{"id":2317,"date":"2026-07-24T03:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T03:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/07\/24\/trump-threatens-iran-and-houthi-rebels-with-major-military-punishment\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T03:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T03:10:21","slug":"trump-threatens-iran-and-houthi-rebels-with-major-military-punishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=2317","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens Iran and Houthi rebels with &#8216;major military punishment&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-tms-ad-status=\"idle\" data-tms-ad-container class=\"o-ad-container o-ad-container--banner-top o-ad-container--with-shimmer o-ad-container--with-background\">\n<div class=\"o-ad-container__content o-ad-container__content--report-enabled\">\n<div class=\"o-ad-container__label m-block-ad__label--report-enabled\">\n                    <span class=\"o-ad-container__label__text\">Advertising<\/span><br \/>\n                                            <button title=\"Report this ad\" class=\"o-ad-container__content__report-link\" data-tms-ad-report><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-ad-sponsoring\" data-tms-ad-type=\"sponsoring\" data-tms-ad-status=\"disabled\">\n<div class=\"o-ad-sponsoring__wrapper\">\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content t-content--article\" id=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"t-content__above-sidebar\">\n<h1 class=\"t-content__title a-page-title\">Trump threatens Iran and Houthi rebels with &#8216;major military punishment&#8217;<\/h1>\n<div class=\"m-master-tag\">\n<div class=\"a-tag-section\">\n                                    Middle East\n                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"t-content__chapo\">\n                                        Iran and the United States threatened to intensify attacks on Thursday after Yemen&#8217;s Houthi rebels struck Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, driving Brent crude above $100 a barrel and fuelling fears of a widening regional conflict and renewed pressure on the global economy.                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__with-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"t-content__beside-sidebar\" data-article-content>\n<div class=\"t-content__metadata\">\n<div class=\"t-content__dates\">\n<p class=\"m-pub-dates\"><span class=\"m-pub-dates__date\">Issued on: <time datetime=\"2026-07-23T23:54:08+00:00\">24\/07\/2026 &#8211; 01:54<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"a-reading-time\">\n    <span class=\"a-reading-time__icon\" title=\"Reading time\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/span><br \/>\n    4 min    <span class=\"u-sr-only\">Reading time<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"a-share-button\" data-root-share>\n<p>                            <span class=\"a-master-button__label\">Share<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__authors\">\n<div class=\"m-from-author\">\n                    <span class=\"m-from-author__by-label\"><br \/>\n                By:<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-author\">\n<div class=\"m-author__name\">\n                                                    <a href=\"\/en\/author\/france-24\/\" title=\"FRANCE 24\" class=\"m-author__name__title\"><br \/>\n                                FRANCE 24<br \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__main-media\">\n<figure class=\"m-item-image m-item-image--16x9 m-item-image--has-caption\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/669a0bb4-867f-11f1-bc8a-005056a90284\/w:1024\/p:16x9\/9cf489352df1b19309121efdf4c467be9adf5d68.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/669a0bb4-867f-11f1-bc8a-005056a90284\/w:388\/p:16x9\/9cf489352df1b19309121efdf4c467be9adf5d68.jpg 388w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/669a0bb4-867f-11f1-bc8a-005056a90284\/w:720\/p:16x9\/9cf489352df1b19309121efdf4c467be9adf5d68.jpg 720w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/669a0bb4-867f-11f1-bc8a-005056a90284\/w:1024\/p:16x9\/9cf489352df1b19309121efdf4c467be9adf5d68.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1012px\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"This screenshot released by Centcom shows the U.S. Army guiding flights in Iran.\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"a-img \"><figcaption class=\"a-figcaption\">\n                This screenshot taken on July 22, 2026 of a video released the day before by Centcom shows the U.S. Army guiding flights in Iran.        \u00a9 US Central Command (CENTCOM) via AFP    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__body u-clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_self\">Iran<\/a> and the United States threatened on Thursday to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/us-rhetoric-all-about-amping-up-but-strategy-for-a-deal-with-iran-unclear\" target=\"_self\">step up attacks<\/a> on one another after Tehran&#8217;s Houthi allies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/how-houthi-strikes-on-oil-tankers-will-impact-the-middle-east-war\" target=\"_self\">struck Saudi shipping<\/a> and sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/middle-east\/20260715-iran-threatens-to-cut-off-major-vital-seaways-in-response-to-trump-s-renewed-blockade\" target=\"_self\">oil prices soaring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_self\">Donald Trump<\/a> said the United States would hold Iran responsible for the Houthis&#8217; actions and warned both would soon receive a &#8220;major military punishment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The international oil benchmark Brent crude surged past $100 a barrel for the first time since May, up 7%, while world leaders expressed alarm after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/yemen\/\" target=\"_self\">Yemen<\/a>&#8216;s rebels hit oil tankers in the Red Sea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The situation is getting out of control. It is teetering on the edge of the unimaginable,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/united-nations\/\" target=\"_self\">United Nations<\/a> Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One crisis feeds another. One escalation triggers the next,&#8221; he told a meeting of the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n<p>European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned &#8220;the energy shock could intensify further&#8221; and push up inflation, feeding speculation about a September eurozone interest rate hike.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-em-video\">\n<div class=\"o-video-player o-video-player--16x9\" data-media-video-wbmz570632-f24-en-20260724 data-show-hidden-video-player=\"WBMZ570632-F24-EN-20260724\" data-wrapper-video-player data-youtube-script>\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<\/p>\n<p>        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices                <\/p>\n<p><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. 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UU., el 22 de julio de 2026.\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"a-img \"><figcaption class=\"a-figcaption\">\n    Cover image:            El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, habla con los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n antes de partir hacia Dover, Delaware, para asistir al solemne traslado de los militares estadounidenses ca\u00eddos en Jordania e Irak, en el marco de la guerra con Ir\u00e1n, en la Base Conjunta Andrews, Maryland, EE. UU., el 22 de julio de 2026.        \u00a9 Reuters\/Evelyn Hockstein    <\/figcaption><div class=\"m-item-image__overlay-wrapper\">\n                <button class=\"m-main-media-btn\" aria-label=\"Play the video\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"m-main-media-btn__picto\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"a-circle-loader\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<time class=\"a-media-time\">02:42<\/time>                <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-hidden-video-player=\"WBMZ570634-F24-EN-20260724\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/kuwait\/\" target=\"_self\">Kuwait<\/a>, meanwhile, reported a drone attack against one of its border posts with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/iraq\/\" target=\"_self\">Iraq<\/a>, saying it caused no casualties.<\/p>\n<p>The emirate also later said its air defences were &#8220;intercepting hostile missile and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/drones\/\" target=\"_self\">drone<\/a> attacks following the wrongful Iranian aggression&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis said they had carried out missile and drone strikes on two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea, the Encelia and the Layla, after declaring their blockade of Saudi ports.<\/p>\n<p>British naval security monitor UKMTO said the master of a tanker reported being hit by an unknown projectile about 70 nautical miles southwest of Al Shuqaiq, causing a fire.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia confirmed the Encelia had been struck, without commenting on the other tanker.<\/p>\n<p>The new threat in the Red Sea could compound the shock of the Hormuz closure, endangering Riyadh&#8217;s ability to bypass the strait for some oil exports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-em-video\">\n<div class=\"o-video-player o-video-player--16x9\" data-media-video-wbmz570274-f24-en-20260722 data-show-hidden-video-player=\"WBMZ570274-F24-EN-20260722\" data-wrapper-video-player data-youtube-script>\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<\/p>\n<p>        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices                <\/p>\n<p><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. 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