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QatarEnergy says Iranian missiles hit Ras Laffan Industrial City, causing “extensive damage” Qatar on Wednesday expelled key Iranian military and security officials along with their staff from its territory, escalating tensions after missile strikes hit key energy infrastructure in the Gulf. The Qatari Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it had declared the military and security…
Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz on Wednesday claimed that the country’s forces had killed Iran’s intelligence minister Esmail Khatib, adding that the military now has authorisation to “eliminate” any senior Iranian official without seeking further approval.“Last night Iran’s intelligence minister Khatib was also eliminated,” Katz said in a statement, AFP reported.The development comes shortly after…
Afghanistan on Tuesday accused Pakistan of carrying out airstrikes on a Kabul hospital treating drug addicts, saying the attack killed more than 200 people, according to the Health Ministry.Pakistan denied the allegation, saying its strikes- also carried out in eastern Afghanistan – targeted only military and “terrorist” sites.Health Ministry spokesman Sharafat Zaman gave the death…
The war between the United States-Israel and Iran has entered its third week and shows no signs of slowing down. Despite taking heavy hits, Iran remains a strong adversary, using its military capabilities to strike Gulf states hosting US bases and civilian infrastructure in those countries, and Israel.According to The Wall Street Journal, Iran has…
Pakistan said on Sunday that its forces carried out strikes on military facilities and “terrorist hideouts” in southern Afghanistan, in the latest escalation between Islamabad and the Taliban administration.Security sources cited by AFP said Pakistani troops targeted and “effectively destroyed technical support infrastructure and equipment storage facility in Kandahar,” the southern Afghan city that hosts…
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said the United States may carry out additional strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub.Speaking in an interview with NBC News, Trump said previous US strikes had “totally demolished” most of the island’s oil infrastructure. He added that the US “may hit it a few more times just…
US President Donald Trump has questioned whether Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is even alive, fuelling fresh speculation about the cleric’s condition as the war between the United States, Israel and Iran intensifies across the Middle East.In an interview with NBC News on Saturday, Trump said he had seen no clear evidence that the…
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday strongly condemned recent airstrikes by Pakistan in Afghanistan, which reportedly caused civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure. Ministry of external affairs official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that the strikes constitute “yet another act of aggression by a Pakistani establishment that remains hostile to the idea of a sovereign Afghanistan” and…
The United States on Saturday shared footage of real-time precision strikes at Iran’s Kharg Island, which is Tehran’s largest oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf, handling the majority of the country’s crude shipments.Sharing the clip of mid-night operation, US Central Command claimed American forces struck more than 90 Iranian military targets on Kharg Island,…
Blasts rock US embassy in Baghdad (AP photo) After issuing a strong warning that it would target American oil and military facilities in the region, Iran struck the United States embassy in neighbouring Iraq, escalating tensions in the Middle East conflict.The embassy compound in Baghdad was targeted by Iranian drones, according to multiple videos shared…
