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While the US military did not explain why it halted strikes, a source told CNN that Vance and a general have raised concerns about depleting defense stockpiles
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The Iran war broadened over the weekend despite a pause in US strikes, as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi Arabian oil installations along the Red Sea coast and Iran accused Ukraine of targeting one of its vessels in the Caspian Sea. The US military said on Saturday its naval blockade against Iran “remains in full effect,” but did not explain why it halted a streak of 13 nights of escalating strikes. Asked about the pause, a senior official in US President Donald Trump’s administration said the president “has always been clear that his preference is diplomacy, but he has shown Iran what will happen if they fail to come to the table in a serious way.”
