The Times of Israel reports: “Iran has reportedly ordered its military personnel to leave Yemen and is pulling back its support for the Houthis amid extensive US airstrikes on the rebel group.

The British Telegraph newspaper on Thursday cited a ‘senior Iranian official’ saying that Tehran is scaling back its support of its regional proxies to focus on the direct threats emanating from the US administration.

‘Every meeting is dominated by discussions about [US President Donald Trump],’ the official was quoted as saying.

According to the official, Iran’s pullback from Yemen was designed to avoid the possibility of escalation if an Iranian soldier is killed in US airstrikes there.

Tehran is focusing its efforts instead on how to respond to Trump and his litany of threats, and ‘none of the regional groups we previously supported are being discussed,’ the official said…”