TEHRAN -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday it has carried out missile and drone attacks on U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.
In a statement published by its official outlet Sepah News, the IRGC said its Aerospace Division attacked the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and the U.S. Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, in retaliation for the United States' overnight attack on an IRGC communications tower on Iran's southern Qeshm Island. (Iran-IRGC-Attacks)
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KUWAIT CITY -- Kuwait on Wednesday summoned Iran's charge d'affaires, expelled two Iranian diplomats and reduced the size of Iran's diplomatic mission in the country, reiterating its territory and airspace are not used to attack "any country."
In a statement posted on social media platform X, the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry said Deputy Foreign Minister Hamad Sulaiman Al-Mashaan handed an official protest note to Hamid Yaqoubi Far, charge d'affaires of the Iranian Embassy in Kuwait, over the ongoing attacks. (Kuwait-Iran-Diplomats)
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RAMALLAH -- The Palestinian Presidency condemned on Wednesday the approval by the Israeli authorities of the construction of 2,162 new settlement units in the West Bank.
In a statement published by the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, the presidency said that the Israeli approval of the new settlement units represents "a blatant challenge to international law and UN resolutions, foremost among them UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which affirms the illegality of settlements in all occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem." (West Bank-Israel-Settlement Units)
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ANKARA -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday warned about the negative impacts of the ongoing crisis involving Iran and the United States, while emphasizing the importance of securing energy supplies.
"We have all followed what happened since the first days of the Iran conflict, whose negative effects we have felt," said Erdogan when addressing an event for renewable energy investments. (Türkiye-Iran Conflict-Energy Supplies) Enditem
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