• More troops arrive: The USS Tripoli, carrying 3,500 sailors and Marines, has arrived in the Middle East, said US Central Command, as the Pentagon weighs its next steps.
• Houthis enter war: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels waded into the Middle East conflict, announcing that they fired two missiles at Israel. The movement previously disrupted shipping lanes in the region, attacking vessels in the Red Sea in retaliation for Israel’s war against Hamas.
• Strait passage: Iran will allow 20 Pakistani ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said.
• Campus threat: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) threatened to hit US and…