NICOSIA, March 2 (Reuters) – Britain’s Royal Air Force base Akrotiri in Cyprus was hit by a suspected drone strike overnight, causing limited damage and no casualties, Cypriot authorities and the UK’s Ministry of Defence said.
A Cyprus government…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Kuwait intercepts hostile drones on third day of Iran retaliatory strikes
March 2 (Reuters) – Kuwait intercepted hostile drones on Monday, the third consecutive day of Iranian retaliatory strikes on neighbouring Gulf states in response to U.S. and Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic.
No injuries were reported after…
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Hezbollah leader Mohammad Raad killed in IDF strikes
The head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary faction, Mohammad Raad, was reportedly killed during IDF strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, Saudi news outlet Al-Hadath reported on Monday morning.The IDF’s precision strikes were carried out in…
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Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say
By Phil Stewart and Humeyra Pamuk
WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) – Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces…
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Israel strikes Lebanon following Hezbollah attacks, widening Iran conflict
By Rami Ayyub, Alexander Cornwell, Nayera Abdallah, Maha El Dahan and Laila Bassam
JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV/DUBAI/BEIRUT, March 2 (Reuters) – Israel launched new air strikes targeting Tehran and expanded its military campaign to include attacks on…
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Trump hunkers down after Iran strikes
Hunkered down at his luxury Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, US President Donald Trump kept an unusually low profile after announcing the start of huge military strikes on Iran.
Trump eschewed the grand Oval Office addresses to the nation favored by…
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Israel kills 31 in Lebanon, vows to expand strikes after Hezbollah fire
Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed at least 31 people on Monday, authorities said, following rocket fire from Tehran-backed militant group Hezbollah after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader.
Israel’s military vowed to intensify its attacks on the…
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Hopes and fears as US Iranians take to streets after toppling of supreme leader
Hundreds rallied in cities across the US to celebrate Khamenei’s death, but not everyone was rejoicing.
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Three wounded in Iranian missile strike on highway outside Jerusalem
Man, 46, in moderate condition after stopping vehicle on edge of crater caused by blast, as Iran continued to launch missiles across the region in response to US-Israeli bombing
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Khamenei’s Successors Are Showing No Signs of Surrender – and They May Push Even Further
The opening move of the new Israeli-American war on Iran was a major operational success. The combination of prior intelligence and precision strikes by both countries led to the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as well as the…
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