{"id":14618,"date":"2026-07-23T13:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=14618"},"modified":"2026-07-23T13:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:01:02","slug":"live-updates-us-iran-strikes-conflict-widens-with-houthis-claiming-red-sea-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=14618","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: US-Iran strikes; conflict widens with Houthis claiming Red Sea attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmrx10cs400003b6s0melc22k@published\" class=\"image vossi-image  image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"AP26204149864087.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6667493796526055\" data-original-height=\"5374\" data-original-width=\"8060\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap26204149864087.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap26204149864087.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1280,c_fill\/f_webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap26204149864087.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1280,c_fill\" alt=\"Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Pasay, Metro Manila on Thursday.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"5374\" width=\"8060\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrx04it900013b6sbqk110km@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Manila Thursday morning.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrx058k900053b6sxspw3w41@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Neither answered questions from reporters about whether Russia was supporting Iran by helping to target US troops, or whether Moscow plans to halt its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrx285m900003b6suyjhps9a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A readout from the State Department later confirmed the two envoys discussed \u201cthe US-Russia relationship and the need to end the Russia-Ukraine war.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrx4bpeo00003b6squr18yck@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Telegram, Russia\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova shared that Lavrov briefed Rubio on the situation along the front lines of the Ukraine war, and \u201cemphasized the inadmissibility of further arming the Kyiv regime.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrx4knw300033b6s2hthd3dx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Despite this, Lavrov confirmed that Russia was prepared for \u201ca political and diplomatic settlement of the conflict,\u201d Zakharova said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrx058k900063b6sk4ijfg7q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Prior to the Thursday meeting, Rubio was asked by a reporter whether he planned to press Lavrov on Ukraine during their meeting.\n    <\/p>\n<aside data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/pull-quote\/instances\/cmrx0j63k00043b6snuayv6wm@published\" data-component-name=\"pull-quote\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" class=\"pull-quote_block-quote vossi-pull-quote_block-quote inline-placeholder\">\n            <default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-sig-quote-default\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><default:path d=\"M9.277 6l.536.937c-1.224 1.12-1.584 2.961-1.6 4.236v.016h3.569v7.781H4v-6.103l.006-.02C4.037 10.014 6.287 6.874 9.276 6zm9.079 0l.536.937c-1.224 1.12-1.584 2.961-1.6 4.236v.016h3.569v7.78h-7.782v-6.102l.006-.02c.031-2.833 2.281-5.973 5.27-6.847z\"\/><\/default:svg><\/p>\n<div class=\" pull-quote_block-quote__section vossi-pull-quote_block-quote__section\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"pull-quote_block-quote__text  vossi-pull-quote_block-quote__text inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"text\">\n                    \u201cI don\u2019t know if the term is press him. We\u2019re going to talk about it,\u201d Rubio replied.\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrx06a0k000b3b6sfclv6q6l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cObviously the war in Ukraine has in many ways impeded the ability of Russia and the United States to find areas of agreement on other topics, that doesn\u2019t mean we won\u2019t seek to find other areas of potential cooperation,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrx058k900083b6swqrp4t8n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Asked what role the US is playing in reaching an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, given talks have dissipated, Rubio said: \u201cPerhaps there are now new conditions in place that will allow that conversation to happen.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrx0groi00023b6sjrd9gve4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>For context:<\/strong> On the campaign trail in 2023 and 2024, US President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/25\/politics\/fact-check-trump-ukraine-war\">said on dozens of occasions <\/a>that he would end the war in Ukraine either within 24 hours of his return to the White House or even sooner than that.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrx0ihlv00033b6sromd7yzl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            More than 500 days into his second term in office, that war still rages with peace talks making little progress.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Manila Thursday morning. Neither answered questions from reporters about whether Russia was supporting Iran by helping to target US troops, or whether Moscow plans to halt its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 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