For today, links to four reports: from the Associated Press, the Cradle, and Reuters; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (IRAN, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down. YEMEN 3-30-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Suspected U.S. airstrikes in Yemen kill at least 4 people near Hodeida, Houthi rebels say, by Jon Gambrell | AP  DUBAI — Suspected U.S. airstrikes battered rebel-controlled areas of Yemen into today, with the Houthis saying that one strike killed at least four people near the Red Sea port city of Hodeida. Meanwhile, satellite images . . . READ MORE . . .

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Yemen takes on USS Truman as Washington’s war ‘compounds humanitarian crisis.’ From the Cradle. The Yemeni army today announced that it targeted the USS Harry S. Truman and other U.S. warships in the Red Sea, in response to Washington’s daily attacks against Yemen. READ MORE . . .

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Trump oversees ‘record breaking’ militarization of West Asia: report.  From the Cradle. The U.S. military has carried out its largest offensive deployment to West Asia since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza and Lebanon in October 2023, coinciding with threats by President Donald Trump to start a major bombing campaign against Iran, Haaretz reported today. READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 1  As Iran tensions increase, U.S. moves airplanes to reinforce Middle East. From Reuters. WASHINGTON — U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has reinforced U.S. military capability in the Middle East with more warplanes, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, amid a more than two-week-old U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen and mounting tensions with Iran. As many as six B-2 bombers . . . READ MORE . . .

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