US-Saudi strikes on Iran-backed forces in Iraq hours after the Revolutionary Guards launched missiles at a US base in Jordan signaled a sharp widening of the conflict, despite continuing indirect contacts between Washington and Tehran.
Riyadh’s decision to join the US in striking sites associated with the Iran-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces further complicates a chaotic war US-Saudi strikes on Iran-backed militia in Iraq on Wednesday have pushed the region into “uncharted territory”, analysts have warned. Amid stark warnings of a widening and increasingly “unpredictable” conflict, Riyadh’s decision to publicly join the US in striking sites associated with Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces, killing at least 20 fighters, has added another complicating dimension to the war. Continue reading...
Iran fired ballistic missiles at American bases in Jordan late on July 28, in what appeared to be the first time Tehran initiated an attack on US targets since the war began in late February. The Islamic republic has said it is fighting a war of resistance and framed its actions as purely defensive.
The Israeli military said the Iran-backed militant group had used an explosive drone to target one of its vehicles on a strategic ridge, raising fears of a renewed escalation.
Iraq vows to defend sovereignty, prevent threats to neighbours Iraq vowed on Wednesday to defend its sovereignty and to prevent its territory from being used against neighbouring countries following deadly US-Saudi strikes on the country.
ABU DHABI, 29th July, 2026 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the renewed Iranian hostile attack targeting the brotherly Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with missiles. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) affirmed that this hostile attack constitutes a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of Jordan and a threat to its security and stability.
Netanyahu and Lindsey Graham conspired to use sex claims against Khan to delay warrants Submitted by Imran Mulla on Wed, 07/29/2026 - 11:12 2024 recordings raise new questions about intimidation campaign targeting Khan, who was removed as ICC chief prosecutor last week Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the White House on 28 July to meet Donald Trump about the ongoing war in Iran (Andrew Harnik/AFP) Off US Senator Lindsey Graham and Benjamin Netanyahu conspired to use sexual misconduct allegations against the International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor to try and delay the court's arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister, it has emerged. The revelation raises further questions about an intensifying intimidation campaign, documented by Middle East Eye last year, which targeted Karim Khan and the ICC over his office's efforts to bring Gaza war crimes prosecutions against Israeli ministers. It comes following Graham's death earlier this month - and after Khan was removed from his role as ICC chief prosecutor last Friday in a vote by the court's member states.
Attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab strait are disrupting the passage of oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.
Trump says US-Saudi strikes in Iraq were 'coordinated' with Baghdad US-Saudi strikes against Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq were "coordinated" with the Iraqi government, Donald Trump told Fox News. The US president "said that these strikes were coordinated with the Iraqi government," a journalist from the network stated, citing an interview with Trump.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – No maritime movement takes place in the strategic waters of the Strait of Hormuz without the authorization of Iranian naval forces, Deputy Chief of Iran's Army for Coordination Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s foreign minister said Ukraine's claim that its attack on an Iranian commercial vessel was unintentional is unacceptable in light of Kiev's own acknowledgment of responsibility, calling on the Ukrainian government to explicitly accept responsibility for a criminal act.
US prosecutor who helped ICC's Karim Khan seek Israeli arrest warrants breaks her silence Submitted by Sondos Asem on Wed, 07/29/2026 - 10:05 Brenda Hollis, who supervised the team that built war crimes cases against Israeli and Hamas leaders, defends Khan's handling of the Palestine file Brenda Hollis (left) appears during the announcement by Karim Khan that he was seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, in May 2024 (ICC) Off Brenda Hollis, the US prosecutor who supervised the International Criminal Court (ICC) team that built the war crimes cases against Israeli and Hamas leaders, has defended Karim Khan's handling of the Palestine investigation, rejecting the Israeli claim that the arrest warrant applications were rushed to distract from misconduct allegations. Following Khan’s removal by the court’s Assembly of States Parties (ASP) last Friday, Hollis said that "regardless how you assess the removal of Karim, it should not be allowed to be conflated with the requests for arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders". "Let it be clear to all that he dealt with the situation in Palestine in accordance with his mandate," she wrote in a post on LinkedIn.
Iraqi group threatens US and Saudi interests after deadly attacks Iraq’s Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba has warned that US and Saudi interests will face consequences after the two countries jointly attacked armed groups across Iraq. The Iran-aligned group issued the threat on Wednesday, raising fears of further regional escalation and retaliatory attacks against Washington and Riyadh. The Popular Mobilisation Forces, an Iraqi state-sanctioned umbrella organisation comprising mostly Shia armed groups, said the overnight attacks killed at least 20 of its fighters and wounded 32 others.
‘The war caused this’: Miscarriages soar in Gaza amid Israeli bombing and siege Submitted by Nada Nabil on Wed, 07/29/2026 - 11:02 Doctors say miscarriage rates have more than tripled since October 2023 as pregnant women continue to face hunger, displacement and distress The mother of an infant who died due to malnourishment mourns as she holds his body at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on 20 July 2025 (AFP) Off A month after learning she was pregnant, Sahar al-Majdalawi began suffering agonising abdominal pain that left her screaming in distress. It was her first pregnancy after seven years of trying to conceive, and the 34-year-old displaced Palestinian feared for her unborn baby. With roads in Gaza destroyed and transport brought to a standstill by Israeli bombing, she was forced to walk for hours to the nearest hospital.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran's Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the US and Saudi aggressive attacks on several areas in Iraq.
US missile strikes uninhabited area in northwestern Iran: Report A US missile has struck an uninhabited location near Iran’s northwestern border city of Piranshahr, Iranian media reported. “An American enemy missile hit an uninhabited area in the province causing no casualties,” the Fars news agency cited a local official as saying. Authorities reported no deaths or injuries.
Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr condemns attacks by pro-Iranian factions on Saudi Arabia Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 07/29/2026 - 11:05 Influential Shia leader denounces firing of projectiles by 'rogue' militias and says Iraq should remain neutral Muqtada al-Sadr commands a large political bloc in Iraq with its own military wing (AFP) Off Influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has urged Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and allied armed groups to stop launching attacks from Iraq. Sadr warned the groups against pulling the country into another conflict and called on Baghdad to assert state control. “Rogue militias must not give our brothers in the Gulf states a pretext to target our sacred land,” he wrote on X.
Houthis weigh fees on commercial ships crossing Bab al-Mandeb Yemen’s Houthis are considering charging commercial vessels to pass through Bab al-Mandeb, regional officials familiar with the discussions told the Reuters news agency. The proposal emerged a week after the group announced a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia on 20 July, extending the regional war beyond the Gulf and placing another crucial energy and trade route under pressure. The narrow Bab al-Mandeb Strait connects the Gulf of Aden with the southern Red Sea, providing access to the Suez Canal and Mediterranean.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A planned visit to Riyadh by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi was called off after the joint US-Saudi attack on Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) positions across several Iraqi provinces.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A planned visit to Riyadh by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi was called off after the joint US-Saudi attack on Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) positions across several Iraqi provinces.
