CAIRO,2nd September, 2026 (WAM) -- Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Yamahi, President of the Arab Parliament, strongly condemned the Iranian aggressive attacks and drone strikes targeting Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan, warning of an escalation that threatens the security and stability of the region.
ABU DHABI, 2nd September, 2026 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the hostile Iranian attack that targeted the Saudi carrier "Sidr" as it transited through the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in the deaths of a number of crew members.
Palestinian killed in Israeli bombing of Khan Yunis At least one Palestinian has been killed in an Israeli bombing on Wednesday in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip, Wafa news has reported. The Israeli attack targeted a tent sheltering displaced persons in the area, critically injuring a 39-year-old man, who was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Nasser Hospital, according to Wafa.
The kingdom condemns the targeting of Sidr, which was reportedly hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.
18 killed and 108 injured in latest US strikes on Iran, says health minister Iranian Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarghandi said that US attacks on Iran on Tuesday killed 18 people and wounded at least 108, Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday. Among them, five people were killed, including a child, attending a wedding ceremony in Sirik.
A U. S. missile strike hit a wedding in southern Iran, videos verified by The New York Times show.
Iran has accused the US of a ‘war crime’ after a missile blast killed at least four people, including a young child, and injured 68 at a wedding at a private house in southern Iran. A month-long uneasy truce between the US and Iran appears to have collapsed again, after US strikes on Saturday on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has responded by launching drones and missiles on US bases across the Middle East, including the Gulf States.
ABU DHABI, 2nd September, 2026 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the hostile attacks by Iran targeting the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, with missiles and drones.
Two Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in northern and central Gaza A Palestinian youth was killed on Wednesday in an Israeli drone strike on al-Hawja in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, while a Palestinian woman succumbed to her injuries after being shot by Israeli forces in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Wafa news reported, citing medical sources. Medical sources at al-Shifa Hospital in western Gaza City reported the arrival of the body of a Palestinian youth and a wounded person following the Israeli strike on al-Hawja.
Iran seizes ship smuggling fuel in Gulf, state media reports Iranian border guards seized a vessel with 382,000 litres of smuggled fuel in the northern Gulf, and arrested its foreign crew of 11, Iran's IRIB news agency reported on Wesnesday, without specifying their nationalities. Saudi Arabia accused Iran of attacking a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, leading to "fatalities" among the crew, earlier on Wednesday.
Iran has accused the US of a ‘war crime’ after a missile blast killed at least four people, including a young child, and injured 68 at a wedding at a private house in southern Iran. A month-long uneasy truce between the US and Iran appears to have collapsed again, after US strikes on Saturday on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has responded by launching drones and missiles on US bases across the Middle East, including the Gulf States.
TUNIS, 2nd September, 2026 (WAM) -- The General Secretariat of the Arab Interior Ministers Council has strongly condemned the Iranian aggression against the United Arab Emirates, stressing that it constitutes a blatant violation of international law and the principles of good-neighbourliness.
Iran has claimed that a US air strike hit a wedding party in the country's south, killing at least four civilians amid an uptick in attacks that has raised the prospect of renewed escalation in the 6-month-old conflict.
President Trump called on Iranians to “rise up and fight” on Tuesday as the United States seems increasingly bogged down after six months of conflict.
Netanyahu: 'We are not retreating' in Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday visited troops in the Gaza Strip, where he vowed not to withdraw forces from their positions. "We control the area. We are not retreating.
RIYADH, 2nd September, 2026 (WAM) -- The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Iran's targeting of the Saudi tanker Sidr while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz, which resulted in fatalities among the crew.
Israeli settlers 'hike' through my West Bank village. Next is the violent land grab Submitted by Fareed Taamallah on Mon, 08/31/2026 - 22:33 Organised groups now roam through Qira armed with rifles, renaming our shrines and surveying our fields as part of a process that ends in Palestinian dispossession Israeli settlers walk towards a Palestinian home under construction in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on 29 August 2026 (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP) On For decades, my hometown of Qira was a sanctuary of quiet endurance. One of the smallest villages in the occupied West Bank, nestled in the Salfit governorate and tucked away from covetous eyes, it remained relatively shielded from major land confiscations and aggressive incursions throughout the long years of occupation .
US Central Command has released footage that purportedly shows missile and drone strikes being fired at Iranian military targets. Footage of some of the aftermath of the US attacks was shared on social media, showing shrapnel damage on a home in Sirik, southern Iran, where a wedding celebration was taking place. Five people were killed and 68 were wounded.
Israel ready to expel Gaza population, says defence minister Israel's defence minister has said his country is ready to expel the Palestinians from Gaza once the US settles on somewhere to send them. "There is no real solution for Gaza in the end without this migration," Defence Minister Israel Katz told a conference hosted by Israeli news site Ynet and newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. He said Israel was "organised and prepared to get them out - by sea, by air, by every way possible.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei denounced the US bombing of a wedding ceremony in Sirik as another sign of Washington’s moral collapse after the attack killed and wounded over 70 Iranian civilians, including women and children.
