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UAE claims Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq attacked nuclear power plant – CBS News Watch CBS News The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday alleged that Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq attacked one of its nuclear power plants. CBS News national security analyst Aaron MacLean joins with more. Source link

Newly elected Prime Minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi has been under pressure to take concrete action, including from President Donald Trump, who last week in a social media post wished him “success as he works to form a new Government free from terrorism that could deliver a brighter future for Iraq.” In April, the U.S. summoned Iraqi Ambassador Nizar Khirullah to Washington, where Deputy…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the monthlong war in the Middle East on Saturday, claiming two missile launches at Israel. About 2,500 U.S. Marines arrived in the region. And Pakistan’s government said regional powers plan to meet Sunday to discuss how to end the fighting. The war has threatened global supplies of oil and natural gas, sparked fertilizer…

The Yemen-based Houthi militant group claimed responsibility for an attack on Israel on Saturday, marking the Iran-backed group’s entry into the widening conflict in the Middle East, one that could further disrupt the region’s vital shipping lanes. The Houthis “have carried out their first military operation with a batch of ballistic missiles, which targeted sensitive military targets” of Israel,…

A bulletin issued Sunday by U.S. Homeland Safety stated it expects to see Iranian government-backed hackers conduct assaults towards U.S. networks, amid the continued battle between the U.S. and Israel, and Iran. The Nationwide Terrorism Advisory System bulletin stated low-level cyberattacks by hacktivists are “doubtless,” including that hacktivists and government-linked hackers “routinely goal”…

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said he ordered a series of airstrikes on the Houthi-held areas in Yemen on Saturday, promising to use “overwhelming lethal force” until the Iran-backed rebels cease their attacks on shipping along a vital maritime corridor. The Houthis said at least 31 people were killed. “Our brave Warfighters are right now carrying out aerial attacks on the…

Iraq is an ally of both the US and Iran, which are major foes of one another. The US has about 2,500 soldiers in Iraq at the invitation of the Iraqi government to prevent a resurgence there of the Islamic State (IS) group. There are about 900 US military personnel in north-east Syria, also to curb IS, though the Syrian government considers their presence illegal.

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