March 20 (Reuters) – Iranian missiles and drones have continued to strike crucial energy facilities and other targets in Gulf countries and the wider Middle East nearly three weeks into the war.
Neutralising Iran’s missile and drone capabilities…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Iran’s Quds Force chief Qaani lauds anti-US, Israel ‘resistance front’
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani praised Tehran’s “resistance front” regional allies for fighting the US and Israel in the current conflict, Iranian media reported on Friday.Qaani made the remarks…
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Iran’s Hormuz choke hold leaves West divided as energy markets reel
Between March 1 and March 19, there were only 114 crossings of the strait, according to analytics firm Kpler — 95% less than prewar traffic.
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US deploying thousands of Marines, sailors to Middle East as Iran war rages
The United States military is deploying thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East, three US officials told Reuters on Friday, as the US-Israeli war on Iran reached the three-week mark.No decision had been made to send troops…
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Israel strikes Syria after Druze clashes
Israel, which has a sizable Druze minority, has previously framed such strikes as efforts to protect the community across the border. The Druze are a community in Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, whose religion is an…
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NATO withdraws troops from Iraq mission to Europe as Iran war rages
BRUSSELS, March 20 (Reuters) – NATO has withdrawn all of its troops from an advisory missionin Iraq, the military alliance said on Friday, as the repercussions of the Iran war spread across the Middle East.
“I would like to thank the Republic of…
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Mojtaba Khamenei praises Iranian regime for ‘remarkable victories’
Iran’s newly appointed Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, on Friday called for increased national unity and congratulated the Iranian regime for what he claimed had been “remarkable victories” as the United States and Israel’s war with…
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Iran Supreme Leader names new year ‘resistance economy’, denies role in attacks on Turkey, Oman
March 20 (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei released a message on Friday marking the start of Persian New Year which he named the year of a “resistance economy under national unity and national security.”
In the…
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Report: American aircraft strike Iranian ships in Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told his U.K. counterpart, Yvette Cooper, that providing military bases for the United States will be considered as participation in ‘aggression,’ according to a statement in…
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US to deploy of thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, officials say
WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) – The United States military is deploying thousands of additional Marines and Sailors to the Middle East, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday.
One of the officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity,…
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