Iran war live: IRGC says US drone downed, tankers hit in Straight of Hormuz
Al Jazeera · Priyanka Shankar, Mohammed R Mhawish ·
One of the tankers reports explosion off Oman while transiting Strait of Hormuz, says UK maritime agency.
- 6m ago(16:10 GMT) Yemen’s government forces announce recapture of areas in Taiz Yemen’s government forces have confirmed that they are engaged in fierce battles against the Houthi group on various fronts in Taiz, in the southwest of the country. In a statement on X, the armed forces announced the recapture of the village of Al-Nidani, Shaab Al-Sarari, large parts of the Sanamat district, and the Rabat Al-Qarn area in Dhi Al-Barh in the governorate. It added that fighting is continuing on the Sabr front, coinciding with the armed forces imposing a siege on the entrances to the al-Sarari area.
- 16m ago(16:00 GMT) How many seafarers have been killed since the war on Iran began? Since the US and Israel’s war on Iran began, attacks on shipping in the Gulf region have become regular, with Tehran closing the Strait of Hormuz and Washington imposing a naval blockade on Iranian ships and ports. According to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), until October 27, the number of attacks in the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Gulf of Oman stood at 121, with at least 24 seafarers killed. Since then, attacks on tankers in the Gulf have still been running close to a record pace. The liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Al Mayeda was hit on October 30, the Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) said on Sunday. No crew members were injured or killed, however. The Greek management firm Velos Tankers said today that a seafarer was killed in an explosion believed to have been caused by a missile attack on Thursday on an oil products tanker in the Gulf. The tanker MT Velos was sailing unladen towards Bahrain when it was hit, the company said.
- 31m ago(15:45 GMT) Pogroms ‘choking agriculture in the occupied West Bank’ The Israeli army provides protection for Israeli settlers … and sometimes, they’ve even been caught on camera partaking in the abuse and assault of Palestinians. What happened in Abu Falah is part of a pattern. It’s not an isolated incident. The Israeli army has instructions to detain international activists and even Israeli peace activists, and revoke their permits which allow them to be in the occupied West Bank. Most recently, that included Brad Lander, who went on to win a seat in the US Congress. He was forced to leave the occupied West Bank along with a Jewish-American activist. He wanted to protect this olive harvest season and be there with Palestinians. This reality has crushed the olive harvest season this year and is really choking agriculture in the occupied West Bank. Advertisement
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