EU aviation agency tells operators to avoid Iran, Iraq airspace until August 31
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said on Wednesday that airlines should not operate within the airspace of Iran and Iraq, amid ongoing tensions and the potential for further military action.
The EASA said its bulletin for the airspaces of Iran and Iraq was valid until August 31.
The agency's previous bulletin, which expires on Wednesday, included Lebanon. It had also asked airlines to exercise caution when operating within the airspace of Bahrain, Kuwait, Israel, Jordan, Qatar, Oman, UAE, and Saudi Arabia.
'Absolutely necessary': World leaders react to renewed US bombing of Iran
"When you have a ceasefire and Iran is basically violating the ceasefire, I think it is totally crucial that the US forcefully react," said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
The new attacks by the US on Iran were "absolutely necessary," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday.
"When you have a ceasefire and Iran is basically violating the ceasefire, I think it is totally crucial that the US forcefully react," Rutte told reporters before a summit of NATO leaders in Ankara.
On Tuesday night, US forces began "a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway," according to US Central Command (CENTCOM).
Iran 'definitely' holds chemical weapons even as nuclear capacity destroyed, Netanyahu warns
He also said that Iran had lost its capability to produce nuclear weapons during Operation Roaring Lion, saying that the US and Israeli strikes had 'pushed it back considerably.'
Iran possesses chemical weapons, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed during an interview on Newsmax's The Record With Greta Van Susteran on Tuesday.
"They definitely have chemical weapons," he said. "That I can tell you. And that is another threat that they pose."
He also said that Iran had lost its capability to produce nuclear weapons during Operation Roaring Lion.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to visit Israel following overnight strikes on Iran
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to arrive in Israel on Wednesday and meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, a senior US official confirmed to Walla.
Hegseth, who is in Ankara alongside US President Donald Trump for the NATO summit, is expected to make a brief visit against the backdrop of the American strikes against Iran.
The US strikes took place overnight, in response to a series of attacks carried out by Tehran against three commercial tankers in the waters of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz.
IDF targets Hezbollah terrorist after troops face fire in southern Lebanon, military dog killed
The IDF killed a Hezbollah terrorist after being shot at while conducting a search of a structure where an IDF soldier was injured last week, the military announced on Wednesday.
Though no soldiers were wounded in the attack in Bint Jbeil, a military dog was shot and killed before his handler returned fire.
Additionally, Border Police officers operating in the Jerusalem area detained a terrorist brandishing a knife and throwing stones at security forces from the direction of Bethlehem, Israel Police confirmed.
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