Monday, November 18, 2024

Missile Attacks Across Middle East Raise Gaza Escalation Risks

By Phil Stewart and Timour Azhari WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Missile attacks in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen on Saturday threw into sharp focus the increasing risk of the war in Gaza triggering a wider regional conflict pitting...

US Strikes Another Missile Belonging to Iran Regime-Backed Houthis

By Kanishka Singh and Enas Alashray WASHINGTON/CAIRO, Jan 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Central Command forces on Saturday struck a Houthi anti-ship missile that was aimed into the Gulf of Aden and prepared to launch, the U.S. military...

Generals Among Iran Guards Killed in Israeli Strike on Damascus

By Kinda Makieh and Laila Bassam DAMASCUS/BEIRUT, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Three Iranian Revolutionary Guards officers killed in an Israeli strike that flattened a building in Damascus on Saturday were described in Iranian state media with an...

EXCLUSIVE: Iranian and Hezbollah Commanders Help Direct Houthi Attacks in Yemen, Sources Say

By Samia Nakhoul and Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Commanders from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Lebanon's Hezbollah group are on the ground in Yemen helping to direct and oversee Houthi attacks on Red...

Iran Regime Vows Revenge on Israel for Strike That Kills 5 Guards in Damascus

By Kinda Makieh and Laila Bassam DAMASCUS/BEIRUT, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Tehran vowed to carry out revenge attacks against Israel on Saturday after a missile strike flattened a building used as a base of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards...

US Conducts Strikes Against Iran-Regime Backed Houthi Anti-ship Missiles

By Andrea Shalal and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Central Command forces on Friday conducted strikes against three Houthi anti-ship missiles that were aimed into the Southern Red Sea and were prepared to launch,...

Pakistan Tells Iran It Wants to Build Trust After Tit-For-Tat Strikes

By Asif Shahzad and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Pakistan expressed its willingness to work with Iran on "all issues" in a call between their foreign ministers on Friday after both countries exchanged drone and missile...

Netherlands Summons Iran Ambassador Over Child Killed in Iraq Attack – Foreign Minister

AMSTERDAM, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The Dutch government on Friday summoned the Iranian ambassador to the Netherlands following the death of a Dutch baby in an attack by Iran on Erbil, Iraq. Iran on Monday struck Erbil, the capital of Iraq's semi-autonomous...

US Says Iran Regime-Backed Houthis Launched Missiles at Ship but No Damage Caused

By Kanishka Singh and Costas Pitas WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The Iran-backed Houthi militia launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles at a U.S.-owned tanker ship late on Thursday that hit the water near the vessel but caused...

ANALYSIS: Iran-Pakistan Flare-up Rooted in Restive Borderlands, Not Mideast Strife

By Parisa Hafezi, Charlotte Greenfield and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam DUBAI/ISLAMABAD, Jan 18 (Reuters) - An Iranian strike on Pakistan this week that drew a rapid military riposte and raised fears of greater regional turmoil was driven by Iran's efforts to reinforce...