US Strikes Hit Iranian Missile Systems and Air Defenses Around Hormuz
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Houthis Confirm Saudi F-15 Shot Down by Locally Made Surface-to-Air Missile
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Saudi Forces Intercept Houthi Drone Over Mecca Airspace
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Israel Kills Hamas Rafah Brigade Commander in Joint IDF-Shin Bet Operation
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Israeli Drones Deploy Over Beirut and Southern Suburbs
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Iran Claims Second MQ-1 Drone Downed Near Strait of Hormuz
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Take Shelter Order Issued in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Oil Hub
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Iranian Drones Strike US Data Centers in Gulf on Day One of War
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IRGC Mines Strike Supertanker on Fire in Strait of Hormuz
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Israeli Airstrike Hits Mansouri in Southern Lebanon After Two Days of Quiet
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Declassified Footage Shows Rescue of US Pilots After F-15E Shot Down Over Iran
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Iran-Backed Iraqi Militias Refuse Disarmament as US Troops Exit
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Pakistan Condemns Houthi Drone Attack on Mecca
🕌 ISLAMABAD — Islamabad condemns loudly; what it won't do is act. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Pakistan's condemnation is calibrated — strong enough to signal Sunni solidarity with Riyadh, silent enough to avoid entangling Islamabad in Yemen. With MBS in Cairo seeking Egyptian troops, Sharif's statement is a diplomatic
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Houthis Confirm Saudi F-15 Shot Down by Locally Made Surface-to-Air Missile
🎯 YEMEN — Riyadh's air superiority just became the war's biggest open question. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: An indigenous Houthi SAM killing an F-15 ends the assumption underpinning 52 daily strikes. Saudi pilots now fly into contested airspace over Taiz and Dhubab without reliable threat data. Riyadh's
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US House Passes War Powers Resolution on Iran for Third Time
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