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NPR News: 01-13-2024 2PM EST
Anti-Liberal “Conservative Movement” Rallies in Support of Controversial Icon Depicting #Stalin. via @CivilGe https://t.co/9d6rfDSPnP
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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden said Saturday the United States had delivered a private message to Iran about Iran-backed Houthis responsible for attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
“We delivered it privately, and we’re confident we’re well-prepared,” Biden told reporters at the White House before departing to the Camp David presidential retreat for the weekend.
The Houthi movement threatened a “strong and effective response” after the United States carried out another strike in Yemen overnight, further ratcheting up tensions as Washington vows to protect shipping from attacks by the Iran-aligned group.
The latest strike, which the U.S. said hit a radar site, came a day after dozens of American and British strikes on Houthi facilities in Yemen.
White House spokesperson John Kirby said Friday the initial strikes had hit the Houthis’ ability to store, launch and guide missiles or drones, which the group has used to threaten shipping.
He said Washington had no interest in a war with Yemen.
Biden, whose administration removed the Houthis from a State Department list of “foreign terrorist organizations” in 2021, was asked by reporters Friday whether he felt the term “terrorist” described the movement now. “I think they are,” Biden said.
CAIRO — The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker seized by Iran in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday has been located east of Iran’s Qeshm Island, monitoring service TankerTrackers.com said in a post on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Iran seized the St. Nikolas, loaded with Iraqi crude destined for Turkey, in retaliation for the confiscation last year of the same vessel and its Iranian oil cargo by the United States, Iranian state media reported.
“The Greek-owned, U.K.-insured and Marshall Islands-flagged Suezmax tanker ST NIKOLAS … laden with 1 million barrels of Iraqi crude oil, has been located today east of Qeshm Island, Iran … AIS [ship tracking] is offline,” TankerTrackers said in its post Saturday.
The U.S. had seized the ship in a sanctions enforcement operation when it sailed under the name Suez Rajan, with Iran warning that the move would “not go unanswered.”
The semi-official Fars news agency Thursday cited a navy statement saying that the St. Nikolas tanker was en route to Iranian ports.
The seizure of the St. Nikolas coincides with weeks of attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militias targeting Red Sea shipping routes.