If Tehran is not careful it will wake up to find all its proxies have had their wings clipped - then they become a liability, instead of an asset.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group on Tuesday claimed it conducted the third attack on US warships in a span of 48 hours, media reports said.

Why has Trump targeted the Houthis afresh, and how do they manage to retain their attack capabilities? What are the group's ties with Iran, China, and Russia?

The Houthis first tried to attack the USS Harry S Truman in the Red Sea on Sunday following deadly US strikes on Yemen. The Pentagon said it had struck 30 targets in Yemen since Saturday, in the ...