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Saturday, July 25, 20261 entry

  1. 1:38 PM in Tehran

    Iran reports its first night without U.S. strikes in nearly two weeks

    OfficialMilitary & securityTehran, Iran

    Iran's Health Ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour said 'Iran had a peaceful night,' and CENTCOM did not announce a new round after 13 straight nights of strikes. Saudi Civil Defense sounded alerts in Yanbu and Jizan and later lifted them, and Bahrain issued missile alerts, with no casualties reported.

    Why it matters Two regional sources later told CBS the pause was meant to protect Omani-Iranian talks on the strait, while Trump said the U.S. remained 'locked and loaded.'

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News, Al Jazeera, CBS News (2)

Friday, July 24, 20263 entries

  1. 11:20 PM in Aden

    Saudi-led coalition strikes Houthi sites in Hodeidah and on Kamaran Island

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityHodeidah, Yemen

    Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported Saudi air strikes on Hodeidah, and the Saudi-led coalition said it hit Houthi sites 'linked to threats against commercial shipping in the Red Sea' but not the port, which stays open. Houthi media said telecommunications facilities were hit and a woman was wounded on Kamaran Island.

    Why it matters It was Riyadh's first military answer to the Houthi embargo and tanker attack; the Houthis called it a 'major folly' and fired missiles and drones at Aramco sites the next day.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2), Al Jazeera (3), Al Jazeera (4)

  2. 2:36 PM in Tehran

    IRGC tells civilians in countries hosting U.S. troops to stay 500 meters away

    OfficialMilitary & securityTehran, Iran

    Iran's Revolutionary Guards told 'the general public in countries where American soldiers are stationed to immediately stay out of a radius of 500 meters' from places where U.S. troops are, 'in order to be safe.' The warning came as Jordan, Gulf states and Iraq's Kurdistan region reported Iranian missile and drone attacks.

    Why it matters The statement treats areas around U.S. troops across host countries as target zones, which in cities such as Manama and Kuwait City sit close to civilian neighbourhoods.

    Sources: CBS News, Arab News, CBS News (2)

  3. 9:32 AM in Baghdad

    Iran fires missiles and drones at U.S. sites in Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityErbil, Iraq, and U.S. bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain

    After CENTCOM finished its 13th straight night of strikes, Iran's army said it sent drones at U.S. facilities at Isa Air Base in Bahrain, Al-Azraq in Jordan and camps in Kuwait, and the IRGC claimed a strike on Ali Al Salem Air Base. Jordan said it intercepted seven missiles and six drones with no casualties or damage, and Kurdish officials said coalition forces downed five explosive-laden drones over Erbil between 9:32 and 9:45 a.m.

    Why it matters Iran had shifted to daily attacks on Jordan, where three U.S. soldiers were killed a week earlier, while its claims of damage at the bases were not confirmed by the host states.

    Sources: AP, Local10, CBS News, AFP, CBS News (2), CBS News (3), CBS News (4), CBS News (5)

Thursday, July 23, 20261 entry

  1. 11:28 AM in New York

    Trump tells Axios he is weighing a 'massive attack' on Iran, 'bigger than ever before'

    OfficialMilitary & securityWashington, D.C., United States

    Trump told Axios he was considering 'a massive attack. Bigger than ever before,' that he was close to a decision and that Iran's leaders 'haven't received enough pain yet.' He said Israel would join 'in two minutes if I ask them to' but that the United States did not need anyone.

    Why it matters The threat came after 12 nights of strikes and a day after his bridge and power-plant warning, while White House officials said talks with Iran were continuing.

    Sources: Axios, CBS News

Wednesday, July 22, 20261 entry

  1. 9:04 AM in New York

    Trump vows to destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant for every ship attack

    OfficialMilitary & securityWashington, D.C., United States

    Trump wrote on Truth Social that from now on, any Iranian missile, rocket or drone attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz would bring U.S. strikes to 'bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT,' including in or near Tehran. A military source quoted by Tasnim replied that Iran would strike infrastructure and bridges across the region, including energy facilities in which the U.S. has interests; CENTCOM began a 12th straight night of strikes that evening.

    Why it matters The threat names civilian infrastructure as targets; asked two days later whether destroying power plants and bridges would be a war crime, Trump declined to say.

    Sources: Associated Press, Reuters via Investing, Al Jazeera, CBS News, CBS News (2), Al Jazeera (2), CBS News (3)

Tuesday, July 21, 20261 entry

  1. 4:42 PM in New York

    Hegseth puts the cost of the Iran war at $37.5 billion as he seeks extra funding

    OfficialMilitary & securityWashington, D.C., United States

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee the war with Iran has cost $37.5 billion, including expected costs such as troop pay through the end of the fiscal year, up from $29 billion in May. He and Gen. Dan Caine were defending the administration's request for supplemental war funding, and Hegseth acknowledged some Iranian missiles had survived because they are buried underground.

