US Strikes
Egypt condemned the Iranian attacks on Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan, all of which host significant American military forces, calling them a “grave escalation.”
The Iranian attacks have prompted Bahrain and Kuwait to activate their air defenses as a fifth day of renewed hostilities further strained a preliminary Washington-Tehran agreement aimed at ending the war.
Iran suspended this rail service early on Thursday, according to Iranian state television, after US strikes reportedly targeted railway infrastructure in a new round of military operations against the Middle Eastern country.
Bahrain and Kuwait, two Gulf countries which host major American military facilities, announced intercepting hostile projectiles overnight, shortly after the United States hit several Iranian targets in response to an attack on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump warned on Sunday that Iran "will no longer exist" if the United States is forced to resume military action, after a fresh round of hostilities tested a fragile ceasefire between the two countries.
Trump said the US will be “hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of Defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT.”
Egypt has been evacuating citizens stranded in various Arab countries who wish to return to their homeland amid mounting military escalation in the Middle East.
A source told Axios that Israeli ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter has informed US officials that Khamenei was killed in a strike on his compound in the capital, Tehran.
The ministry added that, based on contacts through Egyptian embassies and consulates, no injuries or casualties among Egyptians had been recorded so far.
Cairo said no injuries or casualties among Egyptians had been recorded so far.
Maduro is expected to appear before a federal court in Manhattan on Monday for an initial hearing on charges including narco-terrorism conspiracy, Reuters reported, citing a Justice Department official.
“We are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transitions,” Trump said as he spoke from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
In the early hours of Saturday, the United States carried out an abrupt military operation across the Latin American country.
The strikes began around 2 a.m. local time in the capital, Caracas, and lasted for roughly an hour and a half, during which residents reported loud explosions, military aircraft overhead, and plumes of smoke rising above parts of the city.
The US regime “entered the war to save it (Israel) but they could not make any achievement during this war,” Khamenei said.
The evaluation, produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), is based on a battle damage assessment carried out by US Central Command following the strikes, said one of the sources.
The bill now needs final approval from the Iranian Supreme National Security Council.
Khamenei says Israel committed a grave crime and is now being punished, amid rising tensions in the region.
The strikes come after the US announced on Sunday “obliterating” key Iranian nuclear facilities, joining a fierce war between Israel and Iran that started on 13 June and led to fatalities in both countries.
The US announced on Sunday “obliterating” key Iranian nuclear facilities, joining a fierce war between Israel and Iran that started on 13 June.
