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Videos showed the generals announcing their allegiance to the Free Syrian Army while showing their military identification cards. [17] On 14 May, activists reported that shells had rained down on Rastan at the rate of one shell per minute. Nine people were killed in the bombardment. Among the dead was a local rebel commander. [18]
By the end of the operation, US Marines and US Navy ships and aircraft had destroyed Iranian naval and intelligence facilities on two inoperable oil platforms in the Persian Gulf, and sunk at least three armed Iranian Boghammer speedboats, one Iranian frigate, and one fast attack missile boat. One other Iranian frigate was damaged in the battle ...
1987: Persian Gulf: USS Stark was struck on May 17 by two Exocet antiship missiles fired from a Dassault Mirage F1 of the Iraqi Air Force during the Iran–Iraq War, killing 37 U.S. Navy sailors. 1987: Persian Gulf: Operation Nimble Archer. Attacks on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf by United States Navy forces on October 19.
Iran and the U.S. have been enemies since 1979. Why? Here's everything you need to know:What is the state of relations? For four decades, the U.S. and Iran have been locked into what is ...
The dispute was interjected by a European Union sanction banning oil exports from Iran to Europe on 23 January 2012 in an attempt to deter Iran from continuing with their nuclear program. Oil exports contribute to about 80% of Iranian public revenue, [5] with roughly 20% being exported to Europe. Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea ...
The resolution mentions that in the event that "Iran has not complied with this resolution, [the security council will] adopt further appropriate measures under Article 41 of Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations to persuade Iran to comply with this resolution and the requirements of the IAEA, and underlines that further decisions ...
On July 3, 1988, near the end of the Iran–Iraq War, the US Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes, in the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Earnest Will, accidentally shot down an Iranian Airbus A300B2 during a scheduled commercial flight in Iranian airspace over the Strait of Hormuz. [106] There were 290 civilian casualties from six ...
2019–2021 Iraqi protests against Iranian influence; Clashes between US and Iran and allies due to; Israel–Hamas war (2023–present) 2023 Israel–Lebanon border clashes; 2023 attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria; part of Iran–Israel proxy conflict Hamas Supported by: Iran; Syria; Hezbollah Houthi movement; Islamic Resistance in Iraq ...