An Iranian military ship, the Saviz, was struck by an explosion yesterday in the Red Sea, off the coast of Yemen. The blast reportedly was caused by a mine planted by Israel on the ship’s hull as retaliation for recent Iranian attacks against Israeli shipping. And the Saviz is no ordinary ship–it is reportedly an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps “Mother Ship” that has provided support to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. What comes next?

The Watchman Newscast reports extensively on the shadow war