Iran-Backed Forces Widen Their Assaults on Business Transport

Escalating Iran-backed assaults in opposition to international industrial delivery within the Crimson Sea have heightened stress on the Biden administration as officers scramble to guard commerce whereas making an attempt to keep away from a direct confrontation with Tehran.

The U.S. Navy mentioned late Saturday that two extra vessels had been attacked that day by Iranian-backed Houthi forces in Yemen, bringing the variety of industrial ships attacked close to an important passageway between the Horn of Africa and the Center East to fifteen. The Pentagon mentioned earlier within the day {that a} chemical tanker within the Indian Ocean was struck by a drone launched instantly from Iran, a declare Tehran denied.