Iran
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Israeli missiles have targeted Syria’s air defence positions, according to state media. The defence systems were located in the south of Syria, the reports said. Syrian state media quoted an unnamed military source as providing the information. MEZIESBLOG has not been able to verify the claims.. Both sides ‘testing the waters’ and seeing ‘how far…
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The U.S. announced a fresh set of sanctions on Iran targeting the production of unarmed aerial vehicles Thursday as Tehran warned Israel it would review its official stance on nuclear weapons if its atomic facilities were attacked. The latest wave of actions Thursday by the United States and Iran come on the heels of Tehran’s…
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President Joe Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the U.S. will not take part in a counter-offensive against Iran, an option Netanyahu’s war cabinet favors after a mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory, according to officials. The threat of open warfare erupting between the arch Middle East foes and dragging in the United States put…
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Addressing the media in English, an Israeli military spokesperson says plans for both offensive and defence action has been authorised following last night’s attack by Iran. Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari says: “Hamas and Iran want to ignite the Middle East and to escalate [in] the region,” adding that the IDF remains “on high alert” and…
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Iran’s attack on Israel was a “declaration of war”, Israel’s president has told Sky News. Isaac Herzog said it was “about time the world faces this empire of evil in Tehran”. World leaders need to “make it clear” to the Iranian regime that its behaviour is “unacceptable”, Mr Herzog added. “We should be looking lucidly…
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Many of us went to bed last night worried about what we would wake up to. Iran was attacking the country it calls Little Satan and wants wiped off the map, sending hundreds of drones and missiles. The attack was neutralised. Nearly all the missiles and drones were intercepted and did not reach their target. But…
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Iran’s threat to carry out a retaliatory attack on Israel in reprisal for the bombing of its consulate in Damascus, Syria are “very credible,” the White House said Friday. “We still deem the potential threat by Iran here to be real, to be viable, certainly credible, and we’re watching it as closely as we can,”…
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Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Friday urged Iran to “exercise moderation” in the Middle East, asking for safety guarantees in the Red Sea. Tajani said on X that he had a long phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian regarding the recent developments in the Middle East. “Reiterated (Italian) government’s position in favor…
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The United States believes Iran may retaliate against Israel in coming days, according to two sources familiar with intelligence on the matter. The intelligence that Iran could use drones and missiles to attack “regional assets” by Israel has been shared with U.S. lawmakers. U.S. officials believe the attacks would be done in retaliation for Israel’s airstrike in Damascus, Syria,…
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Iran’s military and security leaders have been “increasingly discussing” the need to expand their presence around the Red Sea, a leading US thinktank has said. In its latest update on the situation in the Middle East, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said Iran would probably use an expanding military presence to threaten…
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Earlier this week, we reported a member of the US air force had died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in an apparent protest over Israel’s war in Gaza. Aaron Bushnell, 25, had shouted “free Palestine” as he was engulfed in flames. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has now tweeted about the…
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Thousands of people in Iran have taken to the streets to mark the 45th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Streets and squares were decorated with flags, balloons and banners carrying revolutionary and religious slogans. US and Israeli flags were also burned. Some in Tehran were seen to shout and carry placards saying “death to America”,…
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‘Iran not providing weapons to Houthis in Yemen’ Iran is not providing weapons to the Houthis in Yemen, Iran’s UN ambassador has told our sister network NBC News. Amir Saeid Iravani acknowledged that Iran did arm Hamas and other Palestinian militants but said Iran “was not directing them”. When asked if Iran was arming militants, he…
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In Yemen’s capital city, large groups of Houthi tribesmen have gathered in a show of defiance after the latest round of UK and US airstrikes. The Houthi movement in Yemen has launched repeated missile and drone attacks on Israel and shipping vessels in the Red Sea. The Houthis are part of an Iran-aligned regional alliance,…
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More than 27,300 people killed in Gaza so far, says Hamas-led ministry A total of 27,365 people have been killed in Gaza since the conflict erupted on 7 October, the Hamas-led health ministry has said. A further 66,630 people have been injured, it added. In the last 24 hours, it said 127 people had been…
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The UK armed forces are losing personnel faster than they can recruit, leaving their “warfighting readiness” in doubt, according to a new report by the Defence Committee. The report also found the military has “key capability and stockpile shortages” that would hamper its ability to engage in “all-out, prolonged war”. It comes as the Royal…
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