Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) sails alongside Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), July 13, 2024. (Photo: U.S. Navy) U.S. military forces have struck at targets in Houthi-controlled Yemen in the past 24 hours, destroying two drones, a Houthi ground control station, and three anti-ship...

US Hits Back After Houthis Target American Warships

Russia was preparing to deliver missiles and other military equipment to the Houthi rebels in Yemen late last month but pulled back at the last minute amid a flurry of behind-the-scenes efforts by the United States and Saudi Arabia to stop it, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Russia pulled back weapons shipment to Houthis amid US and Saudi pressure

The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week.

US sending aircraft carrier, warships and fighter squadron to Middle East as region braces for Iranian retaliation

Business Insider

Israel's military must reconsider its mistakes and blindspots after a long-range Houthi attack drone struck inside Tel Aviv in mid-July.

A deadly Houthi attack on Tel Aviv is forcing Israel to rethink its drone defenses

ATHENS/CAIRO, Aug 8 (Reuters) – U.S. military forces have struck at targets in Houthi-controlled Yemen in the past 24 hours, destroying two drones, a Houthi ground control station, and three anti-ship cruise missiles, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said. Earlier, the Iran-aligned Houthi movement said it had attacked a...

U.S. Strikes at Houthi Targets in Yemen After Claim of Attack on Destroyers

The remains of a teacher and four soldiers were found in an operation in Khan Younis on Wednesday.

Israeli military recovers five hostages' bodies in Gaza

Scripps News

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is already in a “multi-front war” with Iran and its proxies, while the U.S. and allies prepare to defend Israel from an expected counterstrike.

US and allies prepare to defend Israel as Netanyahu says it's already in 'multi-front war' with Iran

Fox News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized for allowing the Oct. 7 attack to happen under his leadership, warns of a "full-fledged Iranian axis."

Netanyahu apologizes for Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, warns Israel now faces 'full-fledged Iranian axis'

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Explore Beaufort SC

The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

Photos show that the jets are primed for air-to-air operations, with each one equipped with multiple Sidewinder and AMRAAM missiles.

Super Hornet fighter jets loaded with supersonic missiles spotted in Middle East ahead of potential Iranian attacks: report

The Week

A conflict that neither side wants could cause devastation and spark direct US-Iran confrontation

What would war between Israel and Hezbollah look like?

Reuters

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has blocked cooperation between NATO and Israel since October because of the war in Gaza and said the alliance should not engage with Israel as a partner until there is an end to the conflict, sources familiar with the process said.

Turkey blocks NATO-Israel cooperation over Gaza war, sources say

WashingtonExaminer

The United States launched a strike on Iranian-backed forces in Iraq, marking its first operation in the country since February. According to Iraqi officials, U.S. fighter jets struck several Iranian-aligned militia groups in Babil province, south of Baghdad, on Tuesday.  The strike killed four members of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), which includes several Iran-backed […]

US launches strike on Iran-backed forces in Iraq

After being largely silent for nearly two weeks, the Houthis are claiming a rash of new attacks, including targeting two U.S. warships crossing the Red Sea. U.S. officials at the same time cited the group’s use of disinformation campaigns saying these efforts have dated back a decade. “The Houthis...

Houthis Claim Attacks on US Warships as CENTCOM Dismisses “Disinformation"

The Hill

President Biden and Vice President Harris will meet with national security officials in the White House Situation Room on Monday, as Iran reiterates its intention to punish Israel for the apparent assassination of top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. The meeting will focus on developments in the Middle...

Biden, Harris head to Situation Room as Iran threatens attack on Israel

Military Times

Fighter jets flying off the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower used a variety of munitions for the first time ever in combat, according to the Navy.

Here are the munitions Navy jets used for first time against Houthis

The Guardian

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said retaliation for Ismail Haniyeh assassination in Tehran would come ‘at an appropriate time, place and manner’

Middle East crisis: Iran vows ‘severe’ revenge against Israel as US deploys jets and warships to region – as it happened

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Jacksonville Today

Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued a state of emergency in Northeast Florida and across much of the state as a tropical system appears almost certain to develop. The National Hurricane Center said Friday morning that a tropical wave has a 90% chance of developing into at least a tropical depression over the next seven days. Most models show it moving into the Gulf of Mexico and then coming ashore and crossing the state, possibly moving over Northeast Florida.

Tropical system is nearly certain to develop

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L.A. TACO

L.A. TACO has identified the police officer seen in a viral video sucker-punching a detained man named Alexander Mitchell in Watts over the weekend as Los Angeles Police Department Officer (LAPD) Joshua Sportiello.

LAPD Officer Identified After Punching Detained Man In Face In Watts On Video

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed criminal charges against two Iranian brothers and a Pakistani captain who allegedly set up the missile-smuggling voyage that U.S. Navy SEALs busted off Somalia in January. Shahab and Yunus Mir’kazei, the Iranian nationals, allegedly hired Pakistani dhow captain Muhammad Pahlawan for multiple...

Three Men Charged With Smuggling Iranian Missile Parts to Houthis

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5th Fleet chief: Houthis support ‘diversifying’ beyond Iran, US Navy playing ‘shock absorber’

WASHINGTON — The Houthi rebel group that the US says is responsible for lobbing missile after missile and drone after drone at shipping targets in the...

5th Fleet chief: Houthis support ‘diversifying’ beyond Iran, US Navy playing ‘shock absorber’

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