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US-ISRAEL WAR ON IRAN

UAE condemns attack on Kuwait as US strikes Iran

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Rocket trails are seen in the sky above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on April 4, 2026.

Brigadier General Ali Azmaei, a senior IRGC naval commander best known for leading the IRGC’s 5th Naval Region, is the newly-appointed commander of the IRGC Navy. He have been targeted, and possibly eliminated, during the latest Bandar Abbas strikes carried out by the US Central Command.

Did the US strike kill new IRGC Navy chief Ali Azmaei?

This handout satellite image taken by 2026 Planet Labs PBC shows damage at the military harbour in Iran's southern port of Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz on March 4, 2026.

US military launches new Iran strike, downs 4 drones

Vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Khasab on Oman’s northern Musandam Peninsula on May 17, 2026.

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Kuwait air defences engaged a wave of hostile missile and drone attacks.

Kuwait air defences intercept hostile missile attacks

US President Donald Trump speaks alongside Secretary of state Marco Rubio during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 27, 2026.

Trump draws red line on Hormuz control, warns Oman

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