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He is quoted as saying that the Israeli army is currently attacking Tehran and Beirut simultaneously.
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Towards the last post, travelers stranded by the expanding war Middle East A small number of evacuation flights began leaving the United Arab Emirates on Monday as governments around the world worked to remove their citizens from the region.
airlines Etihad Airways And emiratesbased Abu Dhabi And Dubaiand budget carrier FlyDubai He said that they would operate limited flights during the US-Israel war against Iran.
At least 11,000 flights to, from and within the Middle East have been canceled since Saturday, affecting more than 1 million passengers, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium.
Travel chaos looks set to continue; Donald Trump said Monday that the conflict is estimated to last four to five weeks, but it could last even longer.
Late Monday, the U.S. state department urged Americans to immediately leave more than a dozen countries in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia And UAE In the midst of spiraling conflict.
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indian airlines Says they will restart limited commercial services on Tuesday Middle East In order to collect thousands of passengers stranded because of the war.
indigo He said he would make four return flights Jeddah inside Saudi Arabia as part of efforts to “gradually normalize” operations between the countries. Air India Express He said he would restart round-trip flights. Oman capital city, MuscatStarting from Tuesday.
However, roundtrip services bahrain, Kuwait, TrainSaudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates A statement quoted by Agence France-Presse said airlines remain suspended.
budget carrier Akasa Airlines He said he would operate certain flights Jeddah.
of Iran Revolutionary Guards The Islamic republic’s elite force said they targeted a US air base in Bahrain, the official Irna news agency said on Tuesday.
“The Revolutionary Guard announced that its naval forces carried out a large-scale drone and missile attack at dawn on the US air base in Bahrain’s Sheikh Issa district,” Irna wrote on Telegram, using the acronym for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran. he said.
Agence France-Press reported that the force said in its statement, without providing any evidence, that 20 unmanned aerial vehicles and three missiles were launched “destroying the main command center of the base”.
Opening summary
Hello and welcome to our ongoing live coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran and the widening Middle East crisis.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the US and Israel’s war against Iran may take “some time” but will not take years.
The US and Israel’s air war against Iran began on Saturday with strikes across the country; the killing of religious leader Ali Khamenei, which led to Iran retaliating against Arab countries hosting US bases in the Middle East.
President Donald Trump initially predicted the war would last four to five weeks, but added it could last longer and has since sought to justify a broad, open-ended war against Iran.
Netanyahu rejected the idea that the conflict would drag on for years, as in previous wars in the region. “I said it could be quick and decisive. It might take some time, but it won’t take years. This is not an endless war,” Netanyahu said on Fox News’ Hannity program.
On Tuesday morning, the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders from dozens of locations in Lebanon.It included a warning to residents of two neighborhoods in southern Beirut to stay away from many buildings ahead of the upcoming military offensive.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah announced that it launched unmanned aerial vehicles into northern Israel.
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The US embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was hit by a drone attack and a fire broke out. According to reports, a large explosion was heard and flames were seen at the embassy in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Black smoke was seen rising over Riyadh’s diplomatic building, which hosts foreign missions.
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State Department calls for all US citizens to leave more than a dozen Middle Eastern countries Because of the risks associated with continued tensions that have plunged the region into chaos. The 14 countries included in the warning included Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
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There has been confusion over the navigation situation in the Strait of Hormuz after a general from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened to “burn any ship” that tried to navigate the waterway.It is a vital route for oil and gas shipments. However, according to Fox News, US Central Command said the strait was not closed.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the US attacked Iran after learning that its ally Israel would attack, which would mean retaliation against US forces. “We knew that if we didn’t preemptively go after them before they launched these attacks, we were going to incur more casualties,” Rubio told reporters. The justification for the attack is different from those put forward by Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Rubio also said the “hardest blow” has yet to come from the US military.. “The next phase will be even more punishing for Iran than it is now,” he told reporters.
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Trump signaled that US attacks on Iran may last much longer than expected. The president listed four primary goals for striking Iran: “First, we destroy Iran’s missile capabilities… Second, we destroy its navy… Third, we ensure that the world’s number one sponsor of terrorism can never obtain a nuclear weapon. Finally, we ensure that the Iranian regime cannot continue to arm, finance and direct terrorist armies outside its borders.”
US claims Iran Revolutionary Guard destroyed command facilities
US Central Command He just claimed on social media that US forces destroyed the area. Iranian Revolutionary Guard‘ command facilities, as well as Iranian missile and drone launch sites and more.
Centcom said: Publish on X military images included:
During sustained operations, US forces have destroyed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command and control facilities, Iranian air defense capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and military airfields. We will continue to take decisive steps against the imminent threats posed by the Iranian regime.
