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Cowardice dressed as diplomacy

Diplomacy

Cowardice dressed as diplomacy

France and Italy have joined Spain in pushing back on U.S.-Israeli military operations, sources said on Tuesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump singled out NATO allies in Europe as unhelpful in the month-long war, highlighting divisions.

Trump on Hormuz: Go take it

Strait of Hormuz

Trump on Hormuz: Go take it

President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged countries that did not help in the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran to buy American oil and go to the Strait of Hormuz and "just TAKE it."

The disarmament nobody checked

Lebanon

The disarmament nobody checked

For weeks, Beirut's new leadership - President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam - assured the international community that Hezbollah had disarmed south of the Litani River. The message was reassuring. It was also, as it turns out, either dangerously naive or deliberately false.

Beirut couldn't. UNIFIL wouldn't. Israel did

Lebanon

Beirut couldn't. UNIFIL wouldn't. Israel did

Israel will establish a buffer zone inside southern Lebanon and maintain control over the entire area up to the Litani River once the conflict with Hezbollah militants ends, Israel's defence minister said on Tuesday.

Israel vows to keep striking Iran for weeks to come

Israel

Israel vows to keep striking Iran for weeks to come

Israel is prepared for "weeks" more of fighting in Iran, a military spokesman said on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview the war was "beyond the halfway point."

Oil tanker struck off Dubai after Trump's latest Iran threats

Iran at war

Oil tanker struck off Dubai after Trump's latest Iran threats

Iran attacked and set ablaze a fully loaded crude oil tanker off Dubai on early on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump warned the United States would obliterate Iran's energy plants and oil wells if it does not open the Strait of Hormuz.

Bahrain arrests Hezbollah cell as Gulf States dismantle Iran's proxy network

Bahrain

Bahrain arrests Hezbollah cell as Gulf States dismantle Iran's proxy network

Bahrain has arrested three individuals accused of forming a Hezbollah-linked cell involved in espionage, coordination with foreign actors, and financing operations threatening the kingdom's security, the latest in a wave of Gulf states dismantling Iran's proxy network on their soil.

GCC condemns Iran's attack on Kuwaiti military camp

GCC

GCC condemns Iran's attack on Kuwaiti military camp

The Gulf Cooperation Council has issued a sharp condemnation of what it described as a brutal Iranian attack on a Kuwaiti Armed Forces camp, with Secretary-General Jasem Albudaiwi calling it a direct assault on Kuwait's sovereignty and a serious threat to regional stability.

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