    Why it matters Two Democratic sources and a third person familiar with the matter told CBS the real cost is far higher because the estimate leaves out items such as rebuilding damaged U.S. bases.

    Sources: CBS News, Al Jazeera, CBS News (2)

Sunday, July 19, 20261 entry

  1. 2:50 PM in Jerusalem

    Israel says the U.S. is sending more refuelling aircraft as U.S.-Iran strikes escalate

    OfficialMilitary & securityIsrael

    An Israeli military official said the U.S. had decided to reinforce its fleet of aerial refuelling aircraft stationed in Israel, and another senior official said dozens more were expected; Axios had reported the move was ahead of a potential expansion of operations against Iran.

    Why it matters Israel had not joined the latest U.S. strikes, and extra tankers would extend the range and tempo of air operations if the campaign widens.

    Sources: U.S. News, Al-Monitor / Reuters

Saturday, July 18, 20261 entry

  1. 6:00 PM in New York

    U.S. launches eighth straight night of strikes to 'punish' IRGC over Jordan deaths

    OfficialMilitary & securitySouthern Iran

    CENTCOM said U.S. forces began new strikes at 6 p.m. ET at Trump's direction to degrade Iran's ability to threaten shipping in Hormuz and to 'swiftly punish' the IRGC forces it blamed for killing U.S. troops in Jordan; it later said coastal surveillance, air defence, maritime and missile and drone storage sites were hit. Iranian media reported explosions at Qeshm, Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Hajiabad and Shadegan.

    Why it matters The strikes were now explicitly retaliation for U.S. deaths as well as for attacks on shipping.

    Sources: Anadolu Agency, CNBC, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2)

Thursday, July 16, 20261 entry

  1. 10:35 PM in Dubai

    U.S. launches a sixth straight night of strikes as Iran hits back across the region

    OfficialMilitary & securitySouthern Iran

    CENTCOM said it carried out a sixth consecutive night of strikes on Iran, with Iranian media reporting hits on a bridge at Bandar-e Khamir, where seven people were killed, and on Qeshm, Bushehr and Ahvaz. Iran's army and the IRGC claimed attacks on U.S. sites in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Jordan and on the al-Tanf base in Syria, which Syria denied.

    Why it matters Reuters reported that Iran had asked Yemen's Houthis to be ready to close the Red Sea route if the U.S. hit its power plants, raising the risk of a second chokepoint being shut.

    Sources: Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3), Al Jazeera live blog (4)

Monday, July 13, 20261 entry

  1. 4:50 PM in Aden

    Yemen's government bombs Sanaa airport over Iranian flight; Houthis fire missiles at Saudis

    OfficialMilitary & securitySanaa, Yemen

    Yemen's internationally recognised government said its forces struck the runway at Houthi-held Sanaa airport to prevent an Iranian aircraft from landing, and all Yemeni airports were closed. The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted ballistic missiles the Houthis fired at southern Saudi Arabia, and a Houthi official threatened Saudi 'vital infrastructure'.

    Why it matters It opened a Saudi-Houthi front alongside the U.S.-Iran fighting, putting at risk the Red Sea route Saudi Arabia was using to export oil around Hormuz.

    Sources: Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3), The Guardian

Saturday, July 11, 20262 entries

  1. 5:40 AM in Bahrain, Jul 12

    Iran strikes back at Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Jordan; UAE also engages missiles

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityGulf states

    After the U.S. strikes, Iran claimed missile and drone attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar and Oman, and the UAE said its air defences engaged Iranian missiles and drones. Qatar said falling debris wounded three people including a child, Oman said drones targeted sites in Musandam and summoned Iran's ambassador, and Kuwait later said three border centres and an offshore drilling platform were hit.

    Why it matters It was the widest Iranian retaliation since the memorandum, and Oman, Iran's partner in the Hormuz talks, summoned Iran's ambassador in protest.

    Sources: Associated Press, Arab News, AA (Anadolu Agency), Qatar News Agency, Kuwait Times (KUNA feed), Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3), Al Jazeera live blog (4)

  2. 3:33 AM in Tehran, Jul 12

    U.S. strikes about 140 Iranian targets in a third round over the GFS Galaxy attack

    OfficialMilitary & securitySouthern Iran

    CENTCOM said it hit about 140 military targets, including missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, ammunition storage, communications and coastal surveillance, holding Iranian forces 'accountable' for the attack on the GFS Galaxy, and that more than 300 targets had been struck over three nights that week. Iranian media reported explosions along the coast, including Bandar Abbas, Qeshm and Sirik.

