April, 2021

• 27 April

  Iranian fuel tanker attacked by drone, Israel suspected

  

  The report comes following recent escalations between Iran and Israel with regard to multiple tanker attacks. An Iranian tanker was reportedly attacked off the Syrian coast on Saturday, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It was unclear what had happened, as Iran media was slow to report …

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• 27 April

  Iran’s Revolution Guards eliminate ‘terrorist team’

  

  Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ (IRGC) forces “smashed a team of terrorists” in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, killing three. Iran’s Tasnim news reported the IRGC Ground Force’s Quds Base said in a statement that the team had plans to carry out further anti-terrorist operations in the region. …

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• 27 April

  US expected to hand over 3 military bases and airport by early May

  

  The US is expected to hand over three military bases and one airport to the Afghan forces in the next two weeks as part of the US plan for the full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by September 11, sources said. According to a security source, the bases concerned are the …

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• 27 April

  The Jerusalem butterfly effect: What Hamas stands to gain from Gaza rocket fire

  

  The terror group’s controlled escalation in the south sends a clear message to Israel over Jewish extremists’ actions in the capital, while bolstering its credentials internally The events of recent days, and particularly the barrage of rockets fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip over the weekend, take us back …

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• 27 April

  Iran army chief threatens to ‘teach Israel a good lesson’ after tanker targeted

  

  Mohammad Bagheri warns of military response, implies Israel behind attack on Iranian vessel off Syria, amid sky-high tensions and talks over renewing nuclear deal Iran’s Armed Forces chief Mohammad Bagheri on Sunday threatened to “teach Israel a very good lesson,” appearing to hint the Jewish state was behind a reported …

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• 27 April

  Rockets fired from Gaza into Israel as fighting enters second day

  

  One intercepted by Iron Dome, second hits open field, third lands inside Strip; fresh attacks come after 36 rockets fired at Israel overnight Fri-Sat amid ongoing Jerusalem unrest Palestinian terrorists launched multiple rockets toward southern Israel on Saturday night, one of which was shot down while another struck an open …

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• 27 April

  China Encourages Companies to Invest in Afghanistan: Envoy

  

  Chinese envoy in Kabul Wang Yu on Sunday said that cooperation between Afghanistan and China in the implementation of the Belt and Road initiative will benefit the people of the two countries. He said that Chinese companies will be encouraged to take part in Afghanistan’s reconstruction. Wang vowed his country’s …

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• 27 April

  Govt Employee Killed in Gunmen Attack in Kabul

  

  Ahmad Fawad Amiri, a government employee at the Presidential Palace, was killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Kabul on Saturday evening, a source said. The incident happened in Khawja Musafir area in Paghman district of Kabul when the government employee was on the way to a mosque on …

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• 27 April

  US, NATO Forces Preparing for Withdrawal: Miller

  

  Gen. Austin Scott Miller, the US and NATO forces commander in Afghanistan, on Sunday said that the US and coalition forces have started the withdrawal process and they will continue to support their Afghan counterparts. “All of our forces are now preparing to retrograde,” Miller told reporters in Kabul. “The …

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• 27 April

  Iran: Israel stole nuclear archive

  A senior Iranian official has admitted that Israel stole the archive of his country’s nuclear programme in an alleged Mossad operation carried out in 2018, Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday. Momeen Rezaei, advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told Iran’s Mehr News Agency on Wednesday …

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