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Prime Minister Bart De Wever congratulated Belgium’s armed forces for “last night’s successful operation” and thanked France for its assistance. “Belgium will uphold international maritime law and the security of its territorial waters,” De Wever added in a post on X. Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot said in a separate post that the operation “was carried out within the International Task Force on the Shadow Fleet, alongside our G7, Nordic and Baltic partners.” The EU has struggled to stop Russia from exporting oil with the shadow fleet. As of December, it had designated about 600 vessels as part of the…
Published on 01/03/2026 – 10:59 GMT+1 Missiles and airstrikes hit multiple locations across Iran on Saturday as the United States and Israel launched military operation targeting sites in Tehran and other cities. Explosions were reported at political and security compounds. In response, Iran carried out retaliatory strikes on US military bases, Israel and other targets across the Middle East, marking a sharp escalation in regional tensions. Images and verified videos show the impact of the strikes in Tehran, Tel Aviv, Dubai and Bahrain.
8:01 GMT+1 Iran security official says Khamenei transition process to begin on Sunday Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani said the transition process following the killing of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will begin on Sunday.”An interim leadership council will soon be formed. The president, the head of the judiciary and a jurist from the Guardian Council will assume responsibility until the election of the next leader,” said Larijani, the head of Iran’s top security body, the Supreme National Security Council, who was an adviser to Khamenei.”This council will be established as soon as possible. We are working to form it…
Qatar has said there are no internal security concerns following Iranian attacks, which had been thwarted earlier on February 28. The Gulf state urged the public to rely on official information and avoid rumours. In statements carried by Qatar News Agency, the Ministry of Interior said the security situation in the country remains stable, with no indications giving cause for concern despite ongoing regional developments. The Director of Public Relations at the Ministry of Interior said, “We urge everyone to stay home except for absolute necessities, and we will not hesitate to take any legal action against those who spread…
Iran, thus, became the latest country after Syria and Venezuela to feel firsthand what partnership with Russia does, and doesn’t, mean. Since launching its full-scale war in Ukraine four years ago, the Kremlin has flexed its rhetorical muscle as the flag bearer of a so-called multipolar world. But, at decisive moments, its response on the ground in allied nations has been conspicuously anemic as their leaders came under attack. First, Syria’s Bashar-al-Assad learned in late 2024 that Russian backing did not guarantee the survival of his regime as rebel forces rampaged into Damascus. Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, sitting in an American prison…
At the national level, however, Europe’s message was less unified. In a joint statement, France, Germany and the United Kingdom stressed they “did not participate in these strikes” by the U.S. and Israel, while condemning Iranian counterattacks and urging Tehran to seek to a “negotiated solution.” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer emulated that balancing act, saying the U.K. had “played no role” in the strikes while condemning Iran’s “abhorrent” regime and saying Washington’s “primary aim” was to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Starmer added that British planes were already in the air as part of coordinated regional defense operations.…
Germany also said it had been informed in advance. Not so much Paris, however. French President Emmanuel Macron said the U.S. and Israel didn’t “inform or involve” France in the strikes. While several European governments emphasized restraint and de-escalation on Saturday, Sikorski adopted a sharply critical tone toward Tehran. Iran, he said, is “a country that for decades supported terrorism [and] organized terrorist attacks in Europe and on other continents, including against American targets.” He called the Iranian regime “an ideologized power” and “the last 20th-century utopia,” adding: “We had Nazism, we had communism, and now we have Iranian religious…
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Mit den koordinierten Militäroperationen „Epische Wut“ und „Brüllender Löwe“ haben die USA und Israel massive Angriffe auf die politische und militärische Führungsriege des Iran gestartet. US-Präsident Donald Trump zielt dabei offen auf einen von außen unterstützten Regimewechsel von innen ab. Die Region steht vor einem beispiellosen Kriegsszenario, das die ohnehin angespannte Lage seit dem 7. Oktober 2023 weit in den Schatten stellt. In dieser Sonderfolge spricht Gordon Repinski mit der renommierten Iran-Expertin und ARD-Journalistin Natalie Amiri über die historische Dimension dieses Angriffes. Als frühere Leiterin des ARD-Studios in Teheran und profunde Kennerin der Region ordnet sie die aktuelle Gemengelage ein.…
By Sertac Aktan with AP Published on 28/02/2026 – 16:25 GMT+1•Updated 17:43 The US and Israel’s attack on Iran disrupted flights across the region and beyond on Saturday, leaving millions of air travellers across the region affected. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel closed their airspace, and Qatar Airways Group cancelled flights to and from Doha. While planes en route to Israel were rerouted to other airports, flights by carriers like Emirates and Etihad were also affected by the UAE airspace closure, as both airlines urged passengers to check their flight status online. The General Authority of Civil Aviation in the State…