Overview
- Iran’s parliament speaker on Sunday threatened to burn U.S. troops if they land, following the USS Tripoli’s arrival with about 3,500 Marines and reports that the Pentagon has mapped weeks-long raids pending presidential approval.
- Yemen’s Houthi movement said it fired missiles and drones at Israel on Saturday and vowed more strikes, raising fresh concern for Red Sea trade lanes already strained by the war.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they hit aluminium plants in the UAE and Bahrain, and the companies reported injuries and damage, while Bahrain imposed a nightly maritime curfew to secure its coast.
- U.S.-Israeli strikes hit Iran’s port of Bandar Khamir near the Strait of Hormuz, with state media reporting five dead, and blasts shook Tehran overnight, leaving residents to pick through shattered glass and debris.
- Pakistan hosted foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt to seek de‑escalation as Iran restricts most traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, though India said two LPG tankers transited the chokepoint.