DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have claimed a missile launch toward Israel, their first since the war in the Middle East started. The Israeli military said Saturday it intercepted the projectile. The war, now marking its one-month anniversary, erupted after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, which retaliated with strikes against Israel and neighboring Gulf Arab states. Israel struck Iran’s nuclear facilities on Friday. Iran vowed to retaliate and struck a base in Saudi Arabia, wounding more than a dozen U.S. service members and damaging planes. Pakistan says Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt will send their top diplomats to Islamabad for talks aimed at ending the war.
One month into the war, Iranians wrestle with lost livelihoods, bombs and worries of the future
CAIRO (AP) — Iranians were already reeling from a shattered economy and the mass killing of protesters when the first U.S. and Israeli bombs slammed into Tehran a month ago. Now they are struggling to get by through a war with no end in sight, wrestling with lost livelihoods, damage to homes and the stress of explosions. Many wonder where it is leading — to the destruction of their homeland, the chaotic fall of the theocracy or its survival, wounded but more extreme. Daily explosions shake and damage homes. Businesses are struggling. An unprecedented internet blackout since January has largely cut people off from the outside world and made communication within Iran more difficult.
One month into Iran war, some Trump objectives are unfulfilled as he looks to wind down the conflict
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has laid out five objectives for the U.S. in its war with Iran that he said the U.S. is close to achieving as he considers “winding down” the operation. But one month into the conflict, some of the goals appear open-ended and it’s unclear how the administration will define success in meeting them. The White House had started out with four objectives for the war. But a week ago, Trump added a fifth one, also open to interpretation: to protect allies in the Middle East.
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