The American Wilson Center spoke about the Houthis in Yemen assuming a cross-border role within Tehran's regional network through their alliance with Iraqi militias, considering Iraq "the appropriate place" for the Houthi leadership to access Iranian military advisors as well as to enable the Houthis to recruit non-Yemeni fighters to join their cause.

A research study showed that traffic at ports in the Red Sea has decreased by 85% since the beginning of Houthi attacks on commercial ships, while traffic in the Suez Canal has decreased by about 66% during the same period.

The UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, discussed with Iranian officials support for peace efforts in Yemen, and the issue of employees of UN, international and local agencies kidnapped by the Houthis for more than three months.

Hundreds of Hezbollah members were seriously injured Tuesday in southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut after their wireless communication devices exploded, security sources said.

A report published by the British newspaper The Guardian on Sunday evening, against the backdrop of the recent Houthi missile strike (Sunday) on Israel, warned that “the Houthi rebels in Yemen’s acquisition of hypersonic missiles, capable of penetrating Israeli air defenses, threatens to escalate tensions in the Middle East,” and called on Saudi Arabia to take more action, beyond “acupuncture attacks,” to restrict arms supplies to the group.

The American website Axios revealed, today, Thursday, that Israel launched a “very unusual” raid in Syria, earlier this week, and destroyed an underground precision missile factory that Israel and the United States claim was built by Iran, according to three sources familiar with the operation.