Houthis Strike Saudi Oil Sites Amid Lull in US-Iran Conflict
The Houthi militants in Yemen fired on Saudi oil installations at two ports on the Red Sea coast, but the US held back from launching air strikes on Iran for the first time in two weeks.
The US had been conducting a streak of 13 nights of escalating strikes against Iranian targets since an interim deal to end hostilities collapsed. However, it gave no immediate explanation for why it abruptly halted this retaliation.
A senior US official said that President Donald Trump has always preferred diplomacy over military action but has shown Iran what will happen if they fail to come to the table in a serious way.