Yemen's Houthis enter Iran war with attacks on Israel, while US Marines arrive in region
Yemen's Houthis on Saturday launched their first attacks on Israel since the start of the conflict. U.S. forces reached the Middle East.
Washington has dispatched thousands of Marines to the Middle East. The first of two contingents arrived on Friday on an amphibious assault ship. The Washington Post reported U.S. officials said the Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran. The war, launched on February 28 with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, has spread across the Middle East, killing thousands and hitting the world economy with the biggest-ever disruption to global energy supplies. On Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. could achieve its aims without ground troops, but acknowledged it was deploying some to the region so Trump would have "maximum" flexibility to adjust strategy. The Pentagon was also expected to deploy thousands of soldiers from the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division. Israeli said on Saturday it had carried out a wave of attacks on Tehran, targeting what the military said were infrastructure sites belonging to Iran's government. It also hit targets in Lebanon, where it has resumed its war against Iran-backed Hezbollah, killing three Lebanese journalists in a strike on a media vehicle, as well as a Lebanese soldier. A follow‑up strike on the rescue workers sent to assist them also caused fatalities. Israel's military said it had targeted one of the journalists, accusing him of being part of a Hezbollah intelligence unit. Iran kept up attacks on Israel and several Gulf states after hitting an air base in Saudi Arabia on Friday and wounding **
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Yemen's Houthis have entered the Iran war by launching attacks on Israel, even as the US dispatches Marines to the region- raising the stakes. The conflict's expansion threatens to further destabilize the Middle East and disrupt global affairs- but how?
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