of international talks on the country's political future.
A former member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team and a frequent voice on international media defending Tehran’s policies has said Qatar should be bombed if Iran’s nuclear facilities are targeted.