Iran is almost certainly behind plot against base used by US in war, UK says
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday that the September terror plot targeting RAF Fairford was "almost certainly" directed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. RAF Fairford functions as a key European base for heavy American strategic bombers and has supported U.S. military operations, including missions targeting Iranian sites during Operation Epic Fury.
Houthis threaten 'swift and painful' attacks targeting US if Trump joins Saudi strikes
Houthi rebels threatened a "swift and painful" response against U.S. interests across the Middle East on Monday if President Donald Trump joins Saudi military strikes against the group, AFP reported.
"If the US becomes involved in the aggression against Yemen, we will not deliberate over the decision to respond, rather, there will be a swift and painful response targeting the US and all its interests in the region," Houthi political bureau member Mohammed Al Bukhaiti told the European news agency.
Bukhaiti also warned "all employees and workers at Saudi oil facilities and airports to stay away from these sites, as they have become legitimate targets".
The threats followed the group's deadly attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, which killed at least 13 people and wounded hundreds more.
Trump condemned the Riyadh attack Monday, stating it was unacceptable.
"The Houthis are misbehaving very badly. They're misbehaving very badly. No good," the president told reporters at the White House.
Trump, who described the airport attack as "not acceptable," also confirmed that he had spoken with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Meanwhile, explosions were again reported over Riyadh on Monday night, with the Saudi-led coalition saying it had intercepted a Houthi missile. The Houthis claimed another attack on the airport.
Bukhaiti had also told AFP the attacks were intended to warn the crown prince "that he can no longer wage aggression against Yemen from a safe position."
Saudi Arabia intercepts and destroys 3 drones near Riyadh
Saudi-led coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki announced Tuesday the "interception and destruction of 3 drones north of Riyadh city."
The development comes after the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen attacked King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, over the weekend, killing 13 and injuring more than 300.
"We will soon issue a warning to civilians to evacuate a site in Sanaa [Yemen] for the purpose of carrying out a qualitative operation," Al-Maliki also said Tuesday.
The Saudi-led coalition has been fighting back against the Houthis in Yemen.
Fox News Digital's Emma Bussey contributed to this post.
Trump suggests US might have gone ‘too far’ in targeting Iran’s leaders
President Donald Trump suggested Monday at a rally in Ohio that the U.S. might have gone “too far” with targeting the leaders of the Iranian regime.
“They got no ships, they got no nothing. They got no leaders even, that's a problem, we might have gone too far with the leaders because we don't know who the hell we’re dealing with anymore,” Trump said.
“Nobody wants to be the president of Iran. They have roll calls, ‘Who would like to be the president? Nobody. I don’t want it.’ We're having a hard time figuring out who the hell to deal with to be honest with you,” he added.
Former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed at the beginning of Operation Epic Fury.
“They're never going to have a nuclear weapon,” Trump also said about Iran, adding that, “You cannot let the number one state sponsor of terror have a nuclear weapon.”
Trump says he doesn’t believe China, Russia are helping Iran ‘at all’ during the war
President Donald Trump said late Monday that he doesn’t believe China and Russia are helping the Iranian regime during Operation Epic Fury.
“I see so many comments from the Radical Left Morons and Lunatics that China and Russia are helping the ‘wonderful’ Islamic Republic of Iran. If they are, it’s at a very low level, but I don’t believe they are at all,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“They have too much to lose, and we would know about it, and know about it very fast!” the president added.
The Wall Street Journal reported in September that Chinese entities allegedly supplied Iran with high-resolution satellite imagery of Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan before Tehran's July 17 missile attack that killed three U.S. troops.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also has claimed Russia supplied Iran with satellite imagery of U.S. military installations in the Gulf.
Fox News Digital's Morgan Phillips and Sophia Compton contributed to this post.
UK says RAF Fairford terror plot 'highly likely' coordinated in Iran, directed by IRGC
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday that the September terror plot targeting RAF Fairford was "highly likely" to have been coordinated in Iran and "almost certainly" directed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
“We will not tolerate these threats on our soil,” Burnham said Monday in parliament.
“We will crack down on Iran's use of criminal networks, using our full range of powers to target them and their funding streams, and we will bring further sanctions to restrict the capacity of Iran and the IRGC to do us harm,” he added.
The remarks came as the United States, Britain and other allies condemned Iran in a joint statement.
“The UK has also concluded this event demonstrates the IRGC’s continued willingness to project hostile activity beyond its borders through covert networks and proxy actors.”
“Any attempt by Iran to threaten, silence, intimidate, harass, harm, or coerce people on our territories through proxies or any other means is unacceptable,” the statement said.
Iran's ambassador to Britain, Seyed Ali Mousavi, denied Tehran's involvement in the suspected plot targeting air base after being summoned to the British Foreign Office on Monday.
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