Israel announces the release of five Lebanese it was detaining
Israel announces the release of five Lebanese whom its army had kidnapped in southern Lebanon. “At the end of their interrogation, it appeared that these were citizens who were not members of any terrorist organization, who had not participated in terrorist activities and that there was no reason to continue to detain them in Israel.”
Revolutionary Guards vow to avenge US wedding attack
The leader of the Revolutionary Guards threatens to avenge the death of four people killed at a wedding by an American strike in the south of the country.
“The pure blood of these martyrs […] will not go unpunished and will certainly be avenged,” Ahmad Vahidi said in a statement broadcast by state television.
Six Iranian Navy members killed in US attacks
“During the criminal attacks carried out by the American terrorist army on September 1 on sectors of the country, six members of the navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran were martyred,” the Tasnim agency said, without specifying where they were killed.
ICRC returns man released by Israel to Lebanon
During its latest negotiations with Israel, Lebanon requested the release of a first group of Lebanese captured by Israel since the previous war with pro-Iranian Hezbollah in 2024. A committee of relatives of Lebanese kidnapped by Israel estimates their number at more than thirty.
Iran says it targeted US bases in Kuwait and Emirates
The Iranian army said Thursday that it had targeted American bases in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, after US strikes on its territory.
“This morning, the army struck with missiles and drones the satellite communication systems, equipment depots and combat aircraft hangars of the American terrorist army at the Ahmad al-Jaber air base in Kuwait,” said a military statement relayed by state television.
In the Emirates, “the radar systems of the American army” were targeted at the al-Minhad air base by missiles and drones, added this source.
Kuwait denounces repeated Iranian strikes, a “direct threat” to its security
Kuwait denounces this Thursday the Iranian attacks targeting it, after reporting new missile and drone attacks at dawn.
These strikes are “a direct threat” to the “security and stability” of the Gulf country and that of its citizens and residents, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release.
Iranian attack in Kuwait in response to American bombings
Iran attacked American military interests in Kuwait this Thursday, despite the threat of new bombings made by Donald Trump.
From the early hours of this Thursday, the Kuwaiti army indicated on X that it was facing “hostile missile and drone attacks following the despicable Iranian aggression”. “In response to the crimes committed by America against the Iranian people, missile and drone attacks are underway against American bases in Kuwait,” Iranian state television confirmed shortly after on the same social network.
Donald Trump's threats
At the end of another night of deadly American bombings followed by a major Iranian response, the American president warned on Wednesday that the United States remained ready to strike “at any time” the Islamic Republic.
“Last night we destroyed more than just their radar. The attack was very violent, and we are ready to launch another at any moment,” threatened the tenant of the White House.
Israel ready to respond “with force” to any Iranian attack
Israel said on Wednesday it was ready to respond “with force” to a possible Iranian attack, in the midst of a resumption of hostilities between Tehran and Washington.
“At the moment, (the Iranians) are carrying out strikes throughout the region, except on us. But it is possible that they will attack us and we are prepared for it,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said during a conference organized by the Israeli media Ynet.
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar assured him that Israel had “no intention of joining the war at this time”. “If we are attacked by Iran, we will certainly respond with force, but I am not sure that Iran will make this mistake,” he said in an interview with the France 24 television channel broadcast on Wednesday.
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Hostilities resumed on Sunday between Iran and the United States, ending a month of calm. Escalation, negotiations, then escalation again... The scenario has been repeating itself since the start of the war unleashed at the end of February and still without a diplomatic outcome.
At the end of another night of deadly American bombings followed by a large-scale Iranian response, Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that the United States remained ready to strike “at any time” Iran, which has sworn to “break” the American enemy.
Iran attacked US military interests in Kuwait on Thursday. The day before, he had already claimed strikes against United States allies in the region: Jordan, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates.
Israel said on Wednesday it was ready to respond “with force” to a possible Iranian attack. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gideon Saar, on the other hand assured that the Jewish state had “no intention of joining the war at the moment”.
