Following reports of the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israel continued to pound sites in Iran on the second day of a massive joint attack by Tel Aviv and Washington on the Islamic republic.
General Jack Keane, a retired four-star general and former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, says the US-Israeli military campaign launched against Iran on February 28 is a calculated effort to dismantle the Islamic Republic’s political and military architecture.
The United States said on February 28 that it launched preemptive military strikes against Iran after concluding that Tehran was preparing to use its missile arsenal against US forces and allies and had no intention of agreeing to meaningful limits on its nuclear program.
US President Donald Trump said on social media that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead following multiple reports suggesting that the 86-year-old hard-line ruler was killed in US and Israeli air strikes,
Iranian missiles have been launched at several countries in the Middle East, all of which host bases of US armed forces.
Iran has been plunged into a "near-total" internet blackout as the United States and Israel carry out a massive, coordinated aerial bombing campaign across the country.
US President Donald Trump announced that US forces had launched “major combat operations” against Iran, shortly after Israel said it carried out a “preemptive strike” in a rapid escalation that has prompted Tehran to respond with drones and missiles. RFE/RL has continuing updates and analysis.
US President Donald Trump said Washington had begun “major combat operations” against Iran, putting the Middle East on edge as air raid sirens wailed across the region amid retaliatory strikes by Tehran.
Israel's Defense Ministry said on February 28 that it launched a "preemptive strike" on Iran and sent a national announcement warning Israeli citizens to remain near protected areas.
As Iranian and US diplomats concluded a third round of talks in Geneva, the imminent arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group in Israel underscores the military brinkmanship shaping the standoff between Washington and Tehran.
Pakistani war planes bombed Kabul just hours after Afghanistan and Pakistan traded strikes on each other in their volatile mountain border region as days of escalating tensions boiled over into what one senior official from Islamabad called "open war."
European Union sanctions envoy David O’Sullivan arrived in Bishkek for high-level meetings with Kyrgyz officials amid concerns that some financial channels and trade flows in Kyrgyzstan are being used to circumvent sanctions against Russia.
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