While Riyadh was technically just defending sovereign and regional airspace, historic shift shows Sunni powerhouse acting against Iranian threats while maintaining public distance from Israel. Kingdom sent helicopters to down UAVs in regional airspace – including over Iraq and Jordan.
US lawmakers start legislation to supply Israel with bunker-busting bombs if Iran resumes nuclear program.
The Iranian regime refused to name the replacement for the Iranian general staff's Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters after two previous commanders were killed in days.
"No one exactly knows what has transpired in Fordo. That being said, what we know so far is that the facilities have been seriously and heavily damaged," Iran's foreign minister states in television interview with CBS News that aired Tuesday.
Iran mounted a comprehensive campaign to undermine American public support for military action against its nuclear facilities by deploying a sophisticated bot network that disseminated hundreds of thousands of deceptive messages, according to groundbreaking research commissioned by the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs.
Expert warns Iran's weakened conventional defenses may accelerate nuclear weapons pursuit as regime seeks new deterrent capabilities. Its nuclear weapons potential doesn't depend exclusively on large-scale industrial infrastructure.
Hackers claim 100 gigabytes of stolen communications from White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Roger Stone amid escalating tensions.
"It was obliteration. Israel is doing a report on that now, they have guys that go in there after the hit," president says. White House releases statement by Israel's atomic commission, confirming program "set back by many years." Trump stressed, "Can you imagine after all that, that they're going to say 'Oh, let's go do a bomb'?"
According to official speaking with the Washington Post, the strikes inflicted enormous damage, especially on Fordow. Statement comes hours after US media lay doubt on effectiveness of strikes. "The sites that we hit in Iran were totally destroyed, and everyone knows it," Trump attacks CNN report.
Body cameras capture moment Israeli police save lives – both human and animal – from Tel Aviv strike scene.
