President Donald Trump and his team scrambled Tuesday to reclaim the narrative on why he decided to attack Iran, after his top diplomat suggested the US struck only after learning of an imminent Israeli strike.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Khamenei’s son Mojtaba said to emerge as leading candidate for new supreme leader
Report says that ahead of Saturday strike, Netanyahu phoned Trump to say Khamenei would convene his top advisers that day * Iran fires missiles at Israel as IDF carries out ‘broad wave of attacks’ across Islamic Republic
The post Khamenei’s son…
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Gulf states weigh response to Iranian strikes
The six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman – met in emergency session on Sunday to express solidarity and pledge to “take all necessary measures to defend their…
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Pentagon identifies first US soldiers killed in Iran war
The US military identified on Tuesday four of the first American soldiers killed in Operation Epic Fury.The US Army Reserve soldiers, from the 103rd Sustainment Command out of Des Moines, Iowa, were:Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven,…
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Saudi Arabia to take all necessary measures to defend its security, cabinet says
March 4 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will take all necessary measures to defend its security and protect its territory, citizens and residents, the state news agency reported early on Wednesday, citing a cabinet statement.
An Iranian attack targeted…
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Israel partially evacuates UAE embassy staff after 2 attempted Iranian terror attacks — official
Israel conducted a covert extraction of part of its embassy staff in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday after two Iranian terror plots targeting the diplomatic team were foiled in recent days, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel,…
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‘Washington Post:’ Iranian drone hits CIA station in Riyadh
Two Iranian drones struck the US embassy in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Monday, with one of the drones reportedly hitting a CIA station within the embassy complex, according to The Washington Post.Both the US and Saudi governments confirmed…
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Authorities put down limited fire in vicinity of US consulate in Dubai after drone strike, media office says
March 3 (Reuters) – Authorities have put down a limited fire in the vicinity of the U.S. consulate in Dubai due to a drone strike and no injuries were reported, Dubai’s media office said on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Jaidaa Taha and Menna Alaa…
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Will US oil companies be the big winners from the Iran war?
Energy prices have surged dramatically since the United States and Israel launched their attack on Iran Saturday, and that will almost certainly translate into bigger profits.
But the question remains whether the new war in the Middle East also…
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Headquarters targeted by IDF strikes, Islamic Group says
Members of the Islamic Group, also known as Jamaa Islamiya, claimed that their headquarters in the city of Sidon south of Beirut were targeted by the IDF.The Islamic Group was founded in Lebanon in 1964, and is linked to the Muslim Brotherhood….
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