The Wire - January 12, 2024 - Priority

this is the wire for 0130 Zulu January 12th 2024 preceden is priority information cut off is 0100 bottom line up front the United States and the United Kingdom conduct air strikes in Yemen Regional attacks intensify in kind in the Middle East at approximately 0230 local time British and American forces began conducting air strikes within Yemen Pentagon officials state that approximately 10 locations were targeted throughout the nation targeting is largely focused on the capital city of saana as well as the city of taaz and the port of hadeda in response yeni forces have launched substantial missile attacks on us vessels in the Gulf of Aiden and the Red Sea in response to these attacks significant developments are currently underway throughout the region Iranian officials have pledged support for Yemen and most Iranian military forces have assumed a hien state of Readiness substantial attacks have been reported at many Coalition bases in Iraq and Syria the US Embassy in Baghdad has also been targeted with indirect fire weapons responses from Regional power play players have varied Saudi Arabia allowed the use of their airspace for the attack conversely Oman has forbid the use of their airspace for this operation and the United Arab Emirates has placed their forces on Alert in response to Coalition targeting analyst comments for this wire as a reminder White House officials call the lid for today so no comments have been made by the president regarding this operation also Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin remains hospitalized and has not been seen by the public for over 11 days considering these factors it is not clear as to who authorizes this operation at the this time or at which level of command and control this operation is being monitored from this concludes the wire for 0130 Zulu January 12th 2024