The seamen died when Iranian warship the Iris Dena was sunk on 4 March by a US submarine near Sri Lanka.
Category: 3. Middle East
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Bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed in US torpedo strike to be repatriated
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US defends Israel against South Africa’s allegation of genocide in top UN court
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United States will intervene in the genocide case against Israel brought at the United Nations’ highest court by South Africa, arguing that the accusations are false and warning that a ruling against Israel…
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Explosion rocks Tehran square during Quds Day demonstration
An explosion occurred in the vicinity of a Quds Day rally in Tehran on Friday, Iranian state media reported.Two prominent political figures were said by state media to be marching in Tehran at the time: Iran’s Supreme National Security Council…
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Trump claimed in G7 call that Iran is “about to surrender,” Axios reports
March 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Trump told G7 leaders in a virtual meeting on Wednesday that Iran is “about to surrender,” Axios reported on Friday citing three officials from G7 countries briefed on the contents of the call.
According to the…
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Bodies of 84 Iranian sailors to be repatriated from Sri Lanka, Iran embassy source and local media say
COLOMBO, March 13 (Reuters) – The bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed in a U.S. submarine attack on a warship off Sri Lanka’s coast last week will be repatriated, a Iran embassy source and local media in Sri Lanka reported on Friday.
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‘Dream holidays’ in disarray, trips diverted as travellers count cost of Iran war
By Christine Chen, James Redmayne and Joanna Plucinska
SYDNEY/LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) – In the remote Western Australian town of Dardanup, accountant Natasha Earle and her family are feeling the financial pain of the U.S.-Israeli war with…
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US refuelling plane crashes in Iraq, military says
The US Central Command says rescue efforts are under way after a refuelling aircraft went down over western Iraq.
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Pakistan bombs airline fuel depot near Kandahar airport, Afghan Taliban says
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar
KABUL, March 13 (Reuters) – Pakistan bombed the fuel depot of private airline Kam Air near Afghanistan’s Kandahar airport, the Taliban said on Friday, a significant escalation in the worst conflict in years between the…
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Five lessons from Israel’s first two weeks of the Iran war
It all began two weeks ago with a jaw-dropping attack on Iran’s senior leadership meeting in Tehran.Among those killed in that strike was Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei – a man who repeatedly called for Israel’s destruction and worked…
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Iranian missile targets NATO airbase in Turkey
Sirens sounded at NATO’s Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey after it was targeted by an Iranian missile, Turkish media reported on Friday.NATO has not released a statement regarding the incident.NATO air defenses had previously shot down…
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