The UAE today bore the brunt of Iran’s retaliatory attacks on GCC countries, saying it responded to 23 ballistic missiles and 56 drones today.
Iran says it has downed two US warplanes, the first shot down in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, the other crashing in the Gulf. Two US crew have been rescued at least one other is believed missing.
Iran’s military command said on Saturday that it had deployed a new air defence system to strike the US jets it had downed on Friday, and promised Tehran would “definitely achieve full control” over its airspace after more than a month of US and Israeli aerial dominance during the war.
Israel follows through on threats to blow up two main bridges over the Litani River in Lebanon, as Israeli forces expand their occupation in the south.Mohsen Rezaee, a senior Iranian official, suggests in a post on X that Trump should be dismissed instead of his generals.
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has dismissed a number of senior military figures, including the US Army’s chief of staff.
