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The Saudi Ministry of Defence announced Sunday that three ballistic missiles were detected heading toward the Riyadh region, noting that one missile was intercepted, while the other two fell in an uninhabited area.This was stated by Major General Turki Al Maliki, the official spokesperson for the Saudi Ministry of Defence. Source link
The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defense announced Sunday that its air defenses are responding to missile and drone attacks coming from Iran.The ministry said in a statement that the sounds heard in various parts of the country are the result of intercepts by both ballistic missile defense systems and fighter jets targeting drones and missiles. Source link
Saudi Arabia has ordered Iran’s military attache and four other embassy staff to leave the kingdom within 24 hours after declaring them persona non grata, the Saudi foreign ministry said on Saturday in a statement, citing what it described as continued Iranian attacks against Saudi territory. Related Story Source link
A rainbow arcs above the building as Iranians celebrate the spring holiday of Nowruz in Tehran. AFP Firefighters battled another blaze at a Kuwait oil refinery Friday after a fresh drone attack from Iran where millions were marking the country’s New Year with muted celebrations under the shadow of war.Despite calls for an end to targeting Gulf energy infrastructure by European leaders on Thursday, Kuwait reported a fire for the second time this week at its giant Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery, a day after a direct hit on Qatar’s vital Ras Laffan facility.Iranian authorities vowed to retaliate after an Israeli strike on Wednesday damaged its South Pars gas field, which draws on the world’s biggest known gas reserve and is vital for domestic supplies.The escalating damage to Gulf energy infrastructure has led to fears of lasting damage to oil and gas supplies, even as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated an end to the fighting could be close.”We are winning and Iran is being decimated,” the Israeli premier said at a press conference on Thursday, claiming Tehran no longer had the capacity to manufacture ballistic missiles.”This war is ending a lot faster than people think,” he added in comments that also suggested a “ground component” would be needed to overthrow the government.Iran’s leaders, despite an Israeli assassination campaign and three weeks of bombardment, have vowed to end the conflict on their own terms.”Our missile industry deserves a perfect score… and there is no concern in this regard, because even under wartime conditions we continue missile production,” Iran’s Revolutionary Guards spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency.Moments after his message was shared by the agency, the Revolutionary Guards said he had been killed in an airstrike.Tehran suffered a new wave of Israeli bombardment Friday, dashing hopes of a truce as the country celebrated the new year spring festival Nowruz and Muslims in the Gulf and elsewhere marked the end of Ramadan.The Israeli army also targeted a northern region around the Caspian Sea, a popular holiday destination that has so far been largely spared attacks.Sixteen Iranian cargo vessels were sunk in ports on the Gulf “following the American-Zionist air attack”, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported.”We assume and hope that there will be no attacks on the first day of the new year,” Hoda, a resident in Saveh south of Tehran, had told AFP on Thursday.In Tehran’s markets, shoppers were out in force buying new clothes and gifts, although sidewalks were less packed than usual for this time of year, with many people having fled north, AFP correspondents said.Huge banners bearing images of Nowruz, which begins officially in the evening, have replaced portraits of the country’s late leader Ali Khamenei who was assassinated on the first day of the war on February 28 by Israel.As the war heads towards its fourth week, Iran retains a stranglehold over the strategic Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) usually flows.As concerns grow over the conflict’s economic fallout, President Emmanuel Macron said France planned to talk with permanent members of the UN Security Council about establishing a framework to secure navigation in the Strait of Hormuz – but only after fighting had stopped.On Thursday President Donald Trump repeated a call for major US allies and others, none of which were consulted or advised on the war, to help secure the safety of shipping.Germany, Britain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan and Canada pledged in a joint statement to join “appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait”.Prospects of a truce have not been helped by the sense that Israel and the US are pursuing different goals and strategies.”The Israeli government has been focused on disabling the Iranian leadership,” US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Thursday. “The president said that his objectives are to destroy Iran’s ballistic missile-launching capability, their ballistic missile production capability and their navy.” Related Story Source link
A displaced girl from Tyre prays in front of a grave at a cemetery in Sidon, Lebanon, on the day of Eid al-Fitr, following an escalation…
This file picture shows cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam…
The Israeli army continued its attacks on southern Lebanon, targeting a number of towns and areas. The National News Agency reported that the outskirts of the towns of Al Ghandourieh and Borj Qalaouiyeh, as well as the town of Naqoura, were subjected to hostile artillery shelling, while Israeli aircraft carried out an airstrike on the city of Bint Jbeil. The Israeli army also conducted two airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, targeting Ghobeiry and Borj El Barajneh.It is worth noting that one person was killed and five others were injured in two raids carried out by Israeli warplanes at dawn today on southern Lebanon. ( Source link
The UAE State Security Apparatus announced the dismantling of a “terrorist network” funded and managed by Hezbollah and Iran. It confirmed the arrest of its members, who were operating within the country under fraudulent commercial cover to infiltrate the national economy and execute external agendas threatening the nation’s financial stability.In a statement issued today, the apparatus explained that the network operated according to a pre-planned strategic scheme coordinated with external parties linked to Hezbollah and Iran. Their activities involved violating economic and legal regulations, including money laundering and terrorism financing, to undermine national security. It emphasized that any attempt to exploit the national economy or civil institutions for terrorist or conspiratorial purposes would be met with firmness and force. It further asserted that no external interference threatening the state’s security or stability would be tolerated, regardless of its source or pretext. Source link
Two people were killed and another injured in an Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon on Friday. The Lebanese National News Agency reported that Israeli warplanes targeted a house in the town of Bafliyeh, in the Tyre district, killing two people and injuring another. The agency also reported that Israeli aircraft struck the city of Bint Jbeil and the town of Taybeh, and renewed their attacks on the town of Kfar Tebnit for the second time in less than half an hour. Source link
Israeli warplanes carried out an airstrike Friday on a Syrian army site in Daraa province, southern Syria.Local sources reported that an office belonging to the 40th Division of the Ministry of Defense in the Izraa area of ​​northern Daraa countryside was targeted by an Israeli airstrike. Initial reports indicate that the attack resulted in no casualties, and damage was limited to material losses at the targeted site. Israeli warplanes routinely attack targets inside Syrian territory and violate its sovereignty with ground incursions, in clear violation of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement. Source link