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Following the reported killing of Supreme Leader Khamenei, Israel launched direct strikes on Tehran, with indications of US and UK involvement and the deployment of an additional US aircraft carrier. Iran has retaliated with widespread missile attacks, targeting US military bases in Kuwait and infrastructure in Gulf states including the UAE and Qatar, significantly escalating regional conflict. This intense direct confrontation and broader proxy warfare has triggered an emergency Gulf bloc meeting and halted regional air travel, signifying a broad and immediate Middle East crisis.

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Qatar, Saudi Arabia condemn Iranian attacks on Oman as ‘unacceptable escalation’

Middle East Monitor | | military

Qatar and Saudi Arabia on Sunday condemned Iranian attacks on Oman’s Duqm commercial port and an oil tanker off the country’s coast as “a violation” of Omani sovereignty and “an unacceptable escalation,” Anadolu reports. In a statement, the Qatari Foreign Ministry expressed its “strong condemnation

Gulf bloc set to hold emergency meeting on Sunday amid US-Iran conflict

Middle East Monitor | | military

The foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is set to hold an emergency meeting on Sunday amid a US and Israeli attack on Iran and retaliatory strikes by Tehran, Anadolu reports. The Qatari television Al Jazeera, citing an unnamed source, said the meeting will be held via video confe

4 top Iranian military officials killed in US-Israeli strikes

Middle East Monitor | | military

Iran’s armed forces said on Sunday that four senior military officials were killed in US-Israeli attacks on the country that started a day earlier, Anadolu reports. A statement said the officials were targeted while attending a meeting of the Defense Council. The statement added that those killed in

Afghanistan warns Iran war will impact whole region

Al-Monitor | | diplomatic

Afghanistan said on Sunday that the war in neighbouring Iran would negatively impact the whole region and expressed "deep regret" over the violence flaring in multiple countries. The Iranian flag was lowered to half-mast at the country's embassy in Kabul, an AFP journalist said, and a black cloth hu

Putin offers condolences to Iran’s president over assassination of supreme leader

Middle East Monitor | | humanitarian

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday offered condolences to his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian over the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, Anadolu reports. “Please accept my deep condolences in connection with the assassination of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic o

UK refuses to rule out joining offensive action against Iran

Middle East Monitor | | military

UK Defense Secretary John Healey said on Sunday Britain is focused on defensive operations but declined to rule out future strikes as tensions escalate across the Middle East, Anadolu reports. Speaking to Sky News and the BBC, Healey confirmed that the Royal Air Force jets are operating over the reg

US and Israel launch new wave of attacks on Iran amid threat of escalation

The Guardian | | diplomatic

US and Israel launch new wave of attacks on Iran amid threat of escalation  The Guardian US, Israel bomb Iran: A timeline of talks and threats leading up to attacks  Al Jazeera Experts react: The US and Israel just unleashed a major attack on Iran. What’s next?  Atlantic Council

#WarBreaking | Israel forces continue to strike Iran; two Iranian jets that were ready to take off were struck. “The issue is how to neutralise Iran in the greater Middle Eastern project,” says Hadi Elis, Middle East security expert. #Iran #Israel #UnitedStates #War #

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#WarBreaking | Israel forces continue to strike Iran; two Iranian jets that were ready to take off were struck. “The issue is how to neutralise Iran in the greater Middle Eastern project,” says Hadi Elis, Middle East security expert. #Iran #Israel #UnitedStates #War #  x.com

China's Wang Yi says attacks on Iran 'unacceptable', urges ceasefire and talks

Al-Monitor | | diplomatic

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, March 1 (Reuters) - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday that attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran during U.S.-Iran negotiations were "unacceptable", according to state news agency Xinhua. Wang said the "blatant killing

OPEC+ hikes oil production by more than expected following outbreak of Iran war

Al-Monitor | | military

Key members of the OPEC+ oil cartel announced a greater-than-expected increase to production quotas on Sunday following US and Israeli strikes on Iran that triggered retaliation by Tehran across the Middle East. The eight-strong V8 (Voluntary Eight) group in the alliance, which includes top oil pro

There is now an open path to a different Iran, EU's Kallas says

Al-Monitor | | political

BRUSSELS, March 1 (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Sunday that the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was "a defining moment in Iran’s history". "What comes next is uncertain. But there is now an open path to a different Iran, one that its people

Alireza Arafi selected as clerical member of Iran’s interim Leadership Council

Middle East Monitor | | political

Iranian authorities have selected Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, a clerical member of the Guardian Council, to serve on Iran’s interim Leadership Council, according to an official statement on Sunday. Mohsen Dehnavi, spokesperson for Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, said in a post on the US social m

Trump’s US-Israel war on Iran is denounced abroad, unconstitutional at home

Middle East Monitor | | military

While President Trump cast the opening salvo against Iran as an act of defence—insisting the strikes were necessary “to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime”—the scale of what followed shattered any claim of limited protection. The world awoke not only t

London: PFB raises over £41,000 for Gaza at its tenth annual iftar

Middle East Monitor | | political

The Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB) announced that it has raised more than £41,000 in support of the people of Gaza during its tenth annual Iftar, held in London and attended by more than 1,100 participants from across Britain, including members of the Arab community, friends of Palestine, and ad

In Khamenei's absence, pragmatist Larijani emerges as power broker in Iran

Al-Monitor | | humanitarian

By Ahmed Elimam March 1 (Reuters) - Veteran Iranian politician Ali Larijani, who said on Sunday a temporary leadership council would be set up after an air strike killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reemerged last year as one of the most powerful figures in the security hierarchy. He has b

Factbox-Middle East flights halted after US-Israel strike on Iran

Al-Monitor | | political

March 1 (Reuters) - Airlines continued to cancel flights across the Middle East on Sunday as much of the region’s airspace remained closed a day after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, killing Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and plunging the region into a new confl

Britain says it is for US to set out legal basis for Iran strikes

Al-Monitor | | military

LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey on Sunday declined to explicitly back strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran, saying it was for the U.S. to "set out the legal basis of the action it took". Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the air

Nine killed as protests break out in Pakistan, Iraq over Khamenei's death

Al-Monitor | | political

KARACHI, Pakistan/BAGHDAD, March 1 (Reuters) - At least nine protesters were killed when crowds breached the outer wall of the U.S. consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi, following news of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iraqi police fired tea

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