US intelligence agencies believe Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is more interested in acquiring a nuclear weapon than his father and predecessor was, according to a New York Times report.
Bahrain and Kuwait secretly carried out airstrikes on Iranian drone and missile sites earlier this month, marking their first direct retaliation against Tehran, The Wall Street Journal reported.
“They refilled their stockpiles,” WSJ quoted former IDF air defense chief Brig.-Gen. Ran Kochav as saying. “They have very impressive industrialization and reconstruction capabilities."
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“The central danger is miscalculation. The conflict could become region-wide with very little warning,” founder of Q Advisory John Keith King said.
Washington imposed fresh sanctions targeting what it described as a transnational Hamas financing network, including Muslim Brotherhood affiliates and a Turkish trading company.
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said last week that a vessel boarded by unauthorized personnel in the Gulf of Aden had been maneuvered into Somali waters, classifying it as a hijack.
Tasnim also reported that Iran had targeted Amazon's data center in Bahrain as part of the strikes.
One tanker crossed the Strait of Hormuz on July 23, compared with three the day earlier, data from analytics firm Kpler showed, as ships are being rerouted to paths that take significantly longer.
US will use Iranian money to repair damages to ships, cargo, says Trump • Iran targets Kuwait's Al-Salem airbase • Fifty-five killed, 629 injured in US strikes on Iran, says Iran Health Ministry
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi had traveled to Tehran carrying the US-Iran ceasefire proposal, which Iranian officials said fails to address the question of control over the Strait of Hormuz.
