other stories on our radar this hour its one of the largest houthi attacks over the red sea in recent months. u.s. central command says the navy shot down 21 houthi drones and missiles over the red sea tuesday launched from yemen. now secretary of state antony blinken has a now warning today. we ve made clear, we ve been clear with more than 20 other countries that if this continues as it did yesterday, there will be consequences. we ve also repeatedly tried to make clear to iran as other countries have, as well, that the support that they re providing to the houthis including for these actions needs to stop. it s not in their interests to see the conflict escalated. and we re not the only ones who sent that message to iran. blinken is currently on his fourth trip to the region since the october 7th terror attack by hamas on israel. blinken remains focused on keeping that war from expanding to become a bigger regional
On Day 82 of the Israel-Hamas war, Israel said Iran-backed Hezbollah was risking the region s stability due to its indiscriminate attacks targeting Israeli civilians. Over in the turmoil-laden Red
Tensions are rising between the U.S. and Iran. Defense officials say American ships shot down more than a dozen drones and missiles in the Red Sea Tuesday following a drone attack on a U.S. air base in Iraq on Christmas day that follows a retaliatory strike by the U.S. on Iranian-backed terrorist groups in Iraq earlier this week.