Iran-US struggle newest: US embassy hit in Baghdad after Trump claims army targets ‘destroyed’ on key oil island | EUROtoday

In a press release launched on Saturday, the Israeli army mentioned it “completed several additional waves of strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut and southern Lebanon” on Friday.

It added that “additional command centers established by the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Beirut were struck and destroyed”.

“This included Hezbollah command centers from which terrorists operated to advance terror attacks against the State of Israel and its residents,” the army continued.

“Since the beginning of Operation Roaring Lion, IDF strikes in Lebanon have severely damaged the organization’s command and control capabilities, its financial situation, and the weapons in its possession.”

The Israeli army claimed it had struck “approximately 110 Hezbollah command centers” as a part of the Operation.

Israel went on to accuse Hezbollah of embedding its infrastructure “within the civilian population across Lebanon”.

Iran is to make use of new “upgraded weapons” within the assaults in opposition to the US and Israel, the nation’s defence ministry spokesperson instructed Iranian state media on Saturday.

“Iran will use ballistic missiles and different types of missiles with greater destructive power and greater precision,” they mentioned.

Experts have speculated that Iran is participating in a struggle of attrition, exhausting costly American weaponry earlier than utilizing its finest assets.

Russia is the primary nation to ship Iran humanitarian support amid ongoing US-Israeli strikes on the nation. Azerbaijan is helping within the mission.

The nation has discovered itself remoted from its Gulf neighbours after attacking US army bases in surrounding nations.

“Russia becomes the first country to send humanitarian aid to Iran,” wrote the Russian embassy in Kenya on Saturday.

“An Il-76 aircraft delivered more than 13 tons of medical supplies to Azerbaijan which will assist in transferring it to the Iranian authorities.”

Over 3.2 million have been displaced in Iran based on the United Nations and over 1,300 individuals have been killed.

It was a second of silence that spoke a thousand phrases.

The silent protest befell on the opening match of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup match in Australia, simply days after US-Israeli strikes killed Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Since the start of the struggle, greater than 1,300 individuals in Iran have been killed and the battle has unfold all through the Middle East.

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An Iranian politician has threatened that the Islamic Republic may seize US troops after President Donald Trump ordered assaults on Kharg Island, which exports over 90 per cent of Iran’s oil exports and is dwelling to its fundamental oil export terminal.

“If they dare to commit such an act and sit on a part of our soil, why shouldn’t we go to a part of their soil – which now exists in the form of their regional bases – carry out a helicopter landing there, and capture their forces?” Manouchehr MottakiI, a former international minister and at the moment a member of Iran’s parliament.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards mentioned on Saturday that US pursuits within the United Arab Emirates, together with ports, docks and army places, are respectable targets after US forces attacked Iranian islands, Iranian state media reported.

In its assertion, IRGC urged residents in UAE to evacuate ports, docks, and US army shelters to keep away from civilian casualties.

It comes after Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned on Thursday that Tehran will “abandon all restraint” if any of Iran’s islands had been attacked after Axios stories that the US was eyeing a take over.

“Any aggression against soil of Iranian islands will shatter all restraint. We will abandon all restraint and make the Persian Gulf run with the blood of invaders,” mentioned Ghalibaf in a put up on X.

rones have crashed close to Dubai airport, its harbour and the monetary district. Flights have been cancelled, each day alerts warn residents to steer clear of home windows and vacationers are being arrested on suspicion of filming missiles.

As of 10 March, the UAE’s defence system had intercepted greater than 90 per cent of all projectiles, however some have nonetheless gone on to strike targets within the nation’s most populous metropolis.

The United Arab Emirates has suspended a few of its oil loading operations on the port of Fujairah after Iranian drone strikes, based on Bloomberg News.

A hearth is reported to have damaged out on Saturday morning on the port, which is situated close to the Strait of Hormuz, individuals accustomed to the matter instructed the publication.