#iran-israel-conflict

#iran-israel-conflict

Thousands of flights were canceled across the region following the US-Israel attack on Iran on February 28 and subsequent retaliatory strikes. While some flights have resumed and many travelers who got stranded in places like Abu Dhabi and Doha have made it out, the travel disruptions are ongoing.

Damage to Iranian petroleum facilities risks contaminating food, water and air. Those hazards can have severe health impacts especially on children, older people, and people with pre existing medical conditions.

On Thursday, Azerbaijan's foreign ministry said that Iranian drones attacked the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. It's an exclave to the north of Iran, which is separated from the rest of Azerbaijan by Armenia. One drone damaged the terminal at Nakhchivan Airport, and another fell near a school building, the ministry said. Two civilians were injured, it added.

We were told it would leave several times shortly, but nothing happened. People were exhausted and worried about what was going on. The aircraft never left the runway, and passengers were eventually disembarked after hours of waiting.

A video posted on X March 1 showed a large, fiery explosion. 'THIS IS TEL AVIV. THANK YOU IRAN!' its caption read. However, this video was taken in 2015, when a chemical warehouse in Tianjin, China, exploded twice, killing at least 50 people and injuring hundreds more.

The UK's Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday that it was sending the HMS Dragon to the eastern Mediterranean along with two Wildcat helicopters to bolster drone defence for our Cypriot partners. One of the Royal Navy's six Type-45 air defence destroyers, the HMS Dragon is fitted with a Sea Viper missile system able to launch eight missiles in under 10 seconds and guide up to 16 missiles simultaneously.

Littleton is one of many United States citizens attempting to leave the Middle East per guidance from the U.S. State Department. The department posted on social media site X, instructing U.S. citizens to leave more than a dozen countries because of safety risks and to shelter in place until they are able to do so.

Appearing on state television just 24 hours after US-Israeli air strikes killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander, Mohammad Pakpour, Larijani delivered a message of fire. America and the Zionist regime [Israel] have set the heart of the Iranian nation ablaze, he wrote on social media. We will burn their hearts.

I think I'm incredibly happy that a dictator that has taken over my life and my country over the past 46 years has finally died. [But] I'm obviously very upset at the civilian lives that are at danger right now, I'm upset because my family is back home and I don't know what the future holds for them.

Hoping you can see that now, an Iranian drone literally just flew directly over our heads from Iran into Iraq. After that drone flew overhead they did close the border again for a period of time before reopening it. We then heard another drone going over.

Certainly the Oct. 7 events were a turning point in this long conflict between Iran and Israel. I think it provided Israel with the argument or justification to deliver a strong blow.

That the criminal American and Zionist [Israeli] aggression targeted our guardian, our leader, the leader of the Nation, Imam Khamenei (may his soul be sanctified), along with a group of leaders, officials, and innocent sons of the Iranian people, represents the height of criminality.