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An Iranian commercial vessel has been attacked near Qeshm Island, killing one person and wounding three others with an official blaming the “US terrorist enemy”.
Houthi forces and Yemen’s internationally recognised government trade strikes as fighting over the critical Bab al-Mandeb chokepoint on the Red Sea coast of Yemen intensifies.
