Iran-backed Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Arabia in response to airstrikes in Yemen

Iran-backed Houthis fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia's Yanbu and Jizan cities, targeting Aramco facilities in response to Saudi airstrikes on Hodeida. The conflict escalates over control of the Red Sea's Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a critical shipping route, with the Houthis threatening to blockade it unless the Saudi blockade on Yemen ends. U.S. Central Command did not announce new strikes, and Iran condemned a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea.