US launches strikes in northwest Iran as Middle East tensions flare
US forces intercepted Iranian missiles and struck Iran-backed militias in Iraq, with American air raids reported near Iran’s northwest border.
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AIStrikes have resumed across the Middle East, as the US military announced it had intercepted Iranian missiles and launched attacks on Iran-backed militias in Iraq.
According to Iranian media reports cited by Al Arabiya, the US military carried out airstrikes on areas near the border with Iraq in northwest Iran.
American fighter jets targeted several sites belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in border regions between Piranshahr and Hajji Omran, in West Azerbaijan province, northwest Iran.
Border bases in Sarjashmeh, Mam Jalal, and Sankaj Sefidan also came under attack, while US reconnaissance drones continued intensive surveillance of these locations.
Several drones targeted the Balisan heights in the Khalifan area near Erbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, with the assault reportedly launched from the Piranshahr axis.