Category: 2. Middle East

US lawmakers blasted President Donald Trump’s “unilateral” action Saturday to strike Iran without seeking congressional authorization, Anadolu reports.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Trump “failed to seek congressional authorization for the use of military force and risks American entanglement in a potentially disastrous war in the Middle East.”

His statement came after Trump said American forces completed “very successful” airstrikes on…

Iran’s atomic agency strongly condemned on Sunday attacks on three of its highly fortified nuclear facilities amid rising regional tensions concerning the Iran-Israel conflict, Anadolu reports.

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said In a statement that the three sites came under a “brutal assault,” that “violates international law,” particularly the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), of which Iran is a signatory.

The agency said the…

Israelis expressed relief and optimism Sunday after US President Donald Trump ordered air strikes on Iran, 10 days into a war that has widespread public support.

Despite daily nerve-shredding trips to bomb shelters and growing damage around the country, Israelis appeared united behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to attack Iran on June 13.

Trump’s decision to authorise overnight bombing raids on Iran’s nuclear facilities has provided further reassurance after more than a week of…

Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said on Sunday that US President Donald Trump had started a new war for the US by attacking Iran, Reuters reports.

US forces struck Iran’s three main nuclear sites, Trump said late on Saturday, and he warned Tehran it would face more devastating attacks if it does not agree to peace.

“Trump, who came in as a peacemaker president, has started a new war for the US,” Medvedev wrote on his…

A Yemeni Houthi official said on Sunday that the Iran-aligned group’s response to the US attack on Iran was “only a matter of time”, Reuters reports.

Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi movement’s political bureau, told Al Jazeera Mubasher TV that its ceasefire deal with Washington was before the “war” on Iran.

The group has been launching attacks on shipping lanes and Israel in what it says is in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza during…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced concern Saturday after the US carried out strikes against Iran, warning about a “dangerous escalation” in the region, Anadolu reports.

“I am gravely alarmed by the use of force by the United States against Iran today. This is a dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge – and a direct threat to international peace and security,” Guterres wrote on X.

His remarks came after US President Donald Trump…

US President Donald Trump warned Iran against retaliating to American strikes on key nuclear facilities, saying Saturday that it would face unprecedented “tragedy” if it launches counter-attacks, Anadolu reports.

Trump said the “massive precision strikes” he authorized against the Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites “were a spectacular military success,” leaving those facilities “completely and totally obliterated.”

“Iran, the bully of the…

PARIS, BEIRUT — Reaction to the United States’ overnight strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities ranged from cautious concern to outright condemnation. Saudi Arabia denounced the move as a “violation of the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” while countries such as Turkey and the United Arab Emirates expressed “deep concern” over the escalation.

The US military joined the Israel-Iran war on Saturday by launching strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites ( Fordow, Natanz and…

First responders fanned out across Israel Sunday following fresh waves of Iranian missile strikes that left pockets of devastation in their wake — as the Islamic republic hit back after a US attack on its nuclear sites.

In both Haifa and areas around Tel Aviv, the scenes were all too similar.

Rubble filled streets at impact sites as the facades of apartment buildings were eviscerated by the falling projectiles, as rescue teams picked through the debris looking for people.

In the Ramat Aviv…

First responders fanned out across Israel Sunday following fresh waves of Iranian missile strikes that left pockets of devastation in their wake — as the Islamic republic hit back after a US attack on its nuclear sites.

In both Haifa and areas around Tel Aviv, the scenes were all too similar.

Rubble filled streets at impact sites as the facades of apartment buildings were eviscerated by the falling projectiles, as rescue teams picked through the debris looking for people.

In the Ramat Aviv…