    Why it matters It began a run of nightly U.S. strikes that lasted more than a week, and Iran answered with missile and drone attacks on five Gulf states and Jordan.

    Sources: The Times of Israel, Al Jazeera, CNN, Reuters Connect, AP, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), The Guardian

Friday, July 10, 20261 entry

  1. 9:45 PM in Jerusalem

    Israel halts 'sensitive operations' in south Lebanon under U.S. pressure, broadcaster says

    ReportedMilitary & securityJerusalem

    Israel's public broadcaster reported that the government ordered the army to refrain from 'sensitive operations' in southern Lebanon after American pressure, and that the army was expected to begin withdrawing from 'pilot' areas the following week, when Israeli-Lebanese talks were due in Rome.

    Why it matters Lebanon had made withdrawal from two pilot zones its condition for attending the Rome round.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, The Times of Israel, Al Jazeera live blog

Thursday, July 9, 20261 entry

  1. 2:36 PM in Amman

    Iran fires missiles at Jordan's Muwaffaq Salti base and drones at Kuwait and Bahrain

    OfficialMilitary & securityMuwaffaq Salti Air Base, Azraq, Jordan

    Iran's military said it fired 10 ballistic missiles at Jordan's Muwaffaq Salti air base, which U.S. forces use, and Jordan's army said it intercepted eight Iranian missiles with no casualties or damage. The IRGC also claimed attacks on Camp Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait and on Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain; Kuwait said one person was wounded.

    Why it matters Iran was answering each U.S. strike wave by hitting countries that host U.S. forces, and Qatar, the UAE and Kuwait condemned the attacks.

    Sources: The Guardian live, Petra Jordan News Agency, ABC News live, Anadolu Agency, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3), Al Jazeera live blog (4)

Wednesday, July 8, 20261 entry

  1. 11:49 PM in Tehran

    Second U.S. strike wave hits about 90 Iranian targets; Iran reports deaths in Sirik, Ahvaz

    OfficialMilitary & securitySouthern Iran

    CENTCOM said it struck about 90 Iranian military targets along the coast, including air defences, coastal surveillance, missile and drone storage, naval capabilities and logistics sites. Iranian officials said the strikes killed a firefighter at Iranshahr airport, three people in Ahvaz and three at a fishing pier in Sirik, cut power in Chabahar, and satellite images later showed damage at the port of Sarkhur Tahruyi in Hormozgan.

    Why it matters Trump said the U.S. would hit Iran '20 to one' for each attack, and Iran's chief negotiator said Tehran would strike back and reopen Hormuz only on its own terms.

    Sources: L'Orient Today live, Associated Press, U.S. Central Command, ABC News live, Reuters Connect, L'Orient Today, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3), Al Jazeera live blog (4), Al Jazeera live blog (5), The Guardian

Tuesday, July 7, 20261 entry

  1. 12:49 AM in Tehran, Jul 8

    U.S. strikes more than 80 Iranian targets; Iran fires at U.S. bases in Bahrain and Kuwait

    OfficialMilitary & securityHormozgan Province, Iran

    CENTCOM said it hit more than 80 targets, including air defences, command networks, coastal radar and anti-ship missile sites and more than 60 IRGC small boats, in response to the attacks on three tankers; explosions were reported at Sirik, Bandar Abbas and Qeshm. The IRGC said it answered with missiles and drones at 85 sites at the Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain and Ali Al Salem air base in Kuwait, where air defences engaged.

    Why it matters It was the largest U.S. strike on Iran since the April truce and came during Ali Khamenei's funeral, which Trump had said both sides would respect.

    Sources: U.S. Central Command, U.S. Central Command (2), Associated Press, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3), Al Jazeera live blog (4), The Guardian

Wednesday, July 1, 20261 entry

  1. 1:30 PM in Jerusalem

    Katz says Israel could strike Iran 'a third time'; Araghchi warns of 'powerful response'

    OfficialMilitary & securityJerusalem

    Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel had attacked Iran twice with pre-emptive strikes and 'if necessary, we will strike a third time', and that its forces would stay indefinitely in 'security zones' in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, responding to Israeli media reports that Katz had called Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei 'marked for death', said any threat to Iran's leadership would get an 'immediate powerful response' and that Trump had committed the U.S. to restraining Israel.

