For today, a map from OnTheWorldMap.com, and links to four reports, all from the Cradle; other reports are accessible by clicking on its name below. (UKRAINE, LEBANON, GAZA, SYRIA and IRAN entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.  YEMEN 4-6-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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U.S. airstrikes kill several civilians in Yemen’s Hodeidah. From the Cradle. U.S. airstrikes on Yemen killed several civilians and injured over a dozen on Tuesday, a day after Washington vowed to expand its deadly war against the country. At least eight hit the eastern section of the Yemeni capital just before midnight, and in the country’s south and west . . . READ MORE . . .

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U.S. readiness for face off with China ‘hurt’ by costly Yemen campaign: report. From the Cradle. The U.S. military is becoming “increasingly concerned,” according to the New York Times, that it will soon need to relocate long-range precision munitions from the Asia-Pacific region, due to the large amounts of weaponry . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 8  Pentagon prepares to expand ‘unrelenting’ attacks against Yemen. From the Cradle. “It’s been a bad three weeks for the Houthis, and it’s about to get worse,” U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday in the Oval Office, while seated near U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He added . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 7  USS Carl Vinson enters Indian Ocean to join war against Yemen. From the Cradle. New satellite imagery captured on April 5 shows the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier entering the Indian Ocean, signaling Washington’s escalating military build-up in the region as part of its war on Yemen and ahead of a possible attack on Iran. It is the second U.S. aircraft carrier in West Asia, joining the USS Harry S. Truman. READ MORE . . .

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