Saudi-backed forces in Yemen launch a major counter-offensive to drive back Houthis, supported by Iran

President Trump has rejected the latest Iranian proposal to end the conflict. Meanwhile, France is sending military support to Saudi Arabia in its war against Iranian-backed militants.

As the U.S. conflict with Iran drags, the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have opened a new front, taking new territory and displacing more than 100,000 people.

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NPR speaks with people in Yemen and in aid groups who say the fighting is displacing families to areas without enough aid to support them.

Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, is under pressure by two wars choking shipping on either side of its coast.

Iran's attacks forced the U.S. to pull back many troops stationed in the Gulf, leaving the future of these bases in question.

Yemen's Houthis have overrun Saudi-backed forces to consolidate control along a Red Sea shipping strait.

A Houthi advance along Yemen's Red Sea coast could help push gas prices up even more as the Iran-backed group also launches attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities.

The U.S. military destroyed five Iranian oil tankers Tuesday and Iran struck back, targeting U.S. troops in Jordan.

U.S. bases in the Gulf face an unclear future after being pounded in war with Iran.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says President Trump has been speaking with world leaders to urge them to join the U.S. in crippling Iran's economy, as Tehran strikes a defiant tone at the threats.

As President Trump tries to disengage from the war he launched on Iran, Gulf allies worry about their own future with their powerful neighbor.

The Iran war is putting Gulf countries in a bind. They want the U.S. as a security partner, but they also have to live with Iran as a neighbor.