The US president said he had reached an agreement with the Israeli prime minister to stop US aid to Israel by the end of the year. The Houthis said they had conducted massive attacks against Saudi coalition forces. “Dozens of Saudi mercenaries were killed and wounded,” they reported. The US has attacked the Iranian island of Qeshm, US officials said. Green light for negotiations from Khamenei.
Donald Trump has announced that he has reached an agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop US aid to Israel by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, the Houthis said they had conducted massive attacks against Saudi coalition forces and inflicted heavy casualties. "Dozens of Saudi mercenaries were killed and wounded," military spokesman Yahya Saree said.
The United States attacked the Iranian island of Qeshm on Monday, US officials said. The Wall Street Journal reports it, confirming what was reported by the Tehran media. This is the latest in a series of limited missions that Washington has secretly conducted against the country in recent weeks, even as President Donald Trump continues to raise the possibility of a diplomatic agreement. The offensive comes after some statements by the tycoon which have effectively downplayed the hypothesis of a resumption of hostilities against Iran after the mid-term elections. In fact, Iran for its part is accelerating negotiations with the USA, with the green light from Khamenei, to prevent the war from resuming.
"They were building an anti-aircraft installation. We watched them build it, and as soon as it was completed, we hit it last night." American President Donald Trump stated this in an interview with Fox News, confirming the US attack against an Iranian air defense structure, in the aftermath of the raids on the island of Qeshm, in the Strait of Hormuz. "It took them about two months to build it. It was just a minor attack, it wasn't a war - explained the tycoon - When you talk about war, this isn't really a war. We hit them very hard at the beginning, but that was it."
Two individuals linked to the Lebanese group Hezbollah have been arrested by Syrian authorities on charges of planning an operation to sabotage an important refinery although the pro-Iranian group has denied the accusations. Since September, Damascus has reported unclaimed attacks on gas and oil pipelines in various parts of the country. Intelligence services and internal security forces have "thwarted a terrorist plot hatched by a cell affiliated with the Hezbollah militia that targeted the Homs refinery" in central Syria, according to a statement from the security forces. They arrested "the members of the cell and seized explosive devices (...) that would have been used in the attack on the refinery", he adds. The Homs refinery is the only one operational in the country; the Banias refinery, on the coast, is currently undergoing maintenance after years of war.
"My approval rating in Israel is 99%. If people get tired of me in the United States, I will move to Israel and become prime minister." Donald Trump said this jokingly in an interview with Fox.
"America's barbarism, eroding trust in international institutions, is pushing the world toward nuclear deterrence." This was stated by Mohammad Mokhber, a high-profile advisor to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Mojtaba Khamenei.
American President Donald Trump has announced that he has reached an agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop US aid to Israel, amounting to around 4 billion dollars per year, by the end of the year. "Netanyahu and I reached an agreement months ago to stop them. And that's fine with them, because they've become a very successful country and we're not going to pay Israel anymore," Trump said in an interview with Fox News.
Egypt and Oman agree to focus on diplomacy to avoid a resumption of the conflict between the United States and Iran, fearing a new US-Israeli offensive after the midterm elections. The Egyptian Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty, and his Omani counterpart, Badr Al-Busaidi, agreed during a telephone call to continue the consultations.
“I'm not trying to kill a bunch of people,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News. Asked what will happen after the elections, he replied: "We'll see."
"We've decimated Iran. Last night we hit Iran really effectively." Donald Trump said this in an interview with Fox.
''For four years we have witnessed an unbridled attack against the Haredim (ultra-Orthodox), from morning to night, by the media and the left bloc. Now we are witnessing blatant hypocrisy,'' Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyhau declared in a statement.
The Houthis announced that they had conducted massive attacks against Saudi coalition forces and inflicted heavy casualties. “Dozens of Saudi mercenaries have been killed and wounded,” military spokesman Yahya Saree wrote on X.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, among the advisors of the Board of Peace wanted by Donald Trump to manage the future of the Gaza Strip, is expected in Israel this evening to meet several ''senior officials''.
“No country will benefit from war.” This was stated by the Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, adding that "the Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has granted the government some powers to pave the way for negotiations".
“The behavior of the United States indicates that it either does not take diplomacy seriously, or simply considers it a tool of coercion, extortion and imposition of its own demands,” says Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei.
“We are still in a state of war.”
