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UAE, US intercept Houthi missile attack targeting Abu Dhabi
The missile fire further escalates tensions across the Persian Gulf.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
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THAAD, in first operational use, destroys midrange ballistic missile in Houthi attack
The United Arab Emirates is the first to use the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System in an attack by Houthi militants. It successfully took out a mid-range ballistic missile aimed at a civilian site in the country.
Navy ships confiscate 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles, ammo en route from Iran, likely headed to Yemen
The vessel was traveling "along a route historically used to traffic weapons unlawfully to the Houthis in Yemen,” the Navy said.
US Navy fires laser weapon in Mideast amid drone boat threat
The Houthis have deployed drone boats into these waters, which can be piloted remotely and sent up to a target before detonating.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Op-ed: Al-Qaida is stronger today than it was on 9/11
How does a religious extremist group with fewer than a hundred members in September 2001 become a transnational terror organization, even as the world’s biggest military has targeted it for elimination?
By Christian Taylor, George Mason University
Trump may bypass Congress to sell bombs to Saudi Arabia, senators warn
Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee warned that President Trump may soon push through an arms sale to Saudi Arabia in a way that prevents Congress from blocking it.
By Joe Gould