The strikes damaged the group’s ability to carry out complex missile and drone attacks, U.S. officials said, but identifying targets has proved to be a challenge.
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Lloyd Austin Confronts the Perils of Being a Private Man in a Public Job
President Biden said his defense secretary made an error in judgment in not keeping the White House informed of his hospitalization. But keeping a low profile has long defined the Pentagon chief.
Airstrikes in Yemen Are ‘Extremely Unlikely’ to Deter Houthis, Experts Say
U.S.-led airstrikes in Yemen could play into the agenda of the Houthis, who have built their legitimacy on hostility toward the United States and Israel, scholars said.
U.S. Missiles Strike Houthi Targets in Yemen After Red Sea Attacks
The American-led strikes came in response to more than two dozen Houthi drone and missile attacks against commercial shipping in the Red Sea since the Israel-Hamas war began.
U.S. Military Aid to Ukraine Was Poorly Tracked, Pentagon Report Says
The report found that American officials and diplomats had failed to quickly or fully account for all of the nearly 40,000 weapons sent to the front.
U.S.-Israel Relationship Shows Signs of Strain Amid War Against Hamas
No other episode in the past half-century has tested the relationship between the United States and Israel in such an intense and consequential way as the Israel-Hamas war of 2023.
Asian American Officials Cite Unfair Scrutiny and Lost Jobs in China Spy Tensions
National security employees with ties to Asia say U.S. counterintelligence officers wrongly regard them as potential spies and ban them from jobs.
U.S. Helicopters Sink 3 Houthi Boats in Red Sea, Pentagon Says
Iranian-backed Houthi gunmen from Yemen had fired on American helicopters responding to an attack on a commercial ship, U.S. Central Command reported.
U.S. Strikes Iran-Backed Groups in Iraq After Attack on Base Injures 3 Americans
The strikes followed an attack hours earlier by members of Kataib Hezbollah and affiliated groups on Erbil air base in Iraq that injured three U.S. service members, officials said, one critically.
A Times Investigation Tracked Israel’s Use of One of Its Most Destructive Bombs in South Gaza
A Times visual investigation reveals that one of Israel’s largest munitions was regularly being dropped in areas designated safe for i