U.S. Pauses Overnight Iran Strikes After ~Two Weeks
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- U.S. forces did not announce new overnight attacks on southern Iran for the first time in about two weeks, according to the live update, marking a break in the daily strike cadence.
- Houthis and Saudi-led forces in Yemen said they had traded strikes, with the source noting that tensions remained high even as the announced U.S. strikes on Iran paused.
Why it matters: The pause in announced U.S. overnight strikes is the first break in roughly two weeks of attacks on southern Iran, but the source's same-paragraph note on a Houthi-Saudi exchange shows the conflict's Yemen front stayed active while direct U.S.-Iran action cooled.
