Marco Rubio accuses Iran of flying IRGC members into Yemen, saying the flights helped ignite a renewed confrontation between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis.

Yemen's Houthi rebels have declared a blockade on Saudi Arabia, potentially widening the Iran war and further disrupting global trade.

The war between the U.S. and Iran keeps widening as Yemen's Houthi rebels announce a blockade of Saudi Arabia that would choke off another key oil route, even as Iran signals it may be open to talks.

The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen has declared a Red Sea blockade on Saudi Arabia, potentially opening a new front in the war rippling across the Middle East.

Iran told Yemen’s Houthi rebels Wednesday to prepare to close the crucial Bab el Mandeb Strait — the critical shipping lane on the west side of the Arabian Peninsula— if the US strikes Iranian power plants.

For years, a Saudi-led coalition based in Yemen’s south, including the internationally recognized government, has been fighting the Houthis in the north.

CAIRO—The United States and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are both vowing escalation after the US launched airstrikes to deter the rebels from attacking military and commercial vessels on one of the world’s busiest shipping corridors.

A fragile truce in Yemen is under strain after fresh exchanges between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthis, raising fears of another regional conflict linked to the wider US-Iran war. This now puts Pakistan in focus again,