Amman, July 27 (IANS) The Royal Jordanian Air Force intercepted and shot down two drones targeting the kingdom on Monday morning, the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) said.In a statement, the JAF said the interception caused no casualties or damage.Royal Engineering Corps teams were dispatched to the sites where the drone debris fell and secured the areas in accordance with established technical and security procedures, Xinhua News Agency reported.The JAF said it continues to monitor the kingdom’s a…
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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…
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 York, July 22 (IANS) An Indian-descent US soldier, Angela Rampersad, is feared killed during an Iranian attack on a base in Jordan, according to the Pentagon.The 25-year-old Army sergeant “is believed to have been killed in action on July 17, 2026, during an enemy attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan”, the Department of War said.“The incident is under investigation”, it said.She was previously listed as missing and her “status was updated to a Duty Status – Whereabouts Unknown…
Washington, July 22 (IANS) US forces successfully completed the 11th consecutive evening of strikes against Iran at 8:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday (US time), said US Central Command (CENTCOM).In a post on X, CENTCOM said: “CENTCOM assets targeted Iranian military operations centers, maritime capabilities, aircraft hangars, drone storage facilities, and military logistics infrastructure to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.”According to the Central Co…
Tehran, July 21 (IANS) Iran’s armed forces said Tuesday that they have carried out missile and drone strikes against the US bases, assets and infrastructure in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan following another round of US attacks on Iran.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in statements carried by its official news outlet Sepah News that its aerospace forces targeted US air defence systems, radar facilities, communications infrastructure and other military assets in Bahrain and Kuwai…
Washington, July 21 (IANS) The US military has launched a new round of strikes against Iran, according to the US Central Command (CENTCOM), as tensions between the two countries continue to escalate.In a post on X, CENTCOM said: “Today at 4 p.m. ET, U.S. forces began a new round of strikes against Iran at the Commander in Chief’s direction. The strikes are designed to further degrade Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.”Earlier, CENTCOM sa…
Tehran, July 20 (IANS) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday that its naval forces had delivered ‘heavy blows’ to US assets and facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait through three rounds of missile and drone attacks, in retaliation for US attacks on Iranian provinces.In a statement on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC said it “destroyed” drone maintenance and repair hangars used by US units at Al-Sakhir Air Base in Bahrain in the first round of the strikes.In …
Washington, July 20 (IANS) Two active-duty US Army soldiers supporting ‘Operation Inherent Resolve’ were killed following an enemy attack on an airbase in Jordan, the Department of War said Monday.First Lieutenant Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Private Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, died after the July 17 attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, according to a department statement.Gonzales was killed in action on July 17, the day of the attack. Feehan was killed in act…
Tehran, July 20 (IANS) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday that its forces earlier in the day launched retaliatory missile and drone strikes against US assets and facilities in Jordan and Kuwait.In statements published on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC said it struck with ballistic missiles the US Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft at an airport in Jordan’s port city of Aqaba, and heavily damaged a number of them.It added that i…