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Ali Larijani, Iran’s strategic mastermind and de Facto Ruler

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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Tuesday that the Israeli army had killed Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in an airstrike in Tehran as part of its operation against Iran. Larijani’s death comes amid an open war following the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in late February—an event that ...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards say 10 'Foreign Spies' Arrested

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday their forces had arrested 10 "foreign spies" as the war with Israel and the United States continued. "Ten mercenary, treacherous elements were identified and arrested," the Guards intelligence organisation in the northeastern Razavi Khorasan province said, according to ISNA news ...

Drone, Rocket Attack Targets U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

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A drone and rocket attack targeted the US embassy in Baghdad early Tuesday, while a strike killed four people at a house reportedly hosting Iranian advisors, security officials said, pulling Iraq deeper into the Middle East war. An AFP journalist reported seeing black smoke rising after an explosion in the embassy complex, as well as air defences ...

Fire at Hotel near U.S. Embassy in Baghdad After Drone Attack

This is Beirut, 16/03 22:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A fire broke out late Monday on the roof of a hotel in Baghdad's Green Zone, witnesses told AFP, with the interior ministry saying there were no casualties or damage after a "projectile" landed on the building. Two Iraqi security sources said a drone attack had targeted the U.S. embassy, located in the same area as the al-Rasheed ...

U.S. Embassy Attacked in Baghdad, Strikes Hit Iran-Backed Fighters

This is Beirut, 14/03 20:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The US embassy in Baghdad was hit by an attack on Saturday following strikes that killed three members of a powerful Iran-backed group in the capital, security sources said. Iraq, long a proxy battleground between the United States and Iran, was quickly dragged into the Middle East war triggered by US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February ...

Drone Attack Takes Place on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

This is Beirut, 14/03 05:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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A drone struck the US embassy in Baghdad on Saturday, an Iraqi security official said, as an AFP journalist saw smoke rising from the complex. "A drone hit the embassy," the official said, with a second security source confirming that an attack had targeted the diplomatic mission. The attack took place shortly after two Iran-backed fighters were ...

Exclusive: Senior U.S. Official Says Lebanon “Must Take Stronger Action”

This is Beirut, 13/03 22:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A top U.S. official told This Is Beirut that Lebanon’s government had not done enough to combat Hezbollah and stabilize the ongoing crisis. “Despite years of American assistance and support to the Lebanese government and the Lebanese Armed Forces,” the official said, “we believe Lebanon’s authorities must take stronger action to assert ...

Strikes Kill 11 Iran-Backed Fighters Near Iraq-Syria Border, Capital: Officials

This is Beirut, 13/03 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Air strikes killed at least 11 Iran-backed fighters in Iraq on Thursday near the Iraqi-Syrian border and in the capital Baghdad, senior security and armed faction officials told AFP. Iraqi authorities denounced the "blatant attacks" on bases that belong to the Hashed al-Shaabi, a former paramilitary group now integrated into the regular ...

Rocket Attack Intercepted Over U.S. Embassy in Baghdad: Security Sources

This is Beirut, 07/03 22:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Air defence systems intercepted rockets fired at the US embassy in Baghdad, security sources told AFP. It is the first such attack on the embassy in Baghdad since the start of the war in the Middle East, triggered by a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran, into which Iraq has been dragged. Loud bangs were heard on Saturday night in Baghdad, AFP ...

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