Doha, July 27 (IANS) The State of Qatar on Monday strongly condemned the attacks that attempted to target oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. “The State of Qatar strongly condemns the attacks that attempted to target oil facilities in the Eastern Province and Riyadh regions in the sisterly Arab Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with drones launched from Iraqi territory. These are a flagrant violation of Saudi sovereignty, a threat to its security and stability, and a blatant breach of international law, the…
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Riyadh, July 27 (IANS) Saudi Arabia’s Defence Ministry said on Monday that its air defences had intercepted a number of drones launched from Iraqi territory, which attempted to target oil facilities in the kingdom.The ministry’s spokesman Turki Al-Malki said in a statement on social media that Saudi air defences intercepted and destroyed several drones over the past hours as they attempted to target oil facilities in the Eastern Province and Riyadh.Al-Malki said the attempts were launched from I…
Baghdad, July 25 (IANS) A booby-trapped drone was shot down on Saturday over Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, a Kurdish security source said. The drone was intercepted in the afternoon by the air defence system at the US Consulate in Erbil, with no casualties reported, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.Erbil has come under a series of drone attacks in recent days, with the US Consulate and the international coalition base near Erbil International Ai…
Tehran, July 24 (IANS) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Friday that its forces had launched fresh retaliatory strikes against the US bases and assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.In statements carried by its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC said the attacks were carried out in response to what it described as US “crimes” against Iran.The IRGC said its forces had struck and completely destroyed a “very large” US ammunition depot at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait wit…
Baghdad, July 24 (IANS) Five drones were shot down near Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Friday morning, while a sixth crashed in a nearby agricultural area, a local security source said.The source told Xinhua news agency that a total of six drones targeted Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. Five were shot down near the airport, while the sixth crashed, sparking a fire in crops and grass. Civil defence teams were dispatched to extingu…
Kuwait City, July 23 (IANS) The Abdali border crossing – Kuwait’s northern land port with Iraq – was targeted by drones, causing material damage with no casualties.“The Official Spokesman for the Ministry of Defence, Major General Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, stated that the Abdali border crossing was subjected, this afternoon, to an attack by hostile drones, which resulted in material damage, with no human casualties recorded,” the Kuwait Army wrote on X.He added that the specialised teams i…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) Monday facilitated the first export of frozen French fries from Uttarakhand to Iraq, marking a significant step in promoting value-added agricultural exports from the hill state and strengthening India’s processed food export portfolio.The inaugural shipment comprised 24 metric tonnes (MT) of frozen French fries exported by Virun Global Trade Private Limited from Kashipur in Udham Singh Na…
Tehran, July 20 (IANS) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Monday that it had attacked a US early-warning radar system and several military facilities in Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem Air Base in retaliatory action against Washington, local media reported. In a statement on Monday, the IRGC said that the US early-warning radar system was “completely destroyed” in a drone strike. It said that a warehouse sheltering aviation equipments, spare parts and drone hangar at Ali Al Salem…
Washington, July 20 (IANS) A US service member was killed in action in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said.Taking to social media platform X, CENTCOM on Sunday said, a second service member was wounded and continues to receive medical treatment for a minor injury.Separately, US military personnel found unidentified remains on Sunday after CENTCOM announced on Saturday the deaths of t…
Cairo, July 19 (IANS) The outskirts of Abadan in southwestern Iran’s Khuzestan province were targeted in a US missile attack on Sunday, which resulted in no casualties, the semi-official Tasnim news agency said on X, citing a provincial official.Abadan, home to Iran’s oldest oil refinery and bordering Iraq, was targeted in US strikes earlier this week.Meanwhile, Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain reported on Sunday fresh Iranian aerial attacks targeting their territories, which also triggered US refuell…