—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Contrary to premature claims by some Mexican-American channels that the Ansarallah offensive had stalled, the Houthis continue to engage with Saudi-backed PLC forces and advance in several areas towards Taizz and Mokha

Heavy fighting continues, with the battle over several strategic mountain ridges expected to last several days.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The U.S. Navy struck three Iranian vessels, one near Kharg Island and two in the Gulf of Oman

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(NOTE: Iraqi channels are spamming ‘Allahu Akbar’, mistakingly thinking these are vessels struck by Iran)

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: We now know what the target of yesterday’s launches was; Iran targeted a U.S. aircraft carrier with anti-ship ballistic missiles for the first time

Until now, Iran had refrained from using this high-end weapon (likely the Khalij-e-Fars ASBM) due to fear it would provoke a massive American retaliation.

No hits on the carrier were recorded, but CENTCOM admitted that the USS George Washington was forced to perform evasive maneuvers.

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— NOTE: During the Red Sea crisis, in what the United States called ‘Operation Prosperity Guardian’, several Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles managed to get so close to the USS Truman aircraft carrier that it was forced to perform sharp turns, resulting in an F/A-18 ‘Hornet’ falling overboard

Anti-ship ballistic missiles, contrary to ordinary anti-ship cruise missiles or drones, pose a real significant threat to U.S. Navy vessels, and their usage by Iran marks a significant escalation.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Iran’s Khatam Al-Anbiyaa Central Command warns that if the U.S. naval blockade remains and the U.S. continues to target Iranian civilian ships, Iran will increase its targeting of U.S. Navy vessels and expand the scope of naval warfare

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Ansarallah (the Houthis) have taken control of the strategic heights of Al-Kudhah, cutting off the connection between Taizz and Yemen’s western coast

Ansarallah is attempting to gain control over Jabal Habashi, which would give it fire control over all remaining roads into Taiz.

In the Al-Khokha direction, fierce battles are taking place over the strategic intersection town of Hays.

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— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Saudi-backed PLC forces announce dozens of casualties in heavy battles against the Houthis on the Taizz front

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 WATCH: For the first time, Iran has released footage showing the IRGC Navy targeting violating oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz

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—❗️🇾🇪/🇸🇦 NEW: Ansarallah (Houthis) continue to advance to the south of Taizz city, circling around Jabal Habashi to move towards Al-Birin and Al-Masrakh

If the spearhead is successful, the Taizz–Mokha road will be cut off.

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Ansarallah forces are also engaging with Saudi-backed PLC fighters East of Taizz, Yemen

Taizz is under attack from both sides.

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—❗️🇾🇪/🇸🇦 NEW: Yemeni ballistic missiles above the city of Taizz, controlled by Saudi-backed PLC forces

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 WATCH: Yemen’s Ansarallah shared footage of striking three Saudi-backed PLC armored vehicles with a ballistic missile

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Some kind of precision-guided Iranian rocket, rather than a ballistic missile.

In any case, those vehicles got decimated beyond any recognition.

Possibly Iranian Fajr-5 MLRS

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 A Colonel in the Iranian Army: ‘I humbly request that the Supreme Commander provide me with a boat loaded with bombs and a suicide vest so that I can ram it into an American warship and blow it up.‘

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Literally this guy