Tag: Middle East

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A Beirut Hotel Sheltering the Displaced Comes Under Fire 0 (0)

A Christian hotel owner opened her doors to Shiite Muslims fleeing Israel’s bombardment of the southern outskirts of Beirut. Then an Israeli missile struck the hotel, killing her 34-year-old receptionist. Israeli forces advanced in southern Lebanon on Monday, raiding new territory as part of a stated effort to expand a military-controlled buffer zone as it steps up its campaign against the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah. Read more: https://nyti.ms/3NqtGIm Video by Simona Foltyn, Adrian Hartrick, Ang Li, Mark Boyer, Santiago García Muñoz and Jon Hazell/The New York Times Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ———- Whether it’s [See More…]

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US responsible for Iran school strike, new video suggests 0 (0)

Footage has emerged that appears to show a US missile targeting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval base adjacent to the school where Iranian state media say scores of children were killed. A new video, posted on Mehr News, a semi-official Iranian news agency, is the first to show missiles striking the area in Minab, southern Iran, on February 28. The footage, which was filmed from a nearby construction site, shows a munition that experts said is consistent with an American BGM or UGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) striking a location inside the IRGC base. 0:00 New video [See More…]

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Desi Lydic Foxsplains Trump’s Iran Not-War | The Daily Show 0 (0)

For anyone with questions about Trump’s peacekeeping bombing campaign in the Middle East, Desi Lydic has been watching Fox News for 316 hours straight and is an expert on the thing happening in Iran that is absolutely not a war. #DailyShow #Foxsplained #Iran Subscribe to The Daily Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Daily Show: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailyshow Stream full episodes of The Daily Show on Paramount+: http://www.paramountplus.com/thedailyshow Follow Comedy Central: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComedyCentral Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComedyCentral Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comedycentral About The Daily Show: Jon Stewart and The Best F**king News Team host The Daily Show, an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning program [See More…]

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Iran war or Iran operation? Trump admin vs. GOP statements 0 (0)

Republican senators rejected a war powers resolution on Wednesday that would have required the Trump administration to seek congressional approval before continuing military action against Iran. Ahead of the vote, several Trump officials and the president himself referred to the conflict with Iran as war while many GOP lawmakers argued the opposite. 0:00 Senate votes to reject a war powers resolution on Iran 1:26 Trump administration officials and GOP lawmakers categorize the US military operation against Iran 3:44 GOP Rep. Says Iran conflict is “clearly a war” 4:23 Democratic Rep. reacts to Republican statements on the Iran conflict 7:01 CNN [See More…]

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Iran war: A satellite damage assessment on US military bases 0 (0)

Satellite images and videos show the extent of the damage to US military facilities in the Middle East from Iranian attacks. CNN’s Tamara Qiblawi reports. 0:00 Report on damage analysis at US military facilities in the Middle East 3:01 Military expert discusses an Iranian strike at a US base in Qatar 4:49 CNN correspondent reports on strikes against US interests in Dubai 6:58 CNN international diplomatic editor on attacks in Saudi Arabia Watch more CNN here: https://cnn.it/4kh5RPe #Iran #Trump #News CNN is the world leader in news and information and seeks to inform, engage and empower the world…brought to you [See More…]

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Global oil, gas shipping costs surge as Iran closes Strait of Hormuz 0 (0)

Supertanker costs in the Middle East have hit all-time highs, according to shipping data and industry sources, as the US-Iran conflict intensifies with Tehran attacking ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. #energy #iran #markets #business #oil #hormuz #israel #unitedstates #khamenei #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: https://reut.rs/4l8fnVd 👉 Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/ Follow Reuters on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reuters/?hl=en Reuters brings you the latest breaking news, business and finance video from around the world. Since our founding in 1851, we have [See More…]

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Israel strikes Beirut and Tehran simultaneously 0 (0)

Israel says it struck Hezbollah “centers of gravity” in the latest wave of strikes in Beirut as plumes of smoke were seen from impact sites in the Lebanese capital. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the strikes targeted command centers, weapons storage facilities, and more that belonged to Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters. 0:00 Video shows Israeli airstrikes hitting Beirut, Lebanon 2:31 A high-rise building in collapses in southern Lebanon 5:13 CNN chief international security correspondent reports on Iran’s response 7:00 How long does Israel expect conflict to last as it spreads into Lebanon? Watch more CNN here: https://cnn.it/4kh5RPe #Iran #Trump #News [See More…]

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Kuwait shot down 3 US F-15E jets on accident, US military says 0 (0)

Three US fighter jets went down “due to an apparent friendly fire incident,” US Central Command has announced. Kuwaiti air defenses accidentally shot the F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets down late Monday evening ET time. 0:00 Video shows a US F-15 fighter jet crashing in Kuwait 2:15 Retired US Army general weighs in on the incident 3:58 CNN chief international correspondent reports on the conflict from Iraq 5:44 CNN correspondent has the latest on Iran’s retaliatory attacks in Dubai 8:08 CNN correspondent on a drone attack at a British base in Cyprus Watch more CNN here: https://cnn.it/4kh5RPe #Iran #Kuwait #News [See More…]

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The real test of Trump’s Iran strategy: Regime change | Fareed’s Take 0 (0)

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria says President Donald Trump’s call for regime change in Iran will define the success or failure of his decision to launch a military campaign there. Three US service members have been killed in action as of Sunday morning as part of Operation Epic Fury and five more are “seriously wounded,” US Central Command said on X. It is not clear how the troops were killed, but Iran has been retaliating against US and Israeli strikes by striking US military bases across the region since Saturday. President Donald Trump warned in a video statement early Saturday morning that [See More…]

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Fmr. General Petraeus on the ‘big mistake’ Iran’s military is making 0 (0)

Retired general and former CIA Director David Petraeus and CNN global affairs analyst Brett McGurk evaluate the effectiveness of US-Israeli military strikes in Iran and weigh in on Iran’s retaliatory strikes across the Middle East. Cities across the region have been brought into the conflict, with Iran striking a number of Gulf countries in the past days. The United Arab Emirates said it has detected 165 ballistic missiles launched in its direction by Iran since yesterday, of which 152 were destroyed, and 13 fell into the sea. 0:00 Ex-CIA director David Petraeus reacts to growing tension between Iran and other [See More…]