Day 146 | Iran warns regional security at risk as Trump threatens new strikes
Key updates:
- Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says there will be no security in the region unless Iran's own security is guaranteed.
- Trump threatens to bomb and destroy critical Iranian infrastructure each time Iran targets ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iran vows retaliatory attacks on civilian infrastructure across the region, including bridges and energy facilities.
- Iran's Health Ministry says at least 53 people have been killed in US strikes since June 27.
Kuwaiti army says intercepting 'hostile drone threats'
Kuwait's army said early Thursday it was intercepting hostile drones, following several days of Iranian strikes on the country.
"Kuwaiti air defenses are currently responding to hostile drone threats," the army said in an overnight message on X. "Any explosions that may be heard are the result of air defense systems intercepting hostile targets."
Yemen Houthis claim strikes on two Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea
Yemen's Houthis said they carried out missile and drone strikes Wednesday on two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea after declaring a maritime embargo on the kingdom amid the US war with Iran.
The Houthis said in a statement posted on Telegram that they "carried out a qualitative military operation targeting two Saudi oil tankers that violated the blockade", naming the vessels as the Encelia and the Layla.
Explosions reported near Iran's Bandar Mahshahr
Iran's Tasnim News Agency reported explosions in the vicinity of Bandar Mahshahr in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.
UKMTO reports maritime incident 70 nautical miles off Saudi coast
A projectile struck a tanker in the Red Sea off Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, British naval security monitor UKMTO said, after Yemen's Houthis declared a maritime blockade.
"The Master of a tanker reports being struck by an unknown projectile which has caused a fire onboard that the crew is currently fighting," in an incident 70 nautical miles southwest of Al Shuqaiq, UKMTO said in a statement.
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