Washington, United States – AFP The United States on Wednesday condemned recent Iranian strikes in Pakistan, Iraq and Syria, which Tehran has claimed were carried out against “anti-Iranian terrorist groups.” “So we do condemn those strikes. We’ve seen Iran violate the sovereign borders of three of its neighbors in...
Baghdad, Iraq – AFP Iraq summoned Iran’s envoy in Baghdad and recalled its ambassador from Tehran on Tuesday in a sharp rebuke to its ally over deadly missile strikes on its autonomous Kurdish region. Iraq challenged Iran’s claim that the strikes targeted Israel’s intelligence services in response to recent Israeli assa...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran urged Monday the United States and Britain to “stop the war against Yemen” following their recent strikes on targets of the Tehran-backed Houthis. US and British forces have hit scores of targets in Yemen after weeks of Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, who say they are acting […]
ANKARA (AA) – The US has sanctioned two more companies for financially supporting Yemen’s Houthis, a State Department spokesman has said. “Iran’s financial support to the Houthis has fueled their unrelenting attacks on global commerce in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden,” Matthew Miller said in a statement. “The United States is today [&...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon has expressed deep concern about military strikes by US-led allied forces in the Red Sea and Yemen, warning that if the international community fails to act immediately to halt armed actions in the region, Israel’s war on Gaza could spread throughout the Middle East. The country’s Foreign Ministry in a statement [&h...
The US and UK’s strikes on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis rebels, aimed at stopping their attacks on Red Sea shipping, were designed to send a “very strong message” to Tehran, says Melanie Garson, Associate Professor in International Conflict Resolution at University College London. “In the absence of having been det...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Voicing concern over rising tensions in the Red Sea, China has called on “all relevant parties” to avoid a further escalation of conflicts in the region. Beijing said the parties should “remain calm and exercise restraint,” daily Global Times reported. The US and UK carried out airstrikes on multiple targets inside Yemen ...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has strongly condemned the airstrikes by the US and UK on Yemen’s Houthis. Russia’s concerns, voiced during discussion earlier this week of a US-sponsored UN Security Council resolution against Houthi attacks on ships, that the document will be “misinterpreted” and used to justify “illegal act...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Australia was part of the joint strikes targeting multiple Houthi targets inside Yemen, Defense Minister Richard Marles has confirmed. “Australia’s support of these actions came in the form of personnel in the operational headquarters,” Marles told reporters in Geelong, Victoria. The action taken was about “maintaining fr...
ANKARA (AA) – Electric carmaker Tesla has said it will halt production at its facility in Germany for two weeks, citing supply chain disruptions due to the Red Sea shipping attacks. “Due to a lack of components, we are therefore forced to suspend vehicle production at GigaBerlin for the period between January 29 and February [&hell...
