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A United States official has told Al Jazeera that US bases in the region “were not subjected to any hits”, including US bases in Kuwait, as Iran launched retaliatory strikes on Wednesday night. Read More…
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they targeted Al-Sakhir air base and bin Salman port in Bahrain and Arifjan base in Kuwait, Fars News reported. Read More…
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Bahrain said that its air defences intercepted and destroyed "a number of treacherous Iranian aerial attacks." Tehran "continues its systematic hostile approach through its sinful attacks using missiles and drones targeting civilians" in Bahrain, the Bahraini army said on X. "The General Command affirms that all its weapons and units are at the highest levels of readiness and are fully prepared for defence to protect the Kingdom," the army added. Read More…
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Iran secretly acquired a Chinese spy satellite in late 2024 that allowed it to target US military bases across the Middle East during the recent war, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The TEE-01B satellite, built and launched by the Chinese company Earth Eye Co, was acquired by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Aerospace Force after it was launched into space from China, the report said, citing leaked Iranian military documents. Read More…
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard urged civilians across the Middle East on Friday to stay away from areas near US forces, ramping up threats despite President Donald Trump's claim that talks to end the month-long war were "going well". The Guard's warning came after Trump again extended a deadline for Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face the destruction of its energy assets, pushing it from Friday to April 6. Read More…
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Iran’s army said its navy had launched a wave of drone attacks targeting Israel as well as US bases in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, as the regional war raged into its second week. "The Iranian Navy targeted American bases and occupied territories with a massive wave of drone attacks," the army said in a statement carried by the official IRNA news agency. It said the targets included the UAE’s Al-Minhad base and another in Kuwait, as well as a "strategic facility" in Israel. Read More…
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Tehran has warned neighbouring countries hosting US troops that it would retaliate against American bases if Washington carries out threats to intervene in protests in Iran, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday. Three diplomats said some personnel had been advised to leave the main US air base in the region, although there were no immediate signs of a large-scale evacuation of troops as took place in the hours before an Iranian missile attack last year. Read More…
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Iran has warned nations hosting US military installations they’ll be hit if it’s attacked by the United States, a news report says. “Tehran has told regional countries – from Saudi Arabia and UAE to Turkiye – that US bases in those countries will be attacked if US targets Iran … asking these countries to prevent Washington from attacking Iran,” an unnamed senior Iranian official told the Reuters news agency. The comments follow President Trump’s threats to intervene militarily in Iran over the bloodshed during nationwide antigovernment protests. Read More…
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