Israeli airstrike eliminates top Houthi leader in Yemen

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Israeli airstrike eliminates top Houthi leader in Yemen

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News August 31, 2025 The self-proclaimed prime minister of the Iran-backed Houthi terror organization in Yemen was killed in on Thursday in an Israeli airstrike. The Houthis confirmed in a statement on Saturday that Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in a strike on the Yemeni capital Sanaa along with “several” […]

With satellite imagery to Houthis and exercise, China projects airpower

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With satellite imagery to Houthis and exercise, China projects airpower

FPI / April 24, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher One of China’s most effective stratagems is to create conflicts that promote divisions between countries or peoples, and then to exploit the ensuing tension to its benefit. This it has been using in the Middle East to displace American power. In Mid-April 2025 an American formation […]

Iran’s Houthi proxies target U.S. ships, Red Sea trade routes, consumers

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Iran’s Houthi proxies target U.S. ships, Red Sea trade routes, consumers

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, March 23, 2025 Amidst the unpredictable arc of crisis shadowing the Middle East persists the systemic and sustained merchant shipping attacks in the Red Sea.  The culprits are a shadowy but lethal Iranian proxy force, the Houthis, who use their control of mountainous parts of the Yemeni coast […]

Following first major military action in new term, Trump gives ultimatum to Iran

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Following first major military action in new term, Trump gives ultimatum to Iran

by WorldTribune Staff, March 19, 2025 Real World News President Donald Trump warned Iran that it would pay a heavy price for any continued support of the Yemen-based Houthi terrorist organization. Trump wrote on Truth Social: “Reports are coming in that while Iran has lessened its intensity on Military Equipment and General Support to the […]

Day one: Donald Trump’s compromised foreign policy inheritance

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Day one: Donald Trump’s compromised foreign policy inheritance

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, January 20, 2025 A series of widening wars, growing humanitarian crises and simmering foreign conflicts are among the list of foreign policy/security woes confronting President Donald Trump. From day one of his administration the president must assess and prioritize U.S. policy interests in key regions both on the […]

Al Qaida’s new tactics deliver old message: U.S. out of the Middle East

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Al Qaida’s new tactics deliver old message: U.S. out of the Middle East

Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com ABU DHABI — Al Qaida’s tactics have clearly changed, but the strategy remains the same — the expulsion of the United States from the Middle East. And last week, it worked. They’re now called Salafists, but thousands of them stormed U.S. embassies in Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen […]