Mapped: Which international locations have been focused in Middle East as Iran retaliates to US-Israeli strikes | EUROtoday

The Middle East has been dragged into an escalating battle after the US and Israel launched a wave of strikes, killing Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Khamenei’s demise got here after the US and Israel initiated a wide-scale navy assault on Iran geared toward bringing down its nuclear programme and eradicating the nation’s management.

Retaliatory strikes have seen a number of nations, together with Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, hit following the assaults, as Iran has threatened its “most intense offensive operation” towards US bases.

Civilian targets within the area, together with accommodations and airports, have additionally been hit.

“Iran just stated that they are going to hit very hard today, harder than they have ever hit before,” Trump fired again in a social media submit on Sunday. “THEY BETTER NOT DO THAT, HOWEVER, BECAUSE IF THEY DO, WE WILL HIT THEM WITH A FORCE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE!”

The motion has prompted the closure of airspaces inside the area, with world airways cancelling flights all through the Middle East and Dubai International Airport, the most important world aviation hub, suspending all journey.

Following the Supreme Leader’s demise, the US president stated: “Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead”.

The US President known as the regime “a vicious group of very hard, terrible people”, including that “its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world.”

Which international locations have been focused?

Attacks on Iran have focused a number of navy websites throughout the nation, together with the workplace of Iran’s supreme chief in Tehran, the place Khamenei was killed.

The regime responded to preliminary assaults by launching missiles and drones at Israel, which have struck civilian targets. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated Tehran eyes revenge for the Israel and US assaults as its “legitimate right and duty”.

Iran has additionally launched a number of assaults on Doha, with loud blasts heard within the Qatari capital for a second day on Sunday. Its international ministry stated it reserved the fitting to answer Iran.

The US Navy’s fifth Fleet service centre in Bahrain was additionally subjected to a missile assault on Saturday, as a number of residential buildings in Manama had been additionally reported to be struck.

The UAE, which additionally homes US navy bases, has reported a number of strikes, with one particular person lifeless and several other injured after an assault on Zayed International Airport.

Another 4 individuals have been injured at Dubai International Airport after an “incident”; in the meantime, a hearth broke out at a luxurious lodge within the metropolis after particles reportedly fell from the sky throughout an Iranian missile assault.

Reports of assaults have additionally been made in Jordan, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

On Sunday morning, an oil tanker off the coast of Oman was struck, with 4 individuals injured and 20 individuals compelled to be evacuated. The US embassy within the capital metropolis Muscat has warned its employees and American residents to take shelter whereas the exercise is ongoing.

Global airways have cancelled flights throughout the Middle East amid the battle, with airspaces over Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Bahrain and Jordan empty early as flights had been diverted round it on Saturday.

The European Union’s aviation regulator really useful that its airways keep out of the airspace affected by the navy intervention.