Yemen’s Houthis enter Iran war with attacks on Israel, while US Marines arrive in region

try{ var _=i o; . if(!_||_&&typeof _==="object"&&_.expiry Houthis strike Israel as conflict widens; 12 US soldiers injured in a Saudi strike Expert says the upcoming week will be a pivotal moment in the Iran war. Here’s why Leading broker sees gold falling to $3,700 as a real possibility U.S. tech pullback mirrors late stages of dotcom era, strategists say (South Africa Philippines Nigeria) Yemen’s Houthis enter Iran war with attacks on Israel, while US Marines arrive in region By World Published 03/28/2026, 07:14 PM Updated 03/28/2026, 07:24 PM Yemen’s Houthis enter Iran war with attacks on Israel, while US Marines arrive in region 0 By Menna AlaaElDin, Nayera Abdallah and Humeyra Pamuk CAIRO/DUBAI, March 29 - The risk of an expanded Iran war grew on Saturday as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday launched their first attacks on Israel since the start of the conflict, even as additional U.S. forces reached the Middle East. Speaking before the strike, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States expected to conclude military operations within weeks, although a new deployment of U.S. Marines started arriving in the region. The Houthis said they would continue their operations until the "aggression" on all fronts ended. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian spoke to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose government hosts a meeting with the Turkish and Saudi foreign ministers on Sunday to seek to ease regional tensions. But there is no sign of an immediate diplomatic breakthrough and the war, launched with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, has spread across the Middle East, killing thousands and hitting the world economy with the biggest-ever disruption to global energy supplies. Washington has dispatched two contingents of thousands of Marines to the Middle East, the first of which arrived on Friday on an amphibious assault ship, the U.S. military said on Saturday. The U.S. could achieve its aims without ground troops, Rubio said on...