Middle East

Saudi Military Raises Readiness Levels After Attacks
Saudi Military Raises Readiness Levels After Attacks

Saudi Arabia's military raised its readiness levels after multiple attacks by Iran, a source close to the army told AFP on Monday, while another warned of a possible military response if its oil infrastructure is targeted. The massive Ras Tanura refinery on Saudi Arabia's Gulf coast went into partial shutdown on Monday after a strike by ...

Israeli Army Issues 18 Urgent Evacuation Warnings Across Lebanon
Israeli Army Issues 18 Urgent Evacuation Warnings Across Lebanon

The Israeli army’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, announced on Monday that the military has issued 18 urgent evacuation warnings for buildings it says are used by Hezbollah across several areas in Lebanon. The warnings state that Israeli forces will soon strike what they describe as Hezbollah military infrastructure, ...

Greece Sending Two Frigates, Two F-16 Jets to Cyprus
Greece Sending Two Frigates, Two F-16 Jets to Cyprus

Greece is sending two frigates and two F-16 fighter jets to Cyprus, where an Iranian drone hit the runway of a UK air force base earlier Monday, the Greek defense ministry announced. "The frigate Kimon is being immediately dispatched to the Republic of Cyprus, accompanied by a second frigate ... and a pair of F-16 fighter jets," the ministry said ...

Lebanese Cabinet's Statement Following Urgent Session on Escalation
Lebanese Cabinet's Statement Following Urgent Session on Escalation

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam after the Cabinet session at Baabda Palace: “The Council of Ministers, in implementation of the Constitution, the National Accord Document, and the government’s ministerial statement, and after rejecting and condemning the rocket-launching operation claimed yesterday by Hezbollah, as it contradicts the principle ...

Iran Guards Say Launched Missile Attack on Tel Aviv, Haifa and East Jerusalem
Iran Guards Say Launched Missile Attack on Tel Aviv, Haifa and East Jerusalem

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Monday they had launched missile strikes on an Israeli government complex in Tel Aviv as well as security and military centers in Haifa and an attack on East Jerusalem. "Among the targets of this tenth wave were a targeted strike on the Zionist regime's government complex in Tel Aviv, attacks on military and ...

Cyprus President Says Iranian Drone Crashed Into UK Base on Island
Cyprus President Says Iranian Drone Crashed Into UK Base on Island

Cyprus's President Nikos Christodoulides said an Iranian drone had crashed into a British base on the Mediterranean island on Monday, as the Israeli-American war with Iran spread across the region. Minutes after midnight (2200 GMT), "a Shahed unmanned aerial vehicle crashed into the military facilities of the British Bases in Akrotiri, causing ...

Fresh Explosions Erupt in the Gulf As Larijani Announces Iran \
Fresh Explosions Erupt in the Gulf As Larijani Announces Iran "Will Not Negotiate"

Fresh explosions were being heard in Doha, Bahrain, Dubai, and Manama on Monday, marking the third day of Iranian attacks in the Gulf.  The round of explosions being heard across the region come as Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani said Tehran would not negotiate with the United States, hardening the country’s stance ...

New Strikes on Iraq Base Housing Iran-Backed Fighters: Faction Source
New Strikes on Iraq Base Housing Iran-Backed Fighters: Faction Source

New strikes hit an Iraqi military base housing Kataeb Hezbollah, a source from the pro-Iran armed group said on Monday. "Three strikes hit Jurf al-Nasr," a Kataeb Hezbollah source told AFP, referring to a military base that serves as one of the main bastions of the powerful armed group that has been repeatedly targeted since the start ...

Summary: Israel Strikes Targets around Lebanon after First Hezbollah Strikes on Israel Since 2024
Summary: Israel Strikes Targets around Lebanon after First Hezbollah Strikes on Israel Since 2024

Al Arabiya reported that Haj Mohammed Raad, the head of the Hezbollah parliamentary group and deputy to Hezbollah’s secretary-general Naim Qassem, was killed in the Israeli airstrikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs.  On Monday morning, Hezbollah fired rockets and drones across Lebanon’s southern border into Israel, marking ...

Israeli Strikes Target Beirut Suburbs: Lebanese State Media
Israeli Strikes Target Beirut Suburbs: Lebanese State Media

Israeli strikes were launched at Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday, Lebanese state media reported, as Hezbollah said it fired rockets and drones at Israel in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. "Beirut's southern suburbs were targeted by a series of Israeli strikes," the state-run National News ...

Israel Says Carrying Out 'Large-Scale Strikes' on Tehran
Israel Says Carrying Out 'Large-Scale Strikes' on Tehran

The Israeli military said it launched "large-scale strikes" on Tehran on Monday, two days since the start of a US-Israeli campaign against Iran. "The Israeli Air Force... has begun an additional wave of strikes against the Iranian terror regime at the heart of Tehran," the military said in a statement. AFP