Category: 2. Middle East

A UN peacekeeper was injured in an overnight attack on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) position in southern Lebanon, which also resulted in fire, an official said Saturday, Anadolu reports.

UNIFIL…

Two more players of the Iranian women’s football team, which competed in the Asian Cup in Australia, and one member of the backroom staff have withdrawn their requests for asylum in the country, Iranian state media said on Saturday.

Seven members…

Amid the ongoing Middle East tensions, some Indian vessels have been permitted to transit through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s ambassador to New Delhi said on Saturday, Anadolu reports.

“Yes, we have allowed some…

The Iranian armed forces on Saturday called on residents and workers to move away from several major ports in the UAE amid escalating regional tensions, Anadolu reports.

In a notice, the forces called on people to…

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that countries, affected by Iran’s attempted closure of the Strait of Hormuz, will send warships in conjunction with the US to keep the strait “open and safe,” Anadolu…

March 14 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said four of five tanker planes targeted in an attack on a base in Saudi Arabia suffered “virtually no damage.”

“Four of the five had virtually no damage, and are already back in…

CAIRO, March 14 (Reuters) – The Palestinian Iran-aligned militant group Hamas has called on Iran to not target neighbouring countries, while still reaffirming Tehran’s right to respond to the U.S.-Israeli attacks.

This is the first time the group…

March 14 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that many countries would send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, but did not provide details on which countries would do so.

“Many Countries, especially those who are…

By Nidhi Verma and Saurabh Sharma

NEW DELHI, March 14 (Reuters) – India has sought safe passage for 22 of its vessels stranded west of the Strait of Hormuz, a foreign affairs ministry spokesperson said on Saturday, after Iran allowed a few Indian…

Here are the latest events in the Middle East war:

– Jerusalem blasts –

Explosions rang out over Jerusalem, AFP reporters heard, shortly after the Israeli military warned that it had detected incoming missiles from Iran.

The military said its…