(Al Jazeera Media Network) Bahrain has said an Iranian drone attack caused material damage to a water desalination plant in the country, marking the first time a Gulf nation has reported targeting any such facility during the eight days of the war between Iran and the US and Israel.
The attack on Sunday comes a day after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island in southern Iran was attacked...
(New York Times) Israeli airstrikes pounded the southern outskirts of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, late on Thursday and into the early hours of Friday morning, collapsing buildings and sending residents fleeing.
The Israeli military said late Thursday that it was striking Hezbollah infrastructure in the Dahiya, a densely populated commercial and residential area in the Beirut area that is a stronghold of the Lebanese militant group.
A series of violent strikes then rocked the city, the most...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Russia and China, Tehran’s two most powerful diplomatic partners, have labelled the US-Israeli war on Iran that has killed more than 1,000 people a clear violation of international law.
President Vladimir Putin called the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday a “cynical violation of all norms of human morals”.
China’s Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi told his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Saar, that “force cannot truly solve problems” as he urged all sides to...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United States government has announced it is collaborating with Ecuador to combat “terrorists” in the South American country.
On Wednesday, US Southern Command, the military unit overseeing operations in Central and South America, posted that joint efforts had already begun in Ecuador.
“On March 3, Ecuadorian and US military forces launched operations against Designated Terrorist Organizations in Ecuador,” General Francis Donovan said.
“The operations are a powerful example of the commitment of partners in...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) US President Donald Trump has said his administration’s war against Iran “successfully knocked out” the country’s air force and navy.
“We’re doing very well,” Trump said on Tuesday, during a news conference at the White House with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz before their meeting.
“They have no navy; it’s been knocked out. They have no air force; it’s been knocked out. They have no air detection – that’s been knocked out,” Trump said.
Trump’s comments...
(CNN) Israeli troops are intensifying their push in southern Lebanon, the military announced Tuesday, seizing more positions on the ground as Israel escalates its offensive against the militant group Hezbollah.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has held five positions in southern Lebanon for months now, using them as a means of observing the border area between the two countries. Now, as Israel intsensifies its strikes against what it sees as Hezbollah targets in Beirut and...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Pakistan has called in the military and imposed a three-day curfew in some areas following deadly protests over the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a joint United States-Israeli attack on Saturday.
At least 24 people were killed and dozens injured in clashes between protesters and security forces across the country on Sunday, prompting authorities to tighten security around the US embassy and consulates.
The curfew was imposed before dawn Monday...
(CNN) • Trump administration on Iran: President Donald Trump told CNN’s Jake Tapper the “big wave” is yet to come in the war with Iran. Meanwhile, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called on Iranians to “take advantage” of the opportunity for regime change, even as he said the war was not about ousting the government in Tehran.
Expanding war with Iran: A top Iranian official said Tehran “will not negotiate”with the US. Israel and Hezbollah are trading blowsas the conflict widens,...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Israeli jets have bombed Lebanon’s Beirut after Hezbollah launched what it said was a rocket and drone attack against a military base near Haifa in northern Israel.
The Lebanese group said early on Monday that its attack was in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, “in defence of Lebanon and its people” and “in response to the repeated Israeli aggressions”.
“The resistance leadership has always affirmed that the continuation...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) United States President Donald Trump has pledged to continue the “righteous mission” against Iran, until “all objectives are achieved”, adding there will likely be more US troop deaths in the process.
Speaking in a video posted to his Truth Social account on Sunday, Trump again framed the war against Iran as a response to an existential threat to the US, saying that “an Iranian regime armed with long-range missiles and nuclear...
