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Reuters, from the British Foreign Minister: I made it clear to my Iranian counterpart that Tehran must share the responsibility for preventing Houthi attacks

Houthi boats opened fire at U.S. Navy helicopters responding to a distress call near Yemen, the Pentagon says. The helicopters returned fire, causing 3 small boats to sink and killing the crew

British Foreign Minister: I informed the Iranian Foreign Minister that his country bears responsibility for the attacks in the Red Sea

Iranian-backed Houthi small boats attack merchant vessel and U.S. Navy helicopters in Southern Red Sea. On Dec. 31 at 6:30am (Sanaa time) the container ship MAERSK HANGZHOU issued a second distress call in less than 24 hours reporting being under attack by four Iranian-backed Houthi small boats. The small boats, originating from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen, fired crew served and small arms weapons at the MAERSK HANGZHOU, getting to within 20 meters of the vessel, and attempted to board the vessel. A contract embarked security team on the MAERSK HANZGHOU returned fire. U.S. helicopters from the USS EISENHOWER (CVN 69) and GRAVELY (DDG 107) responded to the distress call and in the process of issuing verbal calls to the small boats, the small boats fired upon the U.S. helicopters with crew served weapons and small arms. The U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire in self-defense, sinking three of the four small boats, and killing the crews. The fourth boat fled the area. There was no damage to U.S. personnel or equipment

Iran-backed militias claim to target US-controlled Rmeilan base in Syria

Iranian-backed militias targeted the Conoco military base in eastern Deir ez-Zur. In response to the source of the attack, the global @coalition & the SDF retaliated by hitting the western bank of Euphrates river, where Iranian-backed based

Iranian media: Tehran announces the execution of 4 people linked to the Israeli Mossad

The US Department of the Treasury: We imposed sanctions on an Iranian financing network that supports the Houthis in attacks on international shipping

The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei alongside several High-Ranking Iranian and IRGC Officials led the Funeral Prayer in the Capital of Tehran today for Brigadier General Seyed Razi Mousavi who was Killed in Damascus, Syria on Monday by an Israeli Airstrike

Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard: We will not remain silent about the assassination of our sons, and we will avenge them harshly

Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard: Israel is suffering great losses, and this is a price paid by those who occupy other people's lands

A drone attack targeting the Al-Harir base in Erbil, northern Iraq

Iran and Russia chief bankers met in Moscow, discussing banking cooperation

Iran and Armenia FMs met in Yerevan

Iraq and Iran agree to form a committee to develop the common border fields between the two countries

Hamas: We deny what the Iranian Revolutionary Guard said that Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was a response to the killing of Soleimani

An Iranian Revolutionary Guard spokesman says that Israel is trying to expand the Gaza war into an American-Iranian conflict

U.S. assets, to include the USS LABOON (DDG 58) and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot down twelve one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two land attack cruise missiles in the Southern Red Sea that were fired by the Houthis over a 10 hour period which began at approximately 6:30 a.m. (Sanaa time) on December 26. There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.

Hamas: We condemn the assassination of Brigadier General of the Revolutionary Guard Radhi Mousavi and consider it an attack on the sovereignty of an Arab country.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says Israel is being attacked from seven separate theaters amid the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, and the military has so far responded in six of them.b"We are in a multi-front war, we are being attacked from seven different arenas: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, [the West Bank], Iraq, Yemen, and Iran," says Gallant at a meeting of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. "We have already responded and acted in six of these areas, and I say here in the most clear way, anyone who acts against us is a potential target, there is no immunity for anyone," he adds.

Cybersecurity in Israel: Iranian attempts to launch cyberattacks

Iranian Defense: We will respond intelligently to the killing of Rezi Mousavi

USAF has targeted Iran-backed PMU / Hashed Al Sha'abi site in Babyl, Iraq. Casualties reported

The Iranian Tasnim news agency reports that a senior IRGC officer, Reza Mousawi, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Damascus earlier today

Initial reports of a drone attack on Harir base in Erbil, northern Iraq

The countries of the Eurasian Economic Union signed a full-scale free trade agreement with Iran

Deir ez-Zor: A flight of helicopters belonging to the International Coalition at low altitude in the airspace of the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor.

Assistant Coordinator of the Revolutionary Guard: Israel's supporters should expect the closure of the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar, and the rest of the waterways

Iran's president had a phone call with president of Egypt, congratulating his reelection. They also discussed expansion of bilateral ties and the situation in Gaza

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 37 km WSW of Ahar, Iran