Pakistan has launched retaliatory missile strikes on militants based in Iran, following Iranian missile strikes on a Sunni separatist militant group based in Pakistan. Raising fears of a further escalation of conflict across the region
The missile strikes on alleged ‘militant bases’ in neighbouring Pakistan follow earlier strikes on bases Tehran claims were run by militants or Mossad in Syria and Iraq
The missile strike on Iraq’s Kurdistan Region was against a Mossad intelligence headquarters from where recent terror attacks on Iran had been coordinated. While the missile strike on Syria’s Idlib province was targeted at a terror base located there
Experts warn that Yemeni rebels have sophisticated weaponry that they are prepared to use with impunity. To prevent this the West may have to seriously consider striking at the source of the more sophisticated weapons in the Houthi’ arsenal – Iran
Blasts kill more than 100 at a ceremony commemorating assassinated IRGC General Soleimani. No one has yet claimed responsibility, but the blasts came shortly after an Israeli drone strike killed another IRGC commander, Razi Mousavi, in Syria
Israeli drone strike in Beirut takes out Hamas’s second-in-command. The question is, will his assassination lead to an escalation of the ongoing conflict?
Heightening tensions, an Iranian warship entered the Red Sea on Monday
In a rare public admission former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett has revealed that he authorised a drone strike on UAV base inside Iran. Two months later, in March 2022, he approved the assassination of a senior IRGC commander in Iran
Among the new weapons unveiled was the Talayieh cruise missile, a smart cruise missile with a range of over 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) that can change course during flight and choose a new target before striking and destroying it
France, Spain and Italy have officially withdrawn from a naval alliance that was formed to protect merchant vessels sailing the Red Sea to and from Israel
This offers Washington an ideal pretext for a U.S.-led multinational naval intervention in the Red Sea. Just as claims about Saddam Hussein’s WMD once paved the way for U.S.-led military intervention in Iraq.
Yemen says its army will only target ships heading to Israeli ports, and all the other vessels bound for other destinations can freely sail in the waters near Yemen.