The UN Secretary-General remains deeply concerned by the continuing deadly military escalation between Iran and the United States, his spokesperson said on Friday as attacks destroyed key civilian and military infrastructure across the Gulf region.
UK investigating incident on ship near Oman The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) is investigating an incident on a merchant vessel east of Duqm in Oman, according to Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera reported that the tanker faced military interactions due to rising military activity in the region.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced a heavy retaliatory strike against the US Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, saying the attack destroyed strategic American military assets and inflicted significant damage on the facility.
Israeli forces kill three people in strikes on Gaza Israeli forces killed one person and injured several others during a strike on barracks housing displaced people near Nuseirat, Wafa news agency reported. Israeli forces also killed one person during a strike on a residential apartment in Gaza City, and another during a strike near a school in Beit Lahia, according to the same report.
KUWAIT, 17th July, 2026 (WAM) -- Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy said Friday that one of its power generation and water distillation plants was attacked as a result of Iranian aggression against Kuwait.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi highlighted the Zionist regime’s extensive influence campaign aimed at drawing the US into an “unwinnable war of choice”, saying the US taxpayer money is being used to silence critics of Israel.
US Central Command: Over 50,000 American military personnel operating in Middle East Over 50,o00 US military officers are operating in the Middle East, according to a statement from the US Central Command (Centcom). The statement recapped the US' sixth consecutive night of attacks on Iran, stating the American military "launched precision munitions that hit dozens of Iranian military targets such as coastal surveillance and air defense sites, military logistics infrastructure, and maritime capabilities. " According to another statement released by Centcom on X, the US military has redirected three commercial ships, disabled one, and boarded one as part of its blockade of Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.
Israeli forces continue drone strikes in Southern Lebanon Israeli forces struck the Al-Mansouri area in Tyre district, Southern Lebanon earlier on Friday morning, according to Lebanese National News Agency (NNA). The Israeli military also conducted an overnight operation that trapped residents of Haris, in Southern Lebanon, NNA reported. As of yesterday, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health reported that 4324 people have been killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon since 2 March.
ABU DHABI, 17th July, 2026 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the renewed hostile attacks by Iran targeting the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, the State of Qatar, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with missiles and drones.
Israeli forces and settlers storm Palestinian villages in occupied West Bank Israeli forces stormed the village of Kafr Malik near Ramallah, occupied Palestine, firing gas bombs according to Wafa news agency. The Israeli military also stormed the village of Silwad and detained and interrogated several young men, based on the same report. Wafa also reported the Israeli military's use of gas bombs near the Palestine Medical Complex and Qaddura camp in Ramallah, leading to suffocation injuries.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A US attack on the Tappe Allah neighborhood of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran killed a woman and left her one-year-old child severely injured with an amputated hand, while eight other people were also wounded, according to local reports.
Iran says it struck US jets in Jordan Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that it targeted US jets in Jordan, according to Iranian state media as reported by Al Jazeera. This comes after an Iranian attack on a US command center in Syria's Al-Tanf district.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) carried out a retaliatory strike against US military facilities in Jordan, saying the operation targeted American fighter jets and aerial refueling aircraft with ballistic missiles and drones and destroyed several of them.
Iranshahr airport and southern rail station and two bridges attacked, Iranian media says The Iranian health ministry said 38 people have been killed in Iran in recent US attacks, with more than 400 others injured. Reporting the figures on X, Hossein Kermanpour, head of public relations for Iran’s ministry of health, said 22 women and nine children were among the injured. Continue reading...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hostile US attacks on various areas of Iran’s southern Hormozgan Province have killed at least eight people and wounded 19 others, causing damage to key communication infrastructure, including six bridges, Iranian officials said.
The sixth day of fighting since the collapse of the Iran-US ceasefire ended with five bridges hit in southern Iran, US forces turning back three commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, and President Donald Trump declaring that Washington was “winning big in Iran.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy carried out a retaliatory strike on Friday, destroying a US maritime control radar on Salamah rocks and an American air control radar deployed in Oman’s Al-Ghanam area.
Vessel hit 19 nautical miles away from Oman, maritime body says A tanker was hit by an unknown projectile on Thursday while sailing about 19 nautical miles east of Oman's Khasab, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency reported on Friday. According to UKMTO, the crew were safe and no environmental impact was reported.
US attack killed at least 38 since late June, Iran's health ministry says Iran's health ministry said that at least 38 people were killed and more than 400 wounded in the country since the US resumed attacks on 22 June. The ministry;s spokesman, Hossein Kermanpourm indicated that among those killed is one child and three women. Meanwhile, 22 women and nine children were wounded.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) carried out a retaliatory strike against a US military base in Kuwait in response to fatal American attacks on Iranian civilians, saying the operation targeted key missile defense assets and ignited a massive fire at the facility.
