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US Conducts Strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island Amid Diplomatic Talks
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In Short: US military carried out strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island, as diplomatic efforts to ease tensions continue.
US military conducted limited strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, according to US media reports cited by Al Jazeera and Gulf News.
The explosions on Qeshm Island were reported shortly after US President Donald Trump rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as per Al Jazeera and Kaieteurnewsonline.
US officials have had several conversations with Iranian counterparts, including a letter sent by Trump to Iran’s security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, as reported by Al Jazeera.
Despite the strikes, Trump and his team expressed optimism about the prospects for a negotiated settlement with Iran, according to Al Jazeera.
Iran warned against any new US attacks, citing intelligence suggesting such a move was being prepared, as reported by Reuters and Fox News.
The US government watchdog released a report on the impact of the Iran war, highlighting military weapon shortages and damage to US assets in the Middle East, as reported by The Indian Express.
Tensions in the Horn of Africa escalated with Eritrea severing diplomatic ties with Ethiopia, amid renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, as reported by Sunatimes.
The BRICS summit in New Delhi marked a diplomatic success for India, as the grouping agreed on a New Delhi Declaration despite divergent interests, as reported by Telanganatoday.
Classified memos indicate a coordinated push by Iranian networks to target American citizens and diplomatic staff in the Middle East and international hubs, as reported by Geosirius.
What's confirmed
- US military conducted limited strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, according to US media reports cited by Al Jazeera and Gulf News.
- The explosions on Qeshm Island were reported shortly after US President Donald Trump rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as per Al Jazeera and Kaieteurnewsonline.
- US officials have had several conversations with Iranian counterparts, including a letter sent by Trump to Iran’s security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, as reported by Al Jazeera.
- Despite the strikes, Trump and his team expressed optimism about the prospects for a negotiated settlement with Iran, according to Al Jazeera.
- Iran warned against any new US attacks, citing intelligence suggesting such a move was being prepared, as reported by Reuters and Fox News.
- The US government watchdog released a report on the impact of the Iran war, highlighting military weapon shortages and damage to US assets in the Middle East, as reported by The Indian Express.
- Tensions in the Horn of Africa escalated with Eritrea severing diplomatic ties with Ethiopia, amid renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, as reported by Sunatimes.
- The BRICS summit in New Delhi marked a diplomatic success for India, as the grouping agreed on a New Delhi Declaration despite divergent interests, as reported by Telanganatoday.
- Classified memos indicate a coordinated push by Iranian networks to target American citizens and diplomatic staff in the Middle East and international hubs, as reported by Geosirius.
What's still developing
- “Oil Prices are dropping like a rock, down almost $10 a Barrel, a record, because people feel that there will not be a War with Iran,” he wrote.
- Earlier, when asked by reporters if he was considering striking Iran after Tuesday’s midterm elections, Trump replied “no”.
- Earlier on Monday, the IRGC claimed it had captured two US drones, which it described as reconnaissance aircraft, south of Qeshm, using electronic warfare systems, and destroyed an MQ-9 drone east of the Strait of Hormuz.
- UAE hopes for diplomatic breakthrough: Dr Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President, said the UAE hoped the US and Iran would reach a diplomatic breakthrough but remained “braced for the worst” amid the threat of renewed fighting.
- Eritrea called the decision "astounding" and said it had "no option but to reciprocate in kind and sever all diplomatic ties with Ethiopia with all the negative corollaries that this entails".
- Algeria has decided to break diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, citing the exhaustion of all means of maintaining bilateral ties, Algerian state media reported on Thursday.
- Tensions in the Horn of Africa have escalated sharply after Eritrea severed diplomatic relations with Ethiopia, marking one of the most serious breakdowns between the two neighbours since their historic rapprochement in 2018.
- The diplomatic confrontation comes amid renewed heavy fighting in northern Ethiopia between federal forces and armed opposition groups.
- The achievement of the latest summit is not that it resolved the world’s conflicts; it is that it prevented those conflicts from destroying BRICS’ ability to talk to one another The unanimous New Delhi Declaration at the 18th BRICS Summit marks a diplomatic success for India, given the 11-member grouping’s divergent interests and fractured internal politics.
- After demonstrating its capability to hold together a highly heterogeneous grouping at a moment when consensus appeared particularly difficult, a much harder test for India is to use that consensus to produce concrete economic and diplomatic outcomes.
- Seoul said the two sides had agreed to keep the transfer secret, citing the men’s safety and diplomatic and security considerations.
- Last month, Israel gave the UK 30 days to close the consulate, after which it said British diplomats working there would lose their diplomatic status.