🔺Axios: A secret U.S. security meeting regarding the Islamic Republic and Yemen was held

▪ Axios reported that senior members of the U.S. cabinet held an unscheduled meeting at Camp David for hours on Friday to discuss the next steps in the war with the Islamic Republic and the Saudi-Houthi conflict in Yemen.

▪ Based on this report, citing three U.S. officials, J.D. Vance chaired the meeting, and Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, Steve Witkoff, the White House special envoy, John Ratcliffe, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and General Dan Kine, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took part.

▪ One of these officials said regarding the Middle East crisis: “Things were decided—or at least were deeply examined.” But the White House declined to comment.