US EditionRubio will travel to Israel next week amid Iran tensions
Rubio's visit aims to address Iran, Lebanon, and Gaza peace plan amid U.S. military buildup and embassy staff authorized departures, reflecting escalating regional tensions.
- Early next week, Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of State, will make a quick trip to Israel, visiting on Monday and Tuesday to discuss regional priorities, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said Friday.
- Rising tensions follow a breakdown in nuclear negotiations in Geneva as a massive buildup of U.S. military aircraft and warships concentrates in the Middle East.
- The U.S. Embassy in Israel told staff they could leave and urged anyone considering departure to do so immediately, while Mike Huckabee urged eligible staff to take authorized departure TODAY and KLM suspended Tel Aviv flights.
- Multiple countries have pulled staff or warned citizens to avoid travel, including Britain, Australia, China and India, while KLM plans to suspend flights out of Ben Gurion International Airport and JD Vance meets Badr al-Busaidi today.
- The IAEA reported that Iran hasn’t granted access to nuclear facilities affected by the 12-day war, complicating verification efforts, as technical discussions are scheduled in Vienna next week.
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Keane warns Iran strike becoming ‘regional war,' says three Gulf states preparing for combat
More than 2,000 U.S.-backed airstrikes on Iran eliminated senior regime figures. including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in coordinated assault with Israel Defense Forces.
Once a Critical Partner, the Ayatollah's Fall Looks To Have Minimal Fallout for Russia’s War
With United States and Israeli missiles over Iranian skies and much of the Islamic Republic’s leadership already eliminated, the implications of the assault on Iran will reverberate throughout the Middle East and Eurasia for years to come. Across the Caspian Sea, Russian officials are certainly unhappy to see an aligned state under U.S. attack.
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on the 1st that the US and Israel's surprise airstrike on Iran in broad daylight on Saturday was an opportunity to seize the opportunity when Iran's top political and military figures, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, were all gathered for a meeting. The New York Times (NYT) reported that intelligence from the CIA played a crucial role in eliminating Khamenei during the raid.
Israel says 7 senior Iranian military figures killed in precision strikes
The Israeli military said it killed seven senior Iranian security officials, including IRGC commander Mohammad Pakpour and adviser Ali Shamkhani, in surprise Tehran strikes targeting Iran’s military and weapons leadership.
Israel killed "several figures essential to the management of Iran's campaign and government" after attacking "simultaneously" three places where meetings of regime leaders were held, said an Israeli military officer on Saturday. "The attack was based on an operational plan developed for several months, centered on an intelligence effort by the Intelligence Directorate to identify an operational opportunity at the time high officials of the regi…
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