    Why it matters Israel was not a party to the memorandum, and its threats and continued presence in Lebanon were the main outside risk to the deal as U.S.-Iran technical talks opened in Doha.

    Sources: Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2)

Saturday, June 27, 20262 entries

  1. 1:21 AM in Tehran, Jun 28

    U.S. hits 10 Iranian targets in a second night; Iran fires at U.S. forces in Kuwait, Bahrain

    OfficialMilitary & securityStrait of Hormuz coast, Iran

    CENTCOM said Navy and Air Force jets struck 10 Iranian military targets in and near the Strait of Hormuz, including surveillance, communications, air defence, drone storage and minelaying capabilities, in response to the Kiku attack. The IRGC said it fired ballistic missiles and drones at Ali Al Salem air base in Kuwait and the Fifth Fleet at Bahrain's Port Salman after U.S. strikes on five coastal sites; a U.S. official said there were no American casualties.

    Why it matters Bahrain said a residential building was damaged, and each side accused the other of breaking the memorandum ten days after it was signed.

    Sources: NPR, Seatrade Maritime, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3), Al Jazeera live blog (4), The Guardian

  2. 12:03 PM in Bahrain

    Bahrain says Iranian drones attacked it after the first U.S. strikes under the deal

    OfficialMilitary & securityManama, Bahrain

    Bahrain's foreign ministry condemned Iranian drone attacks on its territory in the early hours as a 'serious violation' of sovereignty that endangered civilians, and Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait and the GCC condemned them. Iran's foreign ministry said its military had struck targets linked to U.S. forces in response to U.S. strikes on its southern coast.

    Why it matters Iran's answer to U.S. strikes again landed in a Gulf state that hosts U.S. forces, the pattern of the fighting before the deal.

    Sources: Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), The Guardian

Friday, June 26, 20261 entry

  1. 12:11 AM in Tehran, Jun 27

    U.S. strikes Iranian missile and drone sites after the Ever Lovely attack

    OfficialMilitary & securityHormozgan Province, Iran

    CENTCOM said U.S. aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites because Iran hit the Ever Lovely with a one-way attack drone on June 25, 'unwarranted aggression' that it said 'clearly violated the ceasefire'. Explosions were reported around Sirik on Iran's Hormuz coast.

    Why it matters The IRGC said the strikes broke U.S. commitments under the memorandum, which it said gave Tehran control over traffic in the strait, and drones struck Bahrain within hours.

    Sources: ABC News, Al Jazeera live blog, The Guardian

Monday, June 15, 20261 entry

  1. 10:15 AM in Jerusalem

    Israel says it will not withdraw from south Lebanon despite the U.S.-Iran deal

    OfficialMilitary & securityJerusalem

    Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel would not withdraw from territory it had seized in Lebanon and would retaliate if Iran attacked it over events there, and Israel said it would also stay in areas of Gaza and Syria. Netanyahu said Israel would 'remain in the security zones no matter what it takes'.

    Why it matters Iran's security council had said the deal ended the war 'on all fronts, including Lebanon', and the fighting there led to the first round of talks being called off four days later.

    Sources: Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3), The Guardian

Sunday, June 14, 20261 entry

  1. 1:40 PM in Beirut

    Israel strikes Beirut suburbs; Trump says the attack 'should not have happened'

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityGhobeiry, Beirut, Lebanon

    Israeli warplanes hit what the military called a Hezbollah command centre in the Ghobeiry area of Dahiyeh after Hezbollah drones crossed into northern Israel, killing at least two people and wounding four, Lebanon's National News Agency said. Trump urged all sides to 'stand down', saying the drone attack Israel was answering 'was very small and meaningless' and that 'there should be no more attacks by Israel anywhere in Lebanon'.

    Why it matters It came hours before Trump announced the deal with Iran, and an Iranian military commander warned the strike would 'not go unanswered'.

    Sources: Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3), Al Jazeera live blog (4)

Saturday, June 13, 20262 entries

  1. 2:07 PM in Beirut

    Israeli forces push toward Ali Taher near Nabatieh; Lebanese army leaves Kfar Tebnit post

    ReportedMilitary & securityKfar Tebnit, Nabatieh District, Lebanon

    AP reported that Lebanese army troops withdrew from their barracks in Kfar Tebnit as Israeli forces advanced toward the strategic Ali Taher hill near Nabatieh, where L'Orient Today reported heavy clashes. The Israeli military said it hit more than 70 Hezbollah sites in the past day, and the Lebanese army said an Israeli drone seriously wounded one of its soldiers near Nabatieh.

    Why it matters Fighting for the Ali Taher hills continued after the U.S.-Iran deal; on June 21 Netanyahu exempted that battle from an order to hold fire in Lebanon.

