Military and conflict reporting on Iran — strikes, escalation with Israel and the United States, proxy forces across the region, and defence developments — collected from independent English-language outlets.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in Iran’s Isfahan Province denied stories circulating on social media claiming that Israeli or US forces have attacked nuclear facilities in the central province.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Explosions heard in Damavand, east of Tehran, on Saturday morning were caused by training activities and a military exercise, the Tehran Province’s IRGC announced.
Palestinian child wounded by Israeli gunfire near Gaza City Israeli army gunfire wounded a Palestinian child near Gaza City, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. The Israeli army opened fire on a camp for displaced people in the al-Sudaniya area in the northwestern Gaza Strip around dawn. A medical source at al-Shifa Hospital told Wafa the child sustained moderate injuries.
First Lt. Tyler James Feehan, who was 25, had been deployed to an air base in Jordan when enemy missiles and drones lit up the sky. He is among the 18 Americans who have died since the war began.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian oil tanker came under a missile attack by US forces six nautical miles off Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf on Saturday morning.
US missile struck Iranian oil tanker near Kharg Island: Report A US missile struck an Iranian oil tanker near Kharg Island, a major Iranian oil hub, on Saturday, Iran's media reported. The Student News Network said the targeted tanker was a "small vessel". No casualties have been reported.
About 50 officers on the US Joint Staff were interrogated over reports detailing depleted weapons stockpiles, NYT says.
Niger has blamed France for inciting an attack on a key military airbase by mutinous soldiers last week.
New posts 09:50 Iranian Media Report Strike On Tanker Near Kharg Island Oil Hub By RFE/RL's Radio Farda Iranian media reported several explosions near Kharg Island, the countrys main oil export hub in the Persian Gulf, on September 5, with one news agency reporting that US forces had struck an Iranian tanker near the island.
New posts 09:50 Explosions Reported Near Irans Kharg Island Iranian media reported several explosions near Kharg Island, the countrys main oil export hub in the Persian Gulf, on September 5, days after an uptick in hostilities between Iran and the United States.
Sudan Doctors Network says SPLM-N forces shelled residential areas in the town of Dilling.
55 bodies, remains of Malka family recovered from rubble in Gaza's Zeytoun Bodies and remains of 55 Palestinians, all belonging to a single family, have been recovered underneath the rubble of a building in the Zeytoun area of Gaza City, Al Jazeera reported. The victims all belong to the Malka family and had sought refuge in the building roughly two years ago during an Israeli bombing campaign. Civil defence authorities said they had been searching for more than 60 bodies of victims from the Malka family over the previous 72 hours, adding a joint funeral procession is due to take place early next week, according to the report.
Morning recap Good morning Middle East Eye readers, If you're just joining us, here are key developments from across the region: • Donald Trump has said that the Iran war was "small potatoes" for the United States, while warning American military may hit Iran's Pickaxe Mountain. • The Lebanese health ministry says that Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon late on Friday killed at least three people and injured 23. • Iran will conduct “pre-emptive operations” wherever it perceives a threat, army spokesman Brigadier-General Mohammad Akrami Nia said.
Even the possibility that Iran could put mines into one of the world’s most important shipping routes can deter commercial traffic and force the US military to maintain constant surveillance, former CENTCOM commander Joseph Votel told Iran International.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Esmaeil Baqaei warned Americans against allowing their children to be recruited to fight and die in a war being expanded by Israel, pointing to a recent opinion piece proposing debt relief as an incentive for Americans to join the war.
West Bank violence: Israeli forces open fire during raid, settlers vandalise home Palestinian media has reported land seizure, vandalism and raids by the Israeli military and settlers in the occupied West Bank: * Israeli forces detained a Palestinian resident, Karim Asakreh, while he was passing through a military checkpoint, east of Bethlehem, on Saturday, according to Wafa news agency. * Israeli settlers, meanwhile, vandalised Suwais family’s home and felled trees on the property in the Khalayel al-Louz area, southeast of the city. * The Israeli military, raided the towns of Nazla al-Sharqiya and Qaffin, north of Tulkarm, at dawn in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reported.
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Scientists say Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s sewage system may have worsened the Mediterranean's algae bloom crisis.
Iran army says US bid to weaken its Hormuz control answered 'within 15 minutes' Iran responded decisively to the US attempt to weaken or eliminate the Iranian forces’ control over the Strait of Hormuz, army spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia has said. In a statement carried by IRNA, General Akraminia revealed more details about Iranian response to US strikes on Sirik Island on 30 August. He said just 15 minutes after the strikes, the first Iranian missiles and drones were launched, targeting four US bases in the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait, according to IRNA.
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