US, 'Israel' launch full-scale attack against Iran | First week
The United States and ‘Israel’ started launching waves of strikes Saturday against targets in Iran, sparking swift retaliation by the Islamic republic.
Iranian state television confirmed the death of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday, after US President Donald Trump said he had been killed.
"Heavy and pinpoint bombing... will continue, uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST", Trump wrote.
He later warned Iran of force "never been seen before" after he said they country indicated it was going to strike back "harder than they have ever hit” after Khamenei’s death.
"THEY BETTER NOT DO THAT, HOWEVER, BECAUSE IF THEY DO, WE WILL HIT THEM WITH A FORCE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform early Sunday.
Iranian state television announced a 40-day mourning period and seven public holidays following the ayatollah's death.
The country's judiciary confirmed Sunday that the chief of the Revolutionary Guards, General Mohammad Pakpour, and another top security adviser, Ali Shamkhani were also "martyred" in the strikes.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and two top other officials will lead the country in a transitional period following the death of Khamenei, state television reported.
Kuwait issues alert over missile, drone incursions
Kuwaiti authorities say they have received several reports following missile and drone activity that penetrated the country’s airspace.
The Civil Defense Department confirmed it responded to the alerts.
Second week of the US-‘Israeli’ war on Iran
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All-clear sirens sound across Jordan
All-clear sirens sound across Jordan
Sirens activated in Jordan amid danger
Sirens activated in Jordan amid danger
Explosions heard over Bahrain's Manama as air threats intercepted
Explosions were heard in the skies over Manama after air defense systems intercepted aerial threats, according to local reports.
VIDEO - Cluster munitions fired by Iran over Tel Aviv
Footage of Iranian ballistic missiles carrying cluster bomb warheads during the exchange of fire with ‘Israel’.
The missile’s warhead opens up to become 24 to 80 smaller warheads, and covers a radius of around 8 kilometers.
VIDEO - ‘Israeli’ army begins fresh strikes on southern Beirut suburbs
The ‘Israeli’ military on Friday said it had started a new "wave of strikes" against Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
"The IDF is now striking Hezbollah infrastructure in the Dahiyeh area in Beirut," the military claimed, using the Arabic name for the area.
Iraq's Kurdish authorities say “attack” shuts US-run oil field
Iraqi Kurdish authorities said on Friday that oil production at an oil field operated by US firm HKN Energy has been halted following an attack.
A security source told AFP the attack was carried out with two drones the previous day.
The natural resources ministry in the northern Kurdistan region said in a statement that an "outlaw group in Iraq launched a terrorist attack on the HKN oil field in the Sarsang area" in Dohuk province, damaging the field and "halting production".
Iranian army announces attack on US bases in Kuwait
The Iranian army announced that it carried out strikes targeting United States military bases in Kuwait. Details about the scale of the attack and potential damage were not immediately confirmed.
The army warned it will continue targeting United States bases in Kuwait, vowing further strikes following the announced attack.
Iran threatens to target Iraqi Kurdistan if fighters enter country: media
Iran threatened on Friday to target "all the facilities" of the Kurdistan region in Iraq if fighters were allowed to enter the Islamic republic.
"So far only the bases of the United States and Israel and separatist groups in the region have been targeted," the Mehr news agency reported, quoting a letter by Iran's defence council.
It warned that if "the continued presence, plotting and entry" of fighters into Iran is allowed, "all facilities of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq ... will be widely targeted."
Destruction after heavy overnight ‘Israeli’ strikes on south Beirut
Images show rubble-strewn roads and smoking debris after heavy overnight ‘Israeli’ strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs.
‘Israel’ issued an unprecedented evacuation warning on Thursday for the entirety of Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of Hezbollah, sending residents in the district of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing in a panic.
2,328 'Israelis' evacuated from homes since war began: health ministry
'Israeli' Ministry of Health announced that 2,328 'Israelis' have been evacuated from their homes since the start of the war, with nearly half of them from the Tel Aviv area.
Azerbaijan withdraws diplomats from Iran after drone attack
Azerbaijan said on Friday it was withdrawing diplomatic staff from neighbouring Iran, a day after Iranian drones targeted an airport and a school in an Azerbaijani border region.
"Azerbaijan is evacuating its diplomatic personnel from Iran. The process applies to both the embassy in Tehran and the consulate in Tabriz," Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said, adding: "Work in this direction is currently underway."
‘Israel’ strikes southern Lebanese city of Sidon: state media
‘Israel’ struck a building on a main thoroughfare of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on Friday, state media said, without prior warning.
The strike targeted the tenth floor of an office building near two shelters for displaced people, according to AFP.
Rescuers removed at least one body and were gathering human remains, the photographer said.
UN rights chief says US probe of Iran school strike must “happen very quickly”
The United Nations rights chief stressed Friday the need for "transparent and impartial investigations" into a deadly strike on a school in Iran, urging Washington to move "very quickly" with its announced probe.
"What we have asked for is obviously prompt, transparent and impartial investigations, which we understand has been announced by the United States of America," Volker Turk told reporters in Geneva, stressing that "we need this to happen very quickly and we need to also make sure that there is accountability as well as redress for the victims".
Danish shipping giant Maersk suspends routes over Mideast war
Danish shipping giant Maersk said on Friday it was suspending two intercontinental transit routes because of the war in the Middle East.
The firm had already said it was suspending bookings in the Gulf "until further notice".
"Considering the escalating conflict affecting safe navigation in the Gulf region, we have made the decision to temporarily suspend the FM1 Service (connecting Far East to Middle East) and as well the ME11 Service (connecting Middle East to Europe)," the firm said.
Houthis say “finger on the trigger” in Middle East war
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi leader said Thursday his group was ready to strike at any moment in a televised speech on Thursday, amid the US-‘Israeli’ campaign against the Islamic republic.
"Regarding military escalation and action, our fingers are on the trigger, ready to respond at any moment should developments warrant it," Abdul Malik al-Houthi said.
"We affirm our support for the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Iran's Muslim people. We are active on various fronts”.
US cannot provide enough missiles for Gulf states and Ukraine: EU commissioner
The United States is not in a position to provide enough missiles to the Gulf states and Ukraine to defend themselves, European defence and space commissioner Andrius Kubilius said on Friday.
He said following the US-‘Israel’ war on Iran, "Americans really will not be able to provide enough of those missiles, both for the Gulf countries, for American army itself and also for Ukrainian needs".
Blasts heard over Tel Aviv after missiles from Iran detected
Several blasts were heard over ‘Israel's’ commercial hub of Tel Aviv on Friday, after the military said it had detected new missiles launched from Iran towards the country.
"A short while ago, the IDF identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel. Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat," the military said.
Hebrew media reported no injuries from the latest salvo, which was described as “small” in the reports.
VIDEO - Projectile falls near Ali Al Salem Air Base in southern Kuwait
Footage showing a projectile falling near Ali Al Salem Air Base in southern Kuwait, as Iran continues its “retaliatory attacks” against Gulf countries after the joint US-‘Israeli’ strikes.
Ali Al Salem Air Base is an installation in southern Kuwait that hosts both Kuwaiti and US Air Force personnel.
