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We know that the defense industry isn’t keeping up with the rate of expenditure either by the U.S. military or to support its allies and partners like Ukraine and Israel,
Stroul said
The last administration lived in thrall of escalation, and they self-limited everything they needed to do,
said Kenneth McKenzie, a retired Marine general who led the U.S. Central Command under Trump and President Joe Biden from 2019 until 2022An important and missing element this time around is the multinational one,
said Dana Stroul, the Pentagon’s top Middle East official under the Biden administrationLeave it up to the Houthis, they’ll fight up until the very last member of their movement,
said Bilal Saab, a former defense official under the first Trump administration
Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength,
Netanyahu’s office wrote in a series of posts on X as the airstrikes commenced
Alongside pro-Iranian groups in Iraq, the Houthi rebels are one of Iran's last active proxy groups in the region,
said Hamidreza Azizi, an Iran expert at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).
Since the end of Hassan Rouhani's presidency in 2021, Iran has increasingly relied on threats and the use of its nuclear program as leverage,
Behrooz Bayat, a former adviser to the IAEA, told DWWe don't know exactly what the letter says. But the signals from Tehran are contradictory,
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Iran is the only non-nuclear weapon state enriching to this level, causing me serious concern,
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While Khamenei continues to reject direct talks with the US, Tehran apparently wants to keep the door open for indirect negotiations,
she said, pointing to a recent statement by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas AraghchiThere are two options: military action or a negotiated solution,
Trump said in an interview with US broadcaster Fox Business NetworkIf this strategy is continued, there could be a further escalation. However, such a step would be extremely risky. But it cannot be completely ruled out,
he addedBased on the talks in Iran that I am following, it seems some decision makers in Tehran want the Houthis to react to any US attack with a firm response and not show weakness, ... In their eyes, Tehran would lose its strategic counterweight against the US in the event of a military defeat of the Houthis. And the next stop could be a direct attack on Iran."
she said, adding(The ... The U.S.) is threatening Iran and hitting Yemen. Now all scenarios are possible. We will do what they will do to us. If they are hitting us from (U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry S.) Truman, we will retaliate by hitting Truman,
the Houthi foreign minister said
Now we see that Yemen is at war with the U.S. and that means that we have a right to defend ourselves with all possible means, so escalation is likely."
he said, but addedThere will be no talk of any dialling down of operations before ending the aid blockade in Gaza. Iran is not interfering in our decision but what is happening is that it mediates sometimes but it cannot dictate things,
Amer said, in his first comments on the issue to a foreign news agencyIf any aircraft or base is used against us then we will escalate and we will defend ourselves, but if they (Gulf states) continue to be neutral we will stay away,
he saidThis campaign will be relentless to degrade their capability and to open up shipping lanes in the region and to defend our homeland,
he said
We say to Trump: No matter how much you boast, no matter how powerful you think you are, God's might is greater than yours. We bow to no one, we fear no one, because our path is the right and legitimate path — the path the entire world should follow."
Ansar Allah Leader Abdul-Malek al-Houthi
There is a very clear end-state to this operation, and that begins the moment that the Houthis pledge to stop attacking our ships and putting American lives at risk."
Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell