Breaking Update on July 6:
Massive Ukrainian Counterattack on Russian Military Targets
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Poland's foreign minister says Vladimir Putin is making a mockery of Donald Trump's efforts to make peace in Ukraine. It comes as Volodymyr Zelenskyy hit out at Russia for its "cynical" overnight attack.
Russia launched its biggest overnight aerial attack of the war so far, with Ukraine's air force saying a combined 550 drones and missiles were fired at the country.
Kyiv was under an all-night attack, injuring at least 23 people, damaging railway infrastructure and sparking fires across Ukraine's capital, authorities said.
Russia said its forces successfully carried out strikes against military targets in the city.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the "cynical" attack began "almost simultaneously" with the start of yesterday's phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
[Sky News and other sources on July 4]
According to the German Federal Intelligence Service and two Dutch intelligence agencies, Russia is increasing its use of chemical weapons in Ukraine.
"The use of tear gas and chloropicrin by Russian troops has now become standard practice and is widespread," the German foreign intelligence agency and the Dutch military intelligence agencies MIVD and AIVD jointly reported.
Russia is thus violating the Chemical Weapons Convention, which aims to achieve a global ban on such weapons.
[DPA and other sources on July 4]
China supports a political settlement to the Ukraine crisis as early as possible. pic.twitter.com/2IToXGXO9h
After one of Ukraine's darkest nights, China announced its readyness to come about with an own proposal to end the bloodshed in Ukraine. China, more interested in doing profitable business than in fostering military conflict as long as it doesn't touch the question of Taiwan, might have something to lure Putin and Zelenskyj into an agreement. Just listen to Mao Ning, spokeswoman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs five hours ago.
Breaking Updates on June 25 / 26 / 28
Arab & Iranian opinion & Military Facts
كل ماوسوس لك الشيطان للتعاطف مع ايران
تذكر ما فعلته في
Every time Satan tempts you to sympathize with Iran, remember what that made in:
The accompanying comment on X where I found the above picture is treating Iran and Israel as equally evil for having incited war in the whole region.
Each of them in their own way: Iran by practising some kind of extreme Islam, that has even been exaggerated by the terrorism of the Islamic State (Daesh or ISIL) founded in Mosul, Iraq. Mosul then became a bombing target during the multinational fight against Daesh. Aleppo and Homs in Syria were partly destroyed during the civil war in Syria and which was directed against Basher al-Assad whose allies, Iran and Russia, helped him to survive until 2025.
On the contrary, Lebanon hosting the pro-Iranian Hezbollah ("Party of Allah") and Yemen using Iranian weapons in their pro-Palestinian fight against Israel became bombing targets of Israel. The continued war on Palestinians in Gaza and related hostilities between Jewish and Palestinian settlers in the Westbank of river Jordan not to mention.
As to the US who volunteered to lend a hand in the bombing of Iran's nucler facilities and of Daesh in Iraq and Syria, they are not specially mentioned, I think for tactical reasons. In fact, the place where the quoted X report came from is located in the Gulf states where they are used to make business with anybody, and where they like business partners serving their local interests when it comes to the US opposition towards Iran's nuclear program.
As we all know, Satan can approach in any disguise, as an innocent looking corrupt war-monger, as a bearded doctrinal cleric or as an ill-tempered clown lacking proper education. I think, Steven Spielberg has all archetypes in his movies.
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الضربة الامريكية على ايران بين جنون نتنياهو والاعيب ترامب
ختاما نؤكد انه ربما نجح الرئيس ترامب في الوقت الراهن في امتلاك زمام المبادرة السياسية والعسكرية حيال إيران وضرب مفاعلاتها النووية إلا أن إيران في الواقع ما زالت تمتلك الكثير من الأوراق السياسية والقدرات العسكرية لإطالة أمد الصراع بينها وبين إسرائيل الأمر الذي لن تستطيع تحمله كما لن تكون امريكا قادرة على الوقوف الى جانبها في كل مغامرة او مخاطرة مقبلة ومن الجهل وعدم الواقعية الظن بأن الضربات الاستباقية الصهيو امريكية ستركع دولة عدد سكانها 90 مليون وفكرها مقاوم وتراثها يمتد الى آلاف السنين
The US strike on Iran between Netanyahu's madness and Trump's tricks
In conclusion, we emphasize that President Trump may have succeeded at the present time in gaining the upper hand in the political and military arena with regard to Iran and striking its nuclear reactors, but in reality, Iran still has many political cards and military capabilities to prolong the conflict between it and Israel, which [Israel] will not be able to bear, nor will America be able to stand by it in every future adventure or risk. It is ignorance and unrealistic to think that the preemptive strikes of the Zionist-American alliance will bring to its knees a country with a population of 90 million, a resistant mindset, and a heritage that spans thousands of years.
Another article from the same Arabic source is quoting an
opinion poll made by the Turkish news agency Anadolou:
رغم معارضتهم نتنياهو.. إسرائيليون يؤيدون الهجمات على إيران
Despite their opposition to Netanyahu, Israelis support attacks on Iran.
A number of Israelis who oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed their support for the attacks his government launched against Iran, despite their political opposition to him.
In an interview with Anadolu [Turkish news agency], Dobi Tadiber, a Tel Aviv resident, said that he does not support Netanyahu's political path, but he supports his 12-day attacks on Iran.
He added, "I hate Netanyahu, but the best thing he has done so far is attacking Iran. What he did was for the complete security of Israel."
He considered that the ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump was timely, describing the Israeli attacks as "legitimate and a lesson for the Iranians".
Tadebir believed that the time had come for Netanyahu's government to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
Ariel, a Tel Aviv resident, explained that the Israeli attacks on Iran were the right decision, despite his reservations about Netanyahu's intentions.
He added to Anadolu, "I don't think Netanyahu made the decision to attack with the sole intention of benefiting Israel, but it was a good decision overall."
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[رأي اليوم on June 25;
editor-in-chief is Abdel Bari Atwan who earlier
directed the Palestinian paper Al-Quds al-Arabi]
Ultimate comment by Ayatollah Khamenei on the outcome
of Israel's surprise attack on Iran [الجزيرة on June 26]:
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said that Iran had achieved a "clear victory" over Israel, confirming that "the Zionist entity almost collapsed under the blows of the Islamic Republic and was crushed to a great extent," as he described it.
In a televised statement on Thursday, he added, "The Zionist entity was shaken by our strikes, and it never imagined that it would receive such devastating blows."
In his above video speech the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei greeted the people on the occasion of what he called "victory over the artificial Zionist entity," and Khamenei said that America entered the war because it felt that the Zionist entity would be destroyed, but it did not achieve any success with its intervention, he added.
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A rare glimpse at some of my visitors
coming from the neighbourhood of
Ohio Statehouse in Columbus (USA),
the Dome of Milano (Italy) and from
a small town on a Philippine island,
telling us what they are looking for.
Live: The United States launches an attack on three nuclear facilities in Iran, and Trump describes it as "very successful."
US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the US military had carried out a "very successful attack" targeting three Iranian nuclear sites, including the underground Fordow uranium enrichment facility.
Trump explained in a post on his Truth Social platform that the strikes included the Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan facilities, noting that "a whole load of bombs" were dropped on the main site at Fordow, and that the aircraft carrying out the operation left Iranian airspace "safely" and were "on their way home".
This escalation comes just two days after he announced that he would make a decision "within two weeks" on joining the Israeli military campaign against Tehran.
[France24 in Arabic on June 22]
مباشر: الولايات المتحدة تنفذ هجوما على ثلاث منشآت نووية في إيران وترامب يصفه بـالناجح جدا
أعلن الرئيس الأمريكي دونالد ترامب السبت أن الجيش الأمريكي نفذ "هجوما ناجحا جدا" استهدف ثلاثة مواقع نووية إيرانية، من بينها منشأة فوردو لتخصيب اليورانيوم الواقعة تحت الأرض
وأوضح ترامب في منشور على منصته "تروث سوشال" أن الضربات شملت منشآت فوردو ونطنز وأصفهان، مشيرًا إلى أن "حمولة كاملة من القنابل" أُسقطت على الموقع الرئيسي في فوردو، وأن الطائرات المنفذة للعملية غادرت الأجواء الإيرانية "بسلام" وهي "في طريق عودتها إلى الوطن"
ويأتي هذا التصعيد بعد يومين فقط من إعلانه أنه سيتخذ قرارًا "خلال أسبوعين" بشأن الانضمام إلى الحملة العسكرية الإسرائيلية ضد طهران
[فرانس24]
Seven B-2 stealth bombers took off from U.S. mainland at Whiteman air base, Missouri, and refueled in mid-air shortly after takeoff, indicating that they were fully loaded with heavy bunker breaking bombs. In addition, some cruise missiles were launched from U.S. warships in the Pacific.
