Middle East live: US air strikes on Iran’s Qeshm island kill three people
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Middle East live: US air strikes on Iran’s Qeshm island kill three people
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A US attack killed three people, including a two-year-old child, on Iran’s Qeshm island, the Fars news agency reported on Thursday after the US military said it wrapped up a heavy wave of strikes. The US military said the strikes were retaliation for Iranian attacks targeting US military bases in Jordan. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates.
- US-Saudi strikes on Iraq killed at least 20 members of the Hashed al-Shaabi, an armed Iraqi alliance that includes pro-Iran groups, the alliance said.
- Iraq vowed to defend its sovereignty and to prevent its territory from being used against neighbouring countries following the deadly US-Saudi strikes.
- The US on Wednesday imposed new sanctions on entities it accused of being linked to Iran‘s Revolutionary Guards and of extorting commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
- US President Donald Trump said the United States would hit Iran very hard after an attack on the US military in Jordan.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)