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Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon arsenic the U.S. seemingly struck an Iranian drone bearer astatine sea, intensifying its run targeting the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships.
Iran launched caller retaliatory attacks aboriginal Friday against neighboring countries that big U.S. forces. There were nary contiguous reports of casualties.
The latest strikes people a afloat week of attacks affecting countries crossed the Middle East.
The Israeli subject said the warring has destroyed astir of Iran’s aerial defenses and rocket launchers, portion U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that strikes against Tehran were “about to surge dramatically.”
Tehran has warned of the demolition of the Middle East’s subject and economical infrastructure, and the warfare has rattled fiscal markets.
Here is the latest:
Iranian semiofficial quality bureau says question of missiles, drones fired astatine Israel
Iran launched a caller question of missiles and drones targeting Tel Aviv, Israel, connected Friday morning, the semiofficial ISNA quality bureau reported.
South Korea’s overseas curate declines to remark connected imaginable displacement of US assets
South Korea’s overseas curate told a legislative proceeding that the United States has not requested subject oregon non-military assistance from Seoul implicit the warfare successful the Middle East, but declined to remark connected reports that Washington could relocate immoderate of its assets successful South Korea to enactment the fighting.
When asked by a lawmaker astir a media study that U.S. forces were moving immoderate of its Patriot anti-missile defence systems to a large aerial basal adjacent Seoul, Cho Hyun said helium couldn’t corroborate details related to U.S. subject operations.
Cho said Seoul and Washington were maintaining adjacent connection and that the allies’ combined defence posture would not beryllium affected by developments successful the Middle East.
U.S. Forces Korea said successful a connection it does not “comment connected the movement, relocation, oregon imaginable repositioning of circumstantial subject capabilities oregon assets” for operational information reasons.
The USFK connection came successful effect to questions from The Associated Press astir a Yonhap News report, citing anonymous sources, that said U.S. forces moved aggregate Patriot systems from different bases successful South Korea to Osan Air Base, wherever transport craft were besides spotted.
Yonhap said it wasn’t instantly wide whether the movements were linked to the warfare oregon associated U.S.-South Korea subject drills opening Monday.
“United States Forces Korea remains focused connected maintaining a strong, ready, and combat-credible unit posture connected the Korean Peninsula,” the USFK said.
Etihad Airways to restart ‘limited formation schedule’ from Abu Dhabi
Etihad Airways said it is restarting a “limited formation schedule” from its hub successful the United Arab Emirates superior Abu Dhabi starting Friday.
The government-backed bearer has operated immoderate flights successful caller days, but its latest announcement suggests it is moving toward much regular operations.
Etihad said that antecedently booked passengers arsenic good arsenic caller customers volition beryllium capable to question connected the flights, assuming “all information criteria are met.”
It listed much than 70 destinations it planned to alert to betwixt Friday and March 19.
Saudi Arabia says it destroyed different drone adjacent Riyadh
Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry reported the demolition of different drone adjacent Riyadh, this 1 to its northeast.
Saudi Arabia says it intercepted drones eastbound of Riyadh
The Saudi Defense Ministry said it destroyed 3 drones successful the eastbound areas of Riyadh.
The ministry said earlier Friday that it intercepted a cruise rocket implicit the metropolis of Kharj.
Iranian enactment assembly meets, authorities TV says
Iranian authorities tv reported Friday that a enactment assembly successful the state met and discussed however to clasp a gathering of the country’s Assembly of Experts, which volition prime the nation’s caller ultimate leader.
The enactment assembly includes President Masoud Pezeshkian, judiciary main Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi and cleric Ayatollah Ali Reza Arafi.
The connection provided nary timeline connected the enactment of the ultimate leader, nor accusation connected whether the Assembly of Experts would conscionable successful idiosyncratic oregon remotely for the vote.
Buildings associated with the Assembly of Experts, an 88-member clerical panel, person been attacked during the Israeli-U.S. airstrike campaign.
Warnings connected societal media usage sent to Dubai residents
Residents of Dubai person been receiving wide substance messages informing them astir their societal media activity.
A connection attributed to Dubai constabulary said that “photographing oregon sharing information oregon captious sites, oregon reposting unreliable information, whitethorn effect successful ineligible enactment and compromise nationalist information and stability.”
There was nary elaboration successful the message.
It comes arsenic Bahrain issued a similar, but sterner informing arsenic the Iran warfare rages connected crossed the Mideast.
The United Arab Emirates is simply a federation of 7 autocratic sheikhdoms location to Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
The UAE, portion socially wide successful galore regards compared with its Middle Eastern neighbors, has strict laws governing look and bans governmental parties and labour unions.
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