June 20, 2025 08:10
International Atomic Energy Agency: We have no relation to the decision to wage war on Iran.
Rafael Grossi, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told CNN on Thursday [June 19] that the evidence the agency has collected regarding Iran's nuclear program "is difficult to form the basis for any military action".
Grossi added, "Military action, regardless of its source, is a political decision that has nothing to do with what we say".
After Israel launched its first strikes on Iran, it pointed to a recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran is enriching uranium at a higher level than other countries that do not have nuclear weapons programs, in violation of its commitments under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
However, Grossi said that there is no indication of a "systematic program in Iran to produce nuclear weapons".
When asked if he was concerned about the possibility of an American strike on the Fordow (*) facility, Grossi replied, "Diplomacy is the way forward". He added, "You can demolish buildings, but you can't destroy technical knowledge".
(*): A successful attack on the Fordow facility
would imply the US participating with their MOAB
weapon, earlier alleged as "Mother of All Bombs".
Last News: The Iranian Foreign Minister is on his way to Geneva
for diplomatic talks with representatives from France, Germany &
Britain tomorrow Friday June 20.
June 19, 2025 12:44
The number of casualties in Iran's strikes on Israel on Thursday rose to 147 people.
The Israeli ambulance service and local media reported that the number of injuries from the Iranian rocket attacks on Thursday [June 19] rose to 147.
[The Israeli paper] Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the Iranian attacks injured approximately 37 people in Holon, 42 in central Tel Aviv, 21 in Beersheba, 13 in Ashkelon, and 3 in Ashdod.
Iran announced on Thursday morning that it had targeted the headquarters of the Israeli army leadership and an intelligence headquarters, according to the Iranian news agency IRNA.
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June 19, 2025 12:14
Bulgaria closes its embassy in Tehran as war between Israel and Iran escalates.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Yelichev said that Sofia closed its embassy in Tehran and evacuated diplomats and their families to neighboring Azerbaijan as the war between Israel and Iran intensified.
Gelayazkov explained that the country had evacuated 12 people from the embassy and their families after Israel issued orders to evacuate the third district of Tehran.
He added, "The Bulgarian embassy is located in the area right next to this area, and we decided that the diplomatic team would leave the country," and he pointed out that the embassy would continue its work from Baku.
He said that the employees drove for 6 hours in a convoy to the border, where they waited another 6 hours due to border inspections.
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June 19, 2025 12:12
Israel: We have bombed Iranian nuclear sites in Bushehr, Isfahan, and Natanz and will continue to target other facilities.
A spokesperson for the Israeli army said on Thursday that army forces had bombed Iranian nuclear sites in Bushehr, Isfahan, and Natanz, and continued to target other facilities.
Earlier on Thursday, the Israeli military said 40 fighter jets participated in the attack on Iran's Arak nuclear reactor and other military targets during airstrikes.
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June 19, 2025 12:09
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping strongly condemn Israel's actions that violate international law.
During a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned "Israel's actions that violate international law," as the Israeli-Iranian war entered its seventh day.
The two presidents emphasized that "there will be no military solution to the issues related to Iran's nuclear program except through political and diplomatic means," according to the Kremlin.
The Kremlin noted that the two leaders also discussed the escalation of tensions in the Middle East.
[الشرق الأخبار on June 19 at noon]
Title of the above video: " سقوط صاروخ إيراني على مستشفى في إسرائيل"
" An Iranian missile fell on a hospital in Israel ". Scenes from
Tel Aviv (تل أبيب) and Beersheba (بئر السبع) where Iranian missiles
crashed this morning. Beersheba is situated in Israel's most
southern part comprising the Negev desert. It is in Beersheba
that a hospital was hit near a targeted military installation.
Late News (22:00 PM): Fires and extensive damage in Haifa as a result of Iranian bombing.
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Military strikes are continuing on a high level between Israel and Iran. While Israel is striking oil & gas facilities in Iran and the Iranian airport of Mashad, Iranian missiles destroyed a multi-storey residential building in Tel Aviv, leaving a scene that resembles Gaza city. In a nightly speech, Israel's PM Netanyahu has been fueling the volatile situation even more.
