Middle East News: Iran's recent airstrikes targeting the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl in Pakistan have heightened tensions. Learn about Jaish al-Adl's history, activities, and links with other organizations.
Sort of action last night, they can deter the houthis from continuing to carry out these strikes. there have been at least 27 attacks. now, the majority of the projectiles have been either shot down. several have struck these commercial ships. that has led major commercial shipping companies to vary some of their routes. it s costing it will potentially cost consumers more money because of the extensive time and the additional cost to the companies. that is one of the things that the u.s. wanted to avoid here, ana. so general, can you talk to us about who exactly are the houthis and what are they capable of? well, what we ve seen is they actually have quite a bit of capability. the houthis are a shia, part of the shia population in sunni,
And israeli flags put on deck. dana: thank you. bill: this is a quickly developing story. we ll see what happens next and get reaction from the pentagon coming up. wait to hear what happens more from the white house and try to figure out what s going on overseas. to jack keen s point going after iran. here is where it gets sticky. here is iran, right? they control militia s like hezbollah in northern lebanon, the militias in iraq and syria hitting u.s. forces throughout the area. they ve got influence on hamas here in gaza. and they ve been helping out the houthis shia shia fighting a civil war against the government in yemen. also fighting saudi arabia sunni. iran has influence all throughout this area. strait of hormuz. the area on the red sea we re concerned about going back to mid november. since the 19th of november, we