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The Lebanese front is getting wilder
As the strikes on both sides continued throughout the day and night practically non-stop on both sides, a significant part of the international attention was focused both on the developments in Lebanon, where the Israeli forces appeared to continue both the strikes against targets inside the country, but also their ground attack, after Hezbollah’s decision to support Tehran with strikes against Israel.
On the front that reopened in the last 24 hours between Hezbollah and Israel, fierce clashes took place with the Israelis also reporting the first casualties as two of their soldiers were injured by an attack by the men of the Shiite organization. For their part, the Lebanese authorities announced that at least 72 people have lost their lives and more than 427 have been injured by the Israeli operations.
On the issue of Lebanon, Iran also intervened, arguing that in case its embassy in Beirut is attacked by Israel (as the Israeli side had threatened earlier) then all Israeli embassies around the world could be a target for Tehran.
At the same time, the situation attracted the interest of French President Emmanuel Macron, who had a series of telephone contacts, both with the Lebanese leadership and with US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to what became known, Macron asked for a de-escalation in Lebanon, but also for the ground operation from Israel not to proceed.
Chaos in Iraq too
The situation in Iraq also came to the fore today, as well as there – where there is a large Shiite population – the tension due to the attack by Israel and the USA on Iran is taking on dimensions.
According to reports, armed groups carried out attacks towards Kuwait, prompting the reaction of the government which summoned the Iraqi ambassador to protest, while shortly afterwards it became known that US bases in the country and in Baghdad were also targeted.
At the same time as the above, the Iraqi authorities announced that there was a general blackout in the country for an unknown reason, while the American embassy in the country called on all US citizens to find ways to leave Iraq “now”.
Reports of ground attack by Kurdish fighters from Iraq into Iran
Northern Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan have also come under the spotlight as there are growing reports of a US plan to use the Kurdish element that is strong on both sides of the border in Iraq and Iran for a ground attack against the Iranian regime.
The phone calls to Iraqi Kurdistan President Nechirvan Barzani have started pouring in, as he has received calls from Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, US President Donald Trump and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in the past 24 hours.
In this context, there are reports that a base of the Revolutionary Guards on the Iranian side of the border was attacked by a missile, while at the same time there are reports that the Guards also hit positions of Kurdish armed organizations in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Later and after there were reports from CNN and other international media about the possibility that the CIA was arming or making plans to attack the Kurdish organizations in the region, a report by iNEWS24 surfaced, according to which Kurds from Iraq have already crossed into Iran (two days ago) and taken up fighting positions.
Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin appeared to confirm the information, citing an American military official.
It is noted that the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) of Iraq (i.e. Barzani’s party) clarified that it is not part of this war with a related announcement.
Israeli invasion of Syria and the missile in Turkey
Also in the evening, the Syrian news agency SANA reported that Israeli forces have re-invaded southern Syria and that there were also bombings.
An alarm had earlier also been raised in Turkey, after the detection of a ballistic missile which was shot down by NATO forces in the region. According to some information the missile was aimed at Cyprus, but later a Wall Street Journal report claimed that the target was the Incirlik base.
The developments in Cyprus
Similarly in , with the first time there were reports of a suspicious object in Lebanese airspace resulting in the take-off of two Greek F-16s, and the second time late at night, with the reports claiming that this happened as a precaution. At this point it is interesting to mention that the Ministry of Defense of Britain supported him in a briefing.
The “central” front
With regard to the central theater of the war, which is Iran, but also the Israeli cities, and the Gulf countries, the severe blow with 100 aircraft and 250 bombs that Israel launched against a complex of buildings in Tehran, which according to the Israeli side housed the staffs of all the major security services and bodies of the Iranians, stood out.
At the same time, the reports of both the US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, and Caroline Levitt caused a special sensation, that before the completion of a week of war, the US and Israel will have complete sovereignty over Iran’s airspace, which means, as Hegseth pointed out, that they will be able to strike as and whenever they want inside the country. As far as Iran’s interior is concerned, in addition to the severe blows in Tehran and elsewhere, the Iranian authorities’ decision to extend the announcement of the name of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s successor caused a sensation.
Accordingly, in the central theater, a, resulting in at least 87 people losing their lives, 32 being seriously injured and with 101 Iranian sailors still missing.
The USA-Spain rivalry continues
Far from an ever-expanding field of operations, the rivalry at the level of politics and diplomacy continued with Spain’s rivalry with the American government taking on new dimensions. Following Donald Trump’s threats to end all trade with Spain because of its refusal to give its bases to the US for the attack on Iran, White House press secretary Caroline Levitt, in a briefing, argued that Spain has finally cooperated.
In less than an hour, the Spanish government through the mouth of its foreign minister Jose Manuel Albarez made it clear that it categorically denies that it agreed to cooperate and reiterated that its position is clear “no to war”.
