First, links to reports from Middle East Monitor and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Click HERE for YEMEN 1-22-26.  Scroll up or down for today’s IRAN, LEBANON and GAZA so far.) — MCM

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Oil tanker hijacked off Yemen coast, taken toward Somalia: coast guard. From Middle East Monitor. An oil tanker was hijacked today off the coast of Yemen in an armed attack by unidentified assailants, with authorities working to track and recover the vessel, the Yemeni coast guard said, Anadolu Agency reports. READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 2  U.S. airstrikes kill at least 6 people in Yemen, Houthi rebels say, by Jon Gambrell | AP  DUBAI — Suspected U.S. airstrikes battered rebel-controlled areas of Yemen into Wednesday, with the Houthis saying the attacks killed at least six people across the country. READ MORE . . .

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