RAF jets shoot down drones as combating intensifies in Middle East | EUROtoday

RAF fighter jets carried out army motion to defend Jordan and Bahrain in a single day as combating intensifies within the Middle East.

The jets intercepted a drone heading in the direction of Bahrain and took out an uncrewed aerial system to defend Jordan, the Ministry of Defence stated.

Defence secretary John Healey confirmed the army motion and stated fragments of a drone that struck the UK base at Akrotiri, Cyprus, have been being examined for “foreign military equipment”.

He additionally stated the destroyer HMS Dragon would set sail for the jap Mediterranean “in the next couple of days”, the place it will be a part of US air defence vessels.

Mr Healey has urged for de-escalation in Lebanon and “a return to a negotiated process”.

He stated: “We are deeply concerned about escalation in Lebanon. Hezbollah is a dangerous terror organisation tied to the regime in Iran.

“It must cease these attacks against Israel, but we do not want to see Israel expand this conflict further into Lebanon.

“More than 400 have already been killed and half a million displaced by recent Israeli operations.

“The solution to these problems, to this conflict, must be guided by the Lebanese people and the Lebanese government, and we urge de-escalation and a return to a negotiated process.”

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His warning comes as prime minister Sir Keir Starmer stated the longer the battle within the Middle East continues, the extra seemingly it’s there might be financial injury within the UK. Rachel Reeves has additionally stated the battle is “likely to put upward pressure on inflation” over the approaching months.

Fighting within the Middle East continued to accentuate because the battle between the US, Israel and Iran entered its tenth day.

Iran confirmed Mojtaba Khamenei can be taking up from his slain father because the supreme chief of Iran after President Donald Trump warned in opposition to an appointment with out his approval.

Israeli strikes in opposition to Hezbollah hammered down on southern Lebanon because the UN’s Refugee Agency warned greater than 500,000 civilians had been displaced.

Human Rights Watch accused Israel of utilizing widely-banned white phosphorus over civilian properties in Lebanon. The white-hot substance can burn flesh right down to the bone and set buildings on hearth. At least 400 folks have been killed within the combating and greater than 1,000 have been injured.

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Qatar continued to intercept weapons in its airspace, taking pictures down 17 ballistic missiles and 6 drones launched from the route of Iran on Monday.

The battle edged in the direction of the Mediterranean as a second Iranian ballistic missile was shot down in Nato airspace by air defence methods in Turkey. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated his precedence can be to maintain his nation out of the battle.

Earlier within the day, Iran had denied launching any missiles within the route of both Turkey or Azerbaijan.

French president Emmanuel Macron despatched help within the type of warships to the Red Sea in what seemed to be an try and elevate Iran’s siege of the Strait of Hormuz, which has triggered fears of a worldwide financial collapse as oil costs surged to over $100 a barrel.

Iran’s safety chief Ali Larijani stated that it was “unlikely” the hassle would work as he reiterated that the US and Israel had began the battle.

A seventh killed US service member was named by America’s Department of War. Benjamin Pennington, 26, died of accidents sustained throughout an assault final Sunday at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

Israel promised a brand new wave of “wide-scale” assaults on Tehran, Isfahan and southern Iran.