Coverage of events across the Middle East region.
Iran and the United States have sharply escalated military confrontation across the Middle East, with the IRGC claiming attacks on U.S. vessels and oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, while Washington says it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers. Iran also launched ballistic missile attacks toward a U.S.-used base in Jordan.
Rescue teams recovered four more bodies from a Houthi-run prison destroyed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Yemen’s northern Jawf province, raising the death toll to 23, while seven people remain missing. The coalition also resumed airstrikes on Houthi military targets in Jawf and Marib.
Israel has announced retaliatory measures against Britain, including plans to close the British consulate in Jerusalem, end British training for Palestinian security forces and bar 12 British lawmakers and other nationals, following UK restrictions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The US Treasury Department has sanctioned 27 Iranian airlines and several other entities under its “Operation Economic Outcast,” targeting companies accused of supporting Mahan Air and helping Iran maintain access to international financial networks.
A wave of Houthi attacks on southern Saudi Arabia injured 73 people and sparked fires at several oil facilities and utility installations, marking a major escalation amid growing tensions over key regional shipping routes.
Iran says 27 airports, including facilities in Tehran, sustained damage during the war, affecting runways, navigation systems, security buildings and passenger terminals. Authorities say reconstruction and repairs have since been completed, while the conflict has left thousands dead and caused widespread damage to Iran’s infrastructure.
Two IRGC personnel were killed after their vehicle was attacked following a clash with Baloch armed groups in Koorin, Zahedan, in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province, Iranian local media reported.
The Houthis have claimed that Saudi Arabia carried out airstrikes and used cruise missiles to target several areas in Yemen, as fighting between Houthi and government forces escalates following a new Houthi operation near the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
At least 11 people, including two children and two medical workers, were killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, as Israel intensified its air campaign despite a June ceasefire with Hezbollah. The latest attacks have raised renewed concerns over the future of the ceasefire and stability along the Lebanese-Israeli border.
More than 140 fighters have been killed in recent clashes between Yemen’s government forces and Iran-aligned Houthi fighters in southwestern Yemen. The fighting over the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait has become the deadliest in the area in two months, with more than 300 fighters and some civilians reportedly killed since Thursday.
Israel says it struck multiple sites in southern Lebanon in response to two Hezbollah drone attacks targeting Israeli soldiers. The Israeli military also warned residents near a building in Arab Salim to evacuate, saying Hezbollah was using the site. Hezbollah has not commented.
