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US and UK strikes on rebel-held Yemen have marked a sharp rise in tensions around the Red Sea, where Iran-backed Houthi insurgents have been attacking shipping.

So far, Joe Biden’s half-hearted campaign to keep trade routes open in the Red Sea has failed to deter the Iranian-backed Houthis from attacking ships. This shouldn’t be difficult.

Just as global supply chains finally returned to normal, a rebel group in Yemen began attacking container ships and oil tankers passing through the Red Sea.

Just as global supply chains finally returned to normal, a rebel group in Yemen began attacking container ships and oil tankers passing through the Red Sea.

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels have continued to target shipping using the vital trade route.

Iran-backed Houthi rebels have continued to target shipping using the vital trade route.

Micaela Burrow Daily Caller News Foundation The Pentagon insisted Wednesday that the conflict between Israel and Hamas has not expanded throughout the region as violence escalated following U.S.-led strikes on Houthi positions in Yemen and retaliatory attacks on U.S.-flagged merchant ships. Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder at a press briefing Wednesday declined to…

It marks the third time this week that Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched missile or drone attacks on a U.S.-owned merchant vessel.

US and UK strikes on rebel-held Yemen last week marked a sharp rise in tensions around the Red Sea, where Iran-backed Huthi insurgents had been attacking shipping deemed linked to Israel. January 12 US and UK forces strike 60 Huthi missile and radar targets at 16 locations in rebel-held Yemen, the US military says, in a barrage involving more than 150 precision-guided munitions.