Representative image (Picture credit: AP) The Pentagon is positioning warships and other military assets in West Asia to help protect Israel and American troops from possible Iranian retaliation to Israeli strikes, US officials said. Naval destroyer USS Thomas Hudner was directed to move to the eastern Mediterranean, and a second destroyer may soon follow, officials […]
American air-defence systems and naval assets played a key role in helping Israel intercept a barrage of ballistic missiles fired by Iran on Friday, a US official confirmed, as tensions between Tehran and Tel Aviv threaten to engulf the region in a wider war.The missile launches were in retaliation for Israel’s earlier airstrikes on Iranian […]
NYT I Israel launched a “preemptive strike” on Iran, targeting Iranian nuclear and military sites. The Iranian state-run news agency acknowledged the explosions. Air-raid sirens preventatively rang out in Israel.The strikes occurred amid heightened tensions regarding Iran’s nuclear programme. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors issued its first censure against Iran in 20 […]
