Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar on Wednesday indicated that ongoing and future conflicts remain a possibility, saying that the country cannot guarantee the current war will be its last.Speaking amid continued regional tensions, Saar said Israel’s adversaries still retain the capability to launch attacks, though they do not currently pose a fundamental threat to the […]
The Israeli military has released fresh operational details from its ongoing “Operation Roar of the Lion” against Iran, informing that hundreds of sorties and thousands of strikes have been carried out against what it described as Iranian-linked targets. It claimed that it eliminated 40 top Iranian officials in “just 40 seconds”.According to the military, more […]
Israel said on Wednesday it launched a strike on a pharmaceutical facility in Iran, alleging it was supplying fentanyl for use in a chemical weapons programme, a charge denied by Tehran.Iran confirmed that the Tofigh Daru factory was hit but said it produces only “hospital drugs” used in medical procedures. Both sides said the strike […]
Strait of Hormuz (AP photo) Will the UAE enter the Iran war and side with the US against Tehran? After being struck multiple times over the past month and with Iran tightening its grip on the crucial oil chokepoint – the Strait of Hormuz — Abu Dhabi has enough reasons to make an entry in […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Praising what he called “enormous accomplishments” in the war against Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the joint Israel-US effort is weakening Tehran while removing major threats to Israel’s security.In an address in Hebrew ahead of Pesach, Netanyahu said the Iranian regime would collapse “sooner or later” […]
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed that their air defence systems shot down a US-made MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle over the central city of Isfahan on Tuesday.In a statement, the IRGC said the long-range drone was “intercepted and destroyed” by an advanced system forming part of Iran’s integrated air defence network. Iran’s local […]
The ongoing geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran appear to be impacting Bollywood schedules, with yet another big-ticket film altering its plans. After reports of Shah Rukh Khan’s King calling off its Dubai shoot, the makers of Welcome To The Jungle, led by Akshay Kumar, have also cancelled their planned schedule in the UAE. […]
US President Donald Trump has told his aides that he is willing to end war without re-opening the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has refused to unblock despite repeated warnings from the US president. This is another soft stance taken on Tehran as the latter has refused to budge after US-Israel initiated war.In recent days, […]
Iran struck a fully loaded crude oil tanker anchored off Dubai’s port on Monday, setting it on fire and damaging its hull, Kuwait’s state news agency reported, citing Kuwait Petroleum Corp. The company also warned of a possible oil spill. The incident appears to be the latest in a series of attacks on commercial shipping […]
Despite unrelenting US and Israeli airstrikes, Iran has launched almost 1,200 ballistic missiles and 4,000 rudimentary Shahed cruise missiles at Gulf countries since the war began, according to those countries’ official reports, which are not comprehensive.Ballistic missile defence calls for firing at least twice at each target, given the doctrine of shoot-shoot-look, in which crews […]
