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Australia weighing requests for assistance from countries attacked by Iran
Australia is considering defensive military aid to Gulf states affected by Iranian drone and missile strikes while repatriating over 1,500 Australians from the region, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said.
- On March 8, Penny Wong said Australia will consider Gulf requests for help against Iranian missile and drone attacks, emphasizing no ground troop deployment.
- Action-first: U.S.-Israel strikes prompted Iran to retaliate with drone and missile attacks targeting Israel and Gulf states including the UAE, Bahrain, and Qatar last week.
- Three Australian Defence Force submariners were on a U.S. submarine that sank the IRIS Dena on March 4 under AUKUS training rotations and did not take part in offensive action.
- Disrupted flights forced Dubai and Doha to suspend services, stranding passengers as some 115,000 Australians were in the Middle East and more than 1500 returned on resumed commercial flights.
- Amid alliance pressure, Australia is balancing close ties with the United States while reiterating it will not deploy troops and has called for de-escalation as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims targeting more than 200 locations and sustaining operations for six months.
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Australia considers military aid for Gulf nations
Australia is weighing up an appeal for military aid by Middle Eastern countries under attack from Iran.Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong told the ABC Insiders programme today the federal government had received requests from nations for protection against drone and missile attacks.Iran has targeted pro-western neighbours, including the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, over the past week in a campaign of air attacks.READ MORE: Oil…
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