[Deutsche Welle DW on late afternoon of June 15]
The destruction of another residential building [ثابت سالم], belonging to an Arab family, might not be related to the current Iranian attack.
Roya TV is a Jordanian station based in Amman,
targeting family and youth, promoting democracy,
focusing on outreach activities to remote areas in
the country, creating awareness on human rights,
and empowering women.
Israel shot down 8 Iranian drones in the skies over southern Syria and targets the headquarters of the Iranian nuclear agency in Tehran. Israel urges Iranians living near nuclear reactors to evacuate their homes immediately.
[Syrian TV]
Latest Update added below in
the morning of June 15, 2025.
On early June 14, the Tel Aviv living quarter of
[ريشون لتسيون] was severely hit by a missile
that could not be intercepted. [Syrian TV]
At the same time, Israeli incursions into Iran continued.
Among the latest Iranian targets attacked is Busher
[بوشهر], site of an important nuclear reactor facility.
The video was published two hours later and is showing
what looks like a burning refinery. The airport of Tehran
was as well attacked and partly damaged.
Update on June 15:
After midnight, Al-Jazeera reported a successful Iranian attack
on Haifa.
During the night of June 14-15, Iran attacked again with
50 missiles. Most camera scenes of the video are showing
unspecified locations in Tel Aviv. The surveillance camera
below on the right gives a view on Weizmann Institute of
Science where laboratory buildings should have been hit.
The Weizmann Institute is described as the 'technological
backbone' of Israel's security sector.
Al-Arabiya TV:
China's Ambassador to the United Nations, Fu Cong, is being quoted by Xinhua News Agency as saying that his country condemns Israel's violations of Iran's sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity, and urges it to immediately cease all dangerous military actions. Fu Cong added that China opposes the escalation of conflicts and is deeply concerned about the consequences that may result from Israel's actions.
Local Arabic sources are reporting that about 150 ballistic missiles are being launched on Israel. Gaza people are allegedly cheering at Iranian missiles flying over their heads.
The above video is showing the center of Tel Aviv where several Iranian missiles crashed. One missile exploded in front of a restaurant in northern Israel. Traces of Israel's Iron Dome missile defence can be observed as well over Jerusalem.
First Arabic voices, published on the Facebook account of an Arabic TV station
at the time of attack, siding with a map of Iran showing most possible targets.
Early on Friday, Israel launched a series of wide-ranging strikes on nuclear and military sites in Iran, killing prominent military leaders. While Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed a "bitter and painful fate" for Tel Aviv, Washington denied its involvement in the strikes.
These strikes came two days before a new round of talks on the nuclear file was scheduled between Tehran and Washington in Muscat, Oman.
The full extent of the attacks and the damage they caused was not immediately clear, but the strikes raised fears that the conflict could escalate into a full-scale war between the region's two most powerful armies.
And here are some key points to understand the situation:
Israel began its first attacks at 3:30 AM local time in Iran (1:00 GMT), targeting nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories, and military leaders. The Israeli military said this was the beginning of a prolonged operation to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons.
Iranian media and witnesses reported explosions, including at the main Natanz uranium enrichment facility, while Israel declared a state of emergency in anticipation of a retaliatory Iranian strike with missiles and drones.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Iranian media announced the deaths of several leaders and scientists in the Israeli attack, including IRGC commander Hossein Salami, Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri, commander of the Imam Hossein Military Base Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, and several nuclear scientists.
[الجزيرة on June 13, 2025, 08:00 AM]
Situation report on June 13 at 10:30 AM:
Damages have been recorded at Tehran, Tabris
and the uranium enrichment facility of Natanz.
The TV report seems to be delivered from Amman,
Jordan, where the sky is under observation
for Iranian drones and missiles, some of which
have been reportedly downed by the Jordanian
Air Force before being able to reach the Israeli
airspace in an operation of retaliation for the
Israeli attack that took place only days before
planned talks between Iran and Arabic mediators.
A US government report on children's health cited "totally fabricated" studies to back up its findings, academics wrongly listed as the authors of those studies have said.
First released on 22 May, the report detailed causes of a "chronic disease crisis" among children in the US. An amended version was issued on 29 May after digital outlet NOTUS found it had used seven non-existent sources.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said there were "formatting issues" and the report would be updated, but it did "not negate the substance of the report".
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has promoted debunked claims that vaccines cause autism, leads the department behind the report.
[BBC London on May 30, confirmed by NY Times and DPA]
