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The UAE Ministry of Defense announced late Tuesday that its air defence systems are responding to missile and drone attacks originating from Iran.In a statement, the ministry confirmed that sounds heard across various parts of the country were the result of UAE air defence systems intercepting ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles. Source link
Shipping data shows little movement in the Strait of Hormuz more than six hours after the US and Iran announced a ceasefire.According to CNN, analysts warned that vessels and insurance companies will need more positive signs before resuming navigation through this vital waterway.”The ceasefire is a necessary first step, but it does not mean commercial shipping immediately normalizes through the international traffic lanes in the Strait,” said former US Navy officer Charlie Brown.”Shipowners are still waiting for authoritative guidance from naval security channels, flag states, and, critically, marine war-risk insurers before sending vessels back into the strait,” Brown added.”The real signal to watch is the ‘first movers’ – the earliest vessels willing to test the route. If those transits are completed safely, confidence will build quickly and the broader watch-and-wait cohort will follow,” he continued.Iran has attacked at least 19 vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, linking the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, since the start of the war. The almost six week blockage of the waterway has choked crude supplies to the rest of the world and tanked global markets. Source link
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said that the Israeli occupation forces carried out 53 violations against Palestinian journalists during the month of March.The syndicate explained in its monthly report that March witnessed the assassination of two journalists, warning of the dangerous and systematic escalation in the Israeli occupation forces’ targeting of Palestinian journalists.The syndicate stressed that these violations constitute part of an organized policy to silence Palestinian voices and undermine press freedom. Targeting journalists, including killing, arresting, and physical assault, falls within an escalating pattern of serious violations that rise to the level of serious crimes, and reflects the occupation authorities’ insistence on preventing independent media coverage, especially in light of the escalation of crimes and violations against Palestinian civilians. Related Story Source link
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Defence announced early Wednesday that its air defences successfully intercepted hostile missile and drone attacks.The General Staff of the Kuwaiti Army stated in a release that the explosions heard across various areas were the result of air defence systems intercepting the incoming attacks. Source link
The Abu Dhabi Media Office reported early Wednesday that authorities in Abu Dhabi are responding to a fire at the Habshan Gas Processing Facility.Earlier, the UAE Ministry of Defence announced that its air defences were responding to missile and drone attacks originating from Iran. Source link
An Iraqi officer and four army personnel were wounded in an airstrike on a security checkpoint in the Sheikh Amer area, north of Baghdad. Meanwhile, several civilians were injured as a result of a shell falling on a house in the Al-A’amiriy district, west of Baghdad.In a separate incident, a person was injured when a drone crashed in the Jamila area, east of the capital, while another drone caused a house to catch fire.Field sources also reported hearing explosions in the Karkh district of Baghdad, without providing further details.In Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, security sources indicated that shrapnel from a drone landed on a house in the Karizan area, but no injuries were reported. Source link
Four people were killed in an Israeli raid that targeted Al Haniyah and Al Mansouri areas, south of Tyre in southern Lebanon.The Israeli entity also targeted a point belonging to paramedics in the town of Shaqra, resulting in injuries.Since dawn on Wednesday, Israeli airstrikes have targeted the towns of Shaqra, Haddatha, Rab Thalathin, Al Abbasiya area, Kafra and Al Jamijma.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously announced that “Israel supports President Trump’s decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks,” but said “the ceasefire does not include Lebanon.” Source link
Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior announced that two citizens sustained minor injuries and a number of homes in the Sitra area were damaged as a result of falling shrapnel from the interception and destruction of an Iranian drone.In a post on X, the ministry reported today that the Civil Defence was able to control a fire that broke out in one of the facilities that was targeted by the Iranian attack, without causing any casualties. Source link
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed on Wednesday that safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible for two weeks, taking technical limitations into account.Araghchi made the remarks in a post on the social media platform X, following the announcement of a temporary ceasefire earlier in the day between Iran, the United States and Israel. He noted that if attacks against Iran cease, Iran will halt its operations in the Strait of Hormuz.The announcement came after US President Donald Trump said he had agreed to “suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.” Related Story Source link
Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported late Tuesday that Iran has agreed to a two-week ceasefire.The agency added that Iran accepted the ceasefire proposal “under specific conditions.”Iran’s Supreme National Security Council announced that negotiations will be held in Islamabad on Friday.Earlier, US President Donald Trump confirmed his approval of a two-week ceasefire with Iran. In a post on the Truth Social platform, Trump said the ceasefire agreement is conditional on Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Related Story Source link