U.S. would support regional Arab military force, defense secretary says - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz

"So I think if they are willing to do more, in this case with respect to Yemen, then that is a good thing because ultimately it is their region. ... The willingness of the parties there to step up and do more for stability in the Middle East is a good thing," Carter said.

U.S. would support regional Arab military force, defense secretary says - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz

Saudi-led forces blockade Yemen ports - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz

The move to block ports appeared aimed at preventing the rebels, known as Houthis, from rearming, and comes after the coalition achieved full control of the skies and bombed a number of rebel-held airports. The rebels are supported by Iran, but both Iran and the Houthis deny Tehran has armed them.

Saudi-led forces blockade Yemen ports - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz

Middle East updates / Saudi-led air strikes destroy most Houthi missiles, official says - Middle East Updates - Israel News | Haaretz

Yemen FM: 'Very possible' ground forces will be needed; Arab League meet convenes in Egypt amid Yemen airstrike campaign; Saudi-led forces reportedly strike Houthi military column in south Yemen; Saudi Arabia's navy evacuates diplomats from Aden.

Middle East updates / Saudi-led air strikes destroy most Houthi missiles, official says - Middle East Updates - Israel News | Haaretz

Military action in Yemen: Who's for, who's against?

 

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U.S. officials: Iran's Revolutionary Guards is training and equipping Yemen's Houthis - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz

U.S. officials said Tehran's direct involvement with the Houthis was limited but that U.S. intelligence assessments had concluded that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel were training and equipping Houthi units.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss security matters, expressed concern that the IRGC's mission could include training the Houthis to use advanced weaponry they acquired after seizing Yemeni military bases.

U.S. officials: Iran's Revolutionary Guards is training and equipping Yemen's Houthis - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz

Six Tunisia police chiefs dismissed over museum attack

"He visited [the area around the museum] last night and saw several deficiencies. So he has decided to fire a number of officials including the Tunis police chief and the police chief for the Bardo area that includes the museum," Mofdi Mssedi, Essid's communications director, told AFP news agency.

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Iran accused of sending 30,000 troops to fight in Iraq

Kurdish authorities in Iraq have accused Iran of sending 30,000 soldiers and military experts to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.

Shakhawan Abdullah, the head of the Iraq's parliamentary security and defence committee, told Al Jazeera on Sunday that Iranian soldiers were operating in a number of Iraqi cities and fighting on Iraqi soil.

Inside Story: Revenge and reprisals in Iraq?

Abdullah said Iran's presence went beyond military advisers and experts, and that Iranians were fighting under the banner of the Popular Mobilisation Forces.

The Popular Mobilisation Forces is an umbrella organisation of Shia armed groups composed of around 100,000 fighters.

Suicide bombers hit mosques in Yemen capital

Two mosques in the Yemeni capital Sanaa have been attacked by suicide bombers during the rush for Friday prayers, sources have told Al Jazeera.

Three blasts were heard in two central mosques used by Houthi Shia Muslims, sources said.

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Iraqi army says it begins long-awaited offensive on ISIS stronghold - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz

Iraq's army and Shi'ite militia have launched a long-awaited offensive
against Islamic State in Salahuddin province, a stronghold of the
radical Islamist fighters north of Baghdad, Prime Minister Haider
al-Abadi said on Sunday.

The ultra-radical fighters control
several strongholds in the mainly Sunni Muslim province of Salahuddin,
including Tikrit, hometown of executed former president Saddam Hussein.
They also hold other towns on the Tigris River, north of the government-held city of Samarra which Abadi visited on Sunday.

Iraqi army says it begins long-awaited offensive on ISIS stronghold - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz