{"id":40137,"date":"2026-03-28T14:44:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/40137\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:44:22","slug":"iran-backed-houthis-join-mideast-war-in-sharp-escalation-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/40137\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran-backed Houthis join Mideast war in sharp escalation \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran, meanwhile, fired six ballistic missiles and 29 drones at Prince Sultan Air Base, injuring at least 15 U.S. troops, several of them seriously, the Associated Press reported<\/a>, citing two people briefed on the incident.<\/p>\n

The base \u2014 located roughly 96 kilometers from Riyadh and operated by the Royal Saudi Air Force with a U.S. presence \u2014 had already been targeted twice earlier this week. A previous strike wounded 14 American personnel, officials said, bringing the total number of injured U.S. troops at the facility to more than two dozen in recent days.<\/p>\n

The attacks mark one of the most direct escalations against American forces since hostilities erupted late last month, underscoring the growing risk of a broader regional confrontation. Washington is sending additional forces into the region<\/a>, while European capitals are stepping up efforts to contain<\/a> the economic and security fallout.<\/p>\n

In a video statement on Saturday, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said<\/a> the rebels’ attacks targeted \u201csensitive Israeli military positions\u201d and came after continued targeting of infrastructure in Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and the Palestinian territories.” He indicated that strikes would continue. <\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the region, drones struck the airport<\/a> in Kuwait damaging its radar<\/a>. And Iran\u2019s military said it targeted a U.S. logistics vessel<\/a> near the Omani port of Salalah.<\/p>\n

Authorities in Abu Dhabi said falling debris from a missile interception injured six people<\/a>. The United Arab Emirates said its forces were intercepting missile and drone attacks from Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran, meanwhile, fired six ballistic missiles and 29 drones at Prince Sultan Air Base, injuring at least 15…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[387,177,648,687,34,37,93,49,179,712,50,443,2042,150,445,51,36,706],"class_list":{"0":"post-40137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran","8":"tag-air-defense","9":"tag-conflict","10":"tag-defense","11":"tag-drones","12":"tag-iran","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-lebanon","15":"tag-middle-east","16":"tag-military","17":"tag-missiles","18":"tag-saudi-arabia","19":"tag-security","20":"tag-services","21":"tag-shipping","22":"tag-trade","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-war","25":"tag-yemen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116307339582616327","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}