The Iranian army said on Friday that it launched a drone attack on \u201cstrategic” US facilities at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base in Kuwait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement, the army said \u201cfighter aircraft hangars, satellite communication systems, and equipment warehouses\u201d at the base were targeted by explosive drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The army described Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base as a \u201ckey hub\u201d for US aerial and surveillance operations and logistical support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was no immediate comment from Kuwait or the US on the Iranian report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iran receives bodies of IRGC members killed in US-Saudi strikes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The IRGC on Friday received the bodies of five members of the IRGC from the “recent US and Saudi attacks on the command centers of the Popular Mobilisation Forces.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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The bodies were brought into the country via the Mehran border crossing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Separately, Iran’s ambassador to Iraq stated that Iraq’s tribes “announced their complete readiness to defend Iran”<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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Iraq rejects claims it facilitated US-Saudi strikes, says \u2018no prior knowledge\u2019 of attacks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Iraq\u2019s government on Thursday rejected allegations that it had facilitated recent US-Saudi strikes, saying it neither approved nor had prior knowledge of the attacks and would not allow its territory to be used to target neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Government spokesman Haider al-Aboudi said the Ministerial Council for National Security condemned the US-Saudi attacks as a violation of Iraq\u2019s sovereignty, according to the Iraqi News Agency<\/em> (INA<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe government has always believed that diplomacy and dialogue are the only way to spare the region further crises and escalation,\u201d Aboudi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read: <\/strong>Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, 12 other countries announce multinational maritime defence coalition<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n He stressed that Iraq \u201chas not and will not allow\u201d its territory to be used as a launchpad for attacks against neighbouring countries, saying the government had neither granted approval for strikes on specific sites or groups inside Iraq nor had any prior knowledge of the attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aboudi said Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi\u2019s planned visit to Saudi Arabia had been postponed following the attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He added that Iraq remained committed to partnership and good-neighbourly relations with all countries and had avoided being drawn into regional conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Aboudi, the strikes targeted seven Iraqi provinces, killing more than 18 members of the Popular Mobilisation Forces and wounding 20 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said Baghdad had asked Saudi Arabia to provide evidence supporting its allegations that Iraqi territory had been used to launch attacks, adding that investigative committees formed by the Iraqi government had found no evidence to substantiate the claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe call on Saudi Arabia to share the security information it possesses so it can be verified,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aboudi reiterated that September 30 remains the deadline for ending the presence of the US-led international coalition against Daesh\/ISIS in Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The remarks came a day after the US and Saudi Arabia carried out coordinated strikes on targets in Iraq early Wednesday, with Baghdad condemning the attacks as a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Saudi Arabia said the strikes were conducted in self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter following attacks launched from Iraqi territory against the kingdom\u2019s petroleum facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n US President Donald Trump has said the strikes were coordinated with the Iraqi government. Baghdad has repeatedly denied the claim, insisting it neither authorised nor had prior knowledge of the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran’s Aragchi presses European counterparts over use of bases in US operations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi urged Bulgaria to reconsider its decision \u200bto allow the temporary deployment of US military aircraft at the \u200cBezmer air base, Iranian state media reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During a phone call with his Bulgarian counterpart, Velislava Petrova-Chamova, Araghchi said Sofia’s approval of a US request to station military \u200baircraft at the base to support military operations amounted to facilitating \u200baggression against Iran, adding the move was unacceptable and contrary \u2060to the traditionally friendly relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran has repeatedly warned \u200bcountries allowing their territory to be used for US military operations against it \u200bthat they could “face consequences”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Araghchi held a separate phone call with Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, during which he stressed the importance of preventing foreign military bases in Cyprus from being \u200bused against Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bulgaria’s parliament last week approved the temporary deployment of up to \u200beight US KC-135 tanker aircraft and up to 250 personnel at Bezmer air base despite \u200cIranian \u2060objections. Sofia has said no offensive weapons would be deployed and that the move did not make Bulgaria a party to military operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cyprus hosts two British sovereign military bases, including RAF Akrotiri, which was struck by an Iranian drone \u200bin early March, \u200ba few days \u2060after Israel and the US initiated strikes on Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Britain agreed early on in the war to a US request \u200bto use British bases for defensive strikes against Iranian missiles in \u200bstorage \u2060depots or launchers. Britain later clarified RAF Akrotiri would not be involved in its defensive agreement with the United States to use UK bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The broader defence arrangement was \u2060maintained \u200bby the new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham \u200bin July, prompting Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to warn Britain against facilitating US military operations against Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Netanyahu, Israel’s defence minister say Israeli forces blew up Hezbollah tunnels in southern Lebanon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said early on Friday that Israeli forces had blown up a tunnel system used by the Hezbollah group in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a joint statement, they said the tunnels in the Beaufort area formed a key part of Hezbollah\u2019s plan to infiltrate communities in the Galilee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They noted that around 700 tons of explosives were used in the operation, describing it as part of an ongoing campaign to dismantle Hezbollah\u2019s infrastructure in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The statement said the operation came after Hezbollah\u2019s \u201cblatant violation\u201d of the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier, Lebanese media reported a series of explosions as Israeli forces detonated explosives in the town of Hadatha, the outskirts of Deir Mimas near Beaufort Castle and the area between Arnoun and Yahmar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The developments came despite the signing of the US-sponsored “framework formula” agreement between Lebanon and Israel on June 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agreement provides for a gradual Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Lebanese territory in exchange for the deployment of the Lebanese army along with the disarmament of armed groups, in an apparent reference to Hezbollah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On July 21, the Lebanese army began deploying in the town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh as part of the first phase of implementing the agreement following the Israeli army’s withdrawal. 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