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An Egyptian vendor leads his donkey cart loaded with watermelons past large bags filled with rubbish at the garbage city in the Manshiyet Nasser neighbourhood in…
The Bahraini Ministry of Interior announced a short while ago that air raid sirens had been activated across the country.In a post on X platform, the ministry said the sirens sounded, urging citizens and residents to remain calm, head to the nearest safe place, and follow official news channels.Bahrain has been witnessing a series of Iranian missile and drone attacks since last night, while the General Command of the Bahrain Defense Force announced that the air defense systems intercepted and destroyed a number of Iranian air attacks that targeted the Kingdom. Related Story Source link
A drone view shows Kuwait City, in the aftermath of strikes by Israel and the US on Iran, in Kuwait, February 28, 2026. REUTERS/file picture Kuwait said Saturday that Iran struck a power and water plant as well as an oil facility, accusing it of targeting civilian infrastructure as the Middle East war escalates.It followed a seventh night of strikes by the US on Iranian targets, which prompted attacks by Tehran on US-allied countries in the Gulf.”Another electricity and water distillation plant was targeted by a hostile attack that led to a fire erupting in one of the plant’s components,” Kuwait’s ministry of electricity and water said in a statement.It said several power generation units were deactivated due to the attack.The strike was the second on a Kuwaiti power and water plant in as many days, with the first on Friday also causing a fire and damage.Saturday’s attacks sparked two blazes at separate locations that left several firemen and a worker injured, Kuwait’s fire service added.”The repeated targeting of these vital facilities reveals a systematic hostile approach targeting civilian sites and vital infrastructure that endangers the lives and safety of civilians,” the foreign ministry said.Kuwait’s state oil firm reported injuries and “significant material losses” after the attack on the oil facility, according to the state news agency Kuna.It said the site had been evacuated.One Kuwaiti resident told AFP there were fears that basic goods might become unavailable if the escalation continues.”The demand for water and canned goods has increased since this morning amid fears that services or supply chains will be affected,” said Hassan Rayan, 61, a Lebanese man living in Kuwait who works in media.The country’s national carrier said air traffic at Kuwait International Airport had been temporarily suspended due to rocket and drone attacks, forcing most flights to be rescheduled.Iran has stepped up attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain in recent days, both of which host major US military installations.In Bahrain, the army said its air defences repelled a wave of “treacherous Iranian aerial assaults” Saturday, as an AFP journalist in Manama reported hearing blasts after sirens sounded.The interior ministry said air-raid sirens had sounded five times since dawn, urging residents to take shelter.The Iranian army earlier said it had targeted an air base in Bahrain used by the US in retaliation for American strikes, according to Iran’s state broadcaster.Drones targeted “aircraft shelters and parking areas, fuel storage tanks of the US military at Sheikh Isa Air Base, as well as several connecting bridges in Bahrain”, the Iranian army said. …
A Palestinian girl takes a shot on goal as she plays football in Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah, with the Israeli settlement of Shilo visible in…
This handout photograph released by the Lebanese Presidency press office shows Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun (R) meeting with Admiral Brad Cooper (4th L), the commander of…
The US military reported its first combat deaths of the renewed conflict with Iran Saturday — two personnel killed in Jordan and a third missing — as Tehran's supreme leader vowed to teach Washington ‘unforgettable lessons’ after a seventh straight night of US strikes.The two service members died on Friday while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks, US Central Command said. A third was listed as missing in action.The two sides have sharply escalated their attacks since an interim ceasefire signed a month ago collapsed last week, reviving the threat of all-out war. The conflict began at the end of February, when US and Israeli strikes sought to disable Iran's missile programme and its regional proxies, and has since disrupted energy supplies, stoked fears over global inflation and turned the Strait of Hormuz into a battleground.Mojtaba Khamenei — who succeeded his father after the elder leader was killed in the opening salvo of US-Israeli strikes on February 28 — said the attacks had again exposed the ‘worthlessness’ of President Donald Trump's signature. ‘The dear Iranian nation and the axis of resistance have unforgettable lessons to offer,’ he said in a statement carried by state TV. His whereabouts remain unknown. Senior military adviser Mohsen Rezaei warned that Tehran would launch ‘full-scale offensive operations’ if US strikes continued, and would no longer confine itself to like-for-like retaliation. Deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Washington was ‘not getting anywhere with these aggressive actions’, adding that Iran had halted all its commitments under the abandoned memorandum after US breaches.In retaliation for a week of intensifying US attacks — which Iran said had hit an airport, a railway station and bridges — Tehran struck infrastructure around the Gulf. Kuwait came under sustained assault, its armed forces saying they intercepted ballistic missiles and drones. Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said one of its oil facilities had been hit, causing significant damage and injuries, while a power and water plant was also struck. Firefighters and oil sector workers were among the wounded, and residents reported a rush on water and canned goods. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had targeted a US support centre at Camp Arifjan and a radar facility at Ali Al Salem Air Base.In Bahrain, the army said air defences repelled a wave of attacks; Iranian media said the IRGC had struck Sheikh Isa Air Base, where US combat aircraft were gathered, and an intelligence data centre. In Jordan, state TV said fuel tanks at the Al-Azraq base had been hit and at least two US fighter jets destroyed; the Jordanian army said it shot down 10 missiles on Saturday and three the day before.Iran also appeared to target Saudi Arabia for the first time in more than three months. Early-warning alerts urged residents of Al-Kharj, near a base hosting US troops, and the Red Sea oil terminal of Yanbu to seek shelter. Riyadh gave no explanation, and the IRGC did not claim the strikes.US Central Command said its seventh consecutive day of strikes had hit surveillance sites, weapons stores and maritime capabilities. Iranian media reported that US raids on the southern province of Hormozgan, which borders the strait, killed three people and wounded eight, damaging two bridges and a tunnel. Iran's health ministry said 50 people had been killed and more than 500 injured over three weeks.Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei accused Washington of seeking control of the Strait of Hormuz, which normally carries about a fifth of the world's oil. Both sides have targeted shipping — the US enforcing a naval blockade, Iran policing navigation — and a merchant vessel and military forces were involved in an incident off Oman, UK Maritime Trade Operations said.Oil prices rose more than 4% on Friday to a one-month high, adding to pressure on Trump as Republicans fight to hold Congress in November. Source link
TOPSHOT – A Palestinian man inspects the site of an Israeli strike at the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on July 16, 2026. Violence…
The renovated building of the former military dormitory, popularly called “Kukurica” (Corn), which is set to be the new headquarters of the Ministry of Defence of…
UN chief Antonio Guterres said yesterday that attacks on civilian infrastructure are ‘unacceptable,’ after Iran accused the United States of targeting bridges and transport hubs.’The Secretary General remains deeply concerned by the continuing military escalation between Iran and the United States of America,’ spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters.’He's particularly concerned about attacks on civilian infrastructure in Iran and across the region. Such attacks are unacceptable,’ he added. The United States has not confirmed Iran's allegations that it targeted civilian sites. Source link
FILE PHOTO: An oil field is seen in Dibis area on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani/File Photo The US is supporting efforts by Iraq and Syria to revive a crude pipeline between the two countries, which could reduce Iran’s ability to block oil supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, a State Department official said earlier this week.The US expects American companies to play a role in advancing the construction of the Kirkuk-Baniyas pipeline, which has been mostly out of service since suffering damage during the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.The revitalised pipeline would run from Iraqi oilfields near Kirkuk to Syria’s western coast. It is one of several efforts by oil producers in the Middle East to lessen dependence on the strait, through which 20% of the world’s oil and gas flowed before the US-Israeli war on Iran began on February 28.The US has re-imposed a blockade of the chokepoint between Iran and Oman after strikes on ships in the strait that Washington blamed on Iran.Bloomberg reported earlier on Tuesday that Chevron could play a role in rebuilding the pipeline.”As a matter of policy we do not comment on third party statements or matters of a commercial nature,” Chevron said in response to a Reuters request for comment. Source link
