Qatar denies detaining Iranian pilots, says it found remains of one
Iran says Qatar is holding three missing pilots, while Doha says search teams recovered one pilot’s remains after the aircraft violated its airspace.
- On Saturday, Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed at least nine people, including seven in the village of Ansar and two in Deir al-Zahrani, marking one of the deadliest days since the June 20 truce.
- Israel's military targeted a Hezbollah battalion commander in response to actions against Israeli soldiers, though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office alleged the commander used family members as human shields.
- Separately, a tanker owned by ADNOC was attacked Friday evening while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, marking the third such incident involving an ADNOC vessel in the critical waterway this past week.
- The Iran-backed Houthis attacked the Red Sea port of Mokha in Yemen on Friday, killing three people including two marines, in an escalation threatening to plunge Yemen back into civil war.
- Iran alleged on Saturday that Qatar is holding three of its pilots missing since March, accusing Doha of violating the men's rights by restricting communication with families despite diplomatic efforts.
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Qatari authorities have confirmed they are not detaining three Iranian pilots after their fighter jets were shot down during an attack on a Qatari military base in March, while Tehran has accused Qatar of violating international law.
Iran demanded on Saturday (15) the release of three of its fighter pilots who, according to Tehran, were captured during an attack on an American base in Qatar in March. The Qatari government denied the arrests, in the middle of the war in the Middle East. "Three Iranian pilots were captured alive by the Catarian forces after the fall of their Su-24 aircraft," on March 2, declared General Mohamad Baqerzadeh, quoted by Fars news agency. "Javad Sa…
Commander Calls on Red Cross to Investigate Welfare of Three Iranian Pilots Captured in Qatar
Iranian Air Force Su-24 Press TV Commander of the Missing-in-Action Search Committee of Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff has called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to urgently follow up on the fate of three Iranian pilots captured by Qatari forces. In a letter to International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President...
Qatar has rejected Iran's portrayal of holding pilots from the country.
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