ISLAMABAD: The United States and Iran dramatically widened the scope of their conflict on Friday, striking bridges, a port facility, and energy infrastructure in a sixth consecutive night of American attacks, while Tehran answered with a barrage of missiles and drones that reached as far as Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, and, for the first time, Syria.
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US, Iran trade fire for sixth straight night as fight for Hormuz escalates
ISLAMABAD: The United States and Iran traded fire for a sixth consecutive night on Thursday, as American warplanes, drones, and warships struck deeper into Iranian territory and Tehran answered with missile and drone attacks on US military installations across the Persian Gulf, pushing a month-old ceasefire toward collapse and reviving fears of a wider Middle East war.
Iran attacks US military sites in Gulf after fresh American strikes
Iran fired missiles and drones at American military installations in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan early on Thursday, hours after the United States pushed its bombing campaign deeper into Iranian territory and tightened a naval blockade around the country’s ports, in the latest sharp turn in a war that has ground on for nearly five months over control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Pakistan moves to shield Chinese mine after warning of shutdown over militant unrest
ISLAMABAD: The government pledged on Wednesday to significantly expand security around the country’