The United States military has launched dozens of air strikes against targets in Syria and Iraq in the first retaliation for a drone attack that killed three soldiers at a remote US base in Jordan.
Washington accused Iran-backed militias of the attack on the Tower 22 military base that also left dozens of American troops injured; Tehran denies any link.
Three US service members were killed and many wounded during an unmanned aerial drone attack on US forces stationed in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden said on Sunday, blaming Iran-backed groups for the attack.
The Israeli army and Hezbollah, based in Lebanon, have again traded fire across the border. The Iran-backed Hezbollah on Tuesday launched a drone attack on an Israeli command base. Israel retaliated with air strikes, while it is also reported to have killed three Hezbollah members in a targeted strike. The rise in attacks across the Israel-Lebanon border is stoking fear that the war in Gaza threatens to spark a regional conflagration.
Monday’s drone attack on Moscow was an act of international terrorism, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
Iran might change its stances on the war in Ukraine following the Kyiv government’s implicit admission of having a role in a recent drone attack on a military site in central Iran that was repelled by the air defense units, an informed source said.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson has called on Ukraine to shed light on its recent stances on a drone attack on one of its military facilities in the central province of Isfahan.
For the second time in 24 hours, a United States-led coalition fighting ISIL (ISIS) in Iraq says it has foiled a drone attack on a base hosting US troops.
The Saudi-led coalition, which has launched a deadly war against the Yemeni nation since 2015, confirmed the Sunday drone attack, but as always claimed it has managed to intercept and destroy the “explosive-laden drone”, according to Press TV. Saudi state news agency (SPA) quoted Coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki as saying that “as a result of […]
The closure will impact almost five million barrels of crude production a day, about 5% of the world’s daily oil production, the WSJ reported.
Early Saturday, an oilfield operated by Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil giant, was attacked by a number of drones.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was one of their largest attacks ever inside the kingdom.
