The Iranian-backed Houthi sect of Yemen has been increasingly aggressive since 2022, when its missiles and drones caused significant damage in an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
Iran held a funeral Thursday for a high-ranking general of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who was killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria.
Iran summoned Russia's charge d'affaires after Moscow and Arab countries released a joint statement earlier this week challenging Iran's claim to disputed islands in the Persian Gulf, state media reported Sunday.
The Israeli invasion of Gaza, caused by the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorists' attack that killed, tortured and raped Israeli citizens, may come to an end in a few weeks, or it may continue through March.