    Sources: Associated Press, Times of Israel live, Times of Israel live (2), Times of Israel live (3), L'Orient Today live, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2)

  2. 9:20 AM in Beirut

    Israel orders 20 south Lebanon villages to evacuate, then strikes kill at least five

    ConfirmedMilitary & securityNabatieh and Jezzine districts, Lebanon

    The Israeli military ordered residents of 20 towns and villages in the Nabatieh and Jezzine districts, including Deir al-Zahrani and Nabatieh al-Fawqa, to move north of the Zahrani River. Strikes that followed killed at least five people, including one in Maarakeh, the mayor of Rihan and two in Deir al-Zahrani, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.

    Why it matters The escalation came as Iran assured Lebanon it would be included in any U.S. deal, and it widened the area Israel told civilians to leave.

    Sources: Times of Israel live / AFP and NNA, Indian Express live, Al Jazeera live, Al Jazeera / Reuters, Business Recorder / AFP and NNA, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3)

Friday, June 12, 20264 entries

  1. 10:55 PM in Jerusalem

    Hezbollah drone hits a military zone in northern Israel after a day of drone attacks

    OfficialMilitary & securityWestern Galilee, Israel

    The Israeli military said a suspected Hezbollah drone struck a military zone in northern Israel near the Lebanese border without causing injuries, after two drones exploded near troops in southern Lebanon earlier in the evening and others were intercepted near Metula overnight; sirens sounded repeatedly in the Western Galilee.

    Why it matters The drones kept northern Israel under fire while Israel's government insisted it would stay in south Lebanon under any U.S.-Iran deal.

    Sources: Times of Israel live / IDF, L'Orient Today live, The Guardian live coverage, Times of Israel, Times of Israel live, Times of Israel (2), Times of Israel live (2), Al Jazeera, The Guardian live blog

  2. 7:08 PM in Beirut

    Hezbollah says it fought Israeli troops advancing on Majdal Zoun and killed a soldier

    UnverifiedMilitary & securityMajdal Zoun, Tyre District, Lebanon

    Hezbollah said its fighters hit Israeli troops advancing toward Majdal Zoun, about 5 km from the border, with rocket barrages on Thursday evening and fought them again on Friday; it also claimed a drone strike on troops in a building in Chamaa that it said killed an Israeli soldier.

    Why it matters The Israeli military did not confirm a death; the fighting continued as Tehran said the U.S. deal would end the war in Lebanon.

    Sources: The Guardian, Channel NewsAsia, The Guardian live blog, Al Jazeera live blog

  3. 5:44 PM in Jerusalem

    Katz says Israel keeps the right to strike Iran and will stay in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza

    OfficialMilitary & securityJerusalem

    Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel must retain the ability to act independently to stop Iran's nuclear programme, that he and Netanyahu had told the army to prepare accordingly, and that Israel would not withdraw from its security zones in Lebanon, Syria or Gaza.

    Why it matters Iran's foreign minister said the same evening that the deal meant Israeli withdrawal from occupied areas of Lebanon.

    Sources: Times of Israel live, Axios, The Guardian live, The Guardian live blog

  4. 12:15 PM in Jerusalem

    Israeli military says it struck 310 Hezbollah targets and killed 80 fighters in a week

    OfficialMilitary & securitySouthern Lebanon

    The Israeli military said it struck 310 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon in the past week and killed '80 terrorists', and disclosed a raid weeks earlier on Dibbine, about 12 km from the border and north of its 'yellow line', where it said troops found significant weapons depots.

    Why it matters The figures show the scale of Israel's Lebanon campaign in the days before the U.S.-Iran memorandum that Iran said covered Lebanon.

    Sources: The Guardian, The Jerusalem Post, The Guardian live blog

Thursday, June 11, 20261 entry

  1. 6:48 PM in Beirut

    Israeli strikes wound 10 staff at a Tyre hospital and kill one in Mashghara

    ReportedMilitary & securityTyre, Lebanon

    A strike about 15 metres from Hiram hospital in Tyre wounded 10 medical and administrative staff, shattered windows and damaged cars, the hospital's director told AFP, saying the area had been targeted six times since the war began. An Israeli strike on Mashghara in West Bekaa killed one person and wounded another, L'Orient Today's correspondent reported.

    Why it matters All three of Tyre's hospitals have been hit since Hezbollah joined the war in early March, and Israeli strikes continued as the U.S. and Iran said a deal covering Lebanon was close.

    Sources: The Guardian live coverage, CBS News live coverage, L'Orient Today live, The Guardian live blog

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