Houthi missile and drone attack also targets residential areas and port workers' housing, Yemeni sources say | Anadolu

Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have announced a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia. Monday's decision comes in retaliation for a blockade on Yemen and a recent attack on Sanaa International Airport.

Tehran’s national security chief issued a list of demands for the US to fulfill before Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. State media published the list, which includes measures such as lifting the US naval blockade,

While the Middle East waits to hear whether a deal can be reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Yemeni government’s conflict with Iran-backed Houthi rebels escalated overnight.

On one side of the Arabian Peninsula, diplomats are working to reopen a waterway. On the other, missiles threaten to close one.

The Middle East war is widening as Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels launch a spate of attacks on United States’ allies and close yet another key shipping waterway.

Saudi Arabia expects imminent co-ordinated attacks from Iraqi militias north of the Persian Gulf state and from Yemen's Houthis from the south under the supervision of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,