An RT crew reporting from southern Lebanon was hit by an Israeli strike on Thursday, the Russian state-controlled outlet reported, publishing footage of the incident.The footage shows RT correspondent Steve Sweeney just before the sound of an…
Category: 3. Middle East
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RT news crew hit by strike in southern Lebanon after IDF provided warning
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IDF strike injures journalists at Lebanon’s Litani, after army warning it would hit area
Journalists reporting from an area of south Lebanon that Israel had warned it would target were lightly injured in an Israel Defense Forces strike there on Thursday, as Hezbollah continued firing rockets and drones and Israeli troops moved…
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US F-35 hit, forced to make emergency landing, IRGC takes credit
A US F-35 fighter jet was forced to make an emergency landing at a US air base in the Middle East after being struck by what is believed to be Iranian fire, CNN reported on Thursday, citing two sources familiar with the matter. Iranian media…
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Trump says not putting US troops in region amid Iran war
WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday said “I’m not putting troops anywhere” when asked whether he was planning to send soldiers to the Middle East region amid the Iran war.
(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt,…
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How many strikes, targets, and missions has Israel carried out?
Israel’s air war by the numbers started with the now famous 40, 40, 40: 40 top Iranian officials killed by 40 bombs in the first 40 seconds of the war on February 28.Since then, Israel has dropped around 12,000 bombs, including 3,600 within the…
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To conserve interceptors, IAF choosing not to shoot down some Iranian cluster bomblets
As Iran increasingly launches ballistic missiles carrying cluster bomb warheads at Israel, indiscriminately spreading dozens of small munitions over a wide area, the Israeli Air Force faces a constant dilemma whether or not to shoot them…
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IDF sources: War could leave Iran with more radical, nuclear-ambitious regime
There are concerns in Israel that the battle with Iran could end with an Islamic regime far more radical and nuclear-weapons seeking than that which preceded it, IDF sources said on Thursday, despite all of the substantial progress made so far in…
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Netanyahu to hold press conference on Thursday evening, his office says
JERUSALEM, March 19 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a press conference with the international media at 8:30 p.m. (1830 GMT), his office said in a statement.
It is Netanyahu’s second press conference since the start…
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Missile lands next to presenter during live report
Footage from Russian state broadcaster RT has captured the moment a missile lands just a few feet from where its reporter was broadcasting in southern Lebanon.
RT, formerly Russia Today, said Steve Sweeney, its Lebanon bureau chief, and his…
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IDF exploited Iran fallback plan, struck forces at stadiums, report finds
In some of the deadliest attacks since the start of Operation Roaring Lion, Israeli strikes pushed Iranian security forces to fall back and regroup at sports complexes before targeting those sites to devastating effect, The Wall Street Journal…
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