Series of Attacks Highlights Reach of Iran-Allied Militias

A part from the wreckage of a drone with Arabic that reads, "Soleimani's revenge" lies on the ground at Baghdad airport, Iraq, on Jan. 3, 2022. International Coalition via AP

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized a ship in the Red Sea, armed drones targeted Baghdad’s international airport, and hackers hit a major Israeli newspaper Monday—a string of assaults that showed the reach of Iran-allied militias on the second anniversary of America’s killing of a top Iranian general.

All three coincided with a massive memorial in Tehran for Qassem Soleimani, the terrorist leader killed by a U.S. drone strike in 2020 in Iraq.