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Welcome back as we resume our coverage of the conflicts in the Middle East, where US secretary of state Antony Blinken is on another tour in the hopes of reigniting stuttering ceasefire talks. Mr Blinken is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia today after lengthy talks with Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday in Jerusalem. Nearly a week on…
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Iran is not expecting a “significant” retaliation from Israel for the missile attack it launched against the country at the start of the month, the former commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has said. Tehran fired nearly 200 rockets at Israel in response to the killings of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and…
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Hezbollah’s drone strike on Binyamina failed to trigger Israel’s air defence alert systems, which the Iran-backed group says was part of its plan to cause maximum destruction. It says that, as part of a “qualitative and complex operation”, it launched dozens of missiles towards various targets in Israel “with the aim of occupying the Israeli…
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Iran’s supreme leader has decorated the Revolutionary Guards aerospace commander for the Islamic Republic’s missile attacks on arch-foe Israel, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s website said on Sunday. “Ayatollah Khamenei presented the Order of Fath (“Conquest” in Farsi) to General Amirali Hajizadeh, commander of the Guards Aerospace Force,” it said. The decoration was bestowed because of “the…
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The Iranian supreme leader has called on Muslim nations to “strap the belt of defence” from Afghanistan to Yemen and from Iran to Gaza and Lebanon. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke as he led Friday prayers in Iran for the first time in four years, standing near a rifle. He added the 7 October attack by…
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Iran may have been behind the gunfire and explosions that took place near the Israeli embassies in Stockholm and Copenhagen this week, Sweden’s security service has said. Shots were fired at the Israeli embassy in Stockholm on Monday, while two explosions were reported near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen on Wednesday morning. Nobody was injured,…
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi said the country’s military action against Israel has been concluded. He made the remarks in a post on social media platform X early Wednesday while elaborating on a missile attack by Iran Tuesday night against targets inside Israel. Araghchi said Iran on Tuesday evening “exercised self-defense” under Article 51…
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Sir Keir Starmer has “utterly condemned” Iran’s attempt “to harm innocent Israelis” and “push the region ever-closer to the brink”. He says: “We stand with Israel, and recognise her right to self-defence in the face of this aggression. “Iran must stop these attacks, together with its proxies like Hezbollah.” The prime minister adds: “We support…
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More than two days after the huge Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, smoke is still rising from the scene. People are flocking to the site this weekend – some to pay their respects and pray, others to see what is left of their homes. The Friday night strike had levelled multiple high-rise…
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The airstrikes in southern Lebanon seemed to have sparked an exodus as people scramble to leave the area and head for the capital, Beirut. The education minister, Dr Abbas Halabi, said some schools in Beirut, Mount Lebanon, Chouf and Aley will be used as shelters for those fleeing. There are already 160,000 displaced Lebanese who’ve…
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It’s Monday, so before we start another week of our coverage, here’s everything you need to know as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East… Week of escalation Fears of a wider regional conflict increased over the last week, as cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah reached new heights. On Tuesday and Wednesday,…
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have said that 12 people have been arrested for being operatives collaborating with Israel and planning acts against Iran’s security. The Revolutionary Guards added that members of the network of 12 operatives were arrested in six different Iranian provinces, but did not say when. Tensions in the Middle East have shot up…
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The blowing up of Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies was a “very sophisticated, very accurate” attack, an Israeli intelligence expert says. Major Avraham Levine, from the Alma Center, tells Sky News the “blame was immediately put on Israel” and the “surgical” strike suggests “someone is deep into Hezbollah’s communications systems”. It was assumed the blasts were…
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The United States has informed allies that it believes Iran has transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for its war in Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the matter. They did not offer any details about how many weapons have been delivered or when the transfers may have occurred, but they confirmed the U.S.…
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Severe weather conditions, including thick fog, were primarily responsible for the helicopter crash in May that resulted in the death of Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi, IRIB news agency reported on Sunday, citing a final investigation report. The General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces released the report, stating that the technical, engineering, electronic, and navigation…
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Qatar’s Foreign Ministry condemned on Sunday the ongoing Israeli military operations in the city of Jenin and its refugee camps in the northern West Bank. The ministry described the operations as “heinous and horrific crimes” and a “flagrant violation of international legitimacy resolutions.” In a statement, the ministry called on the international community to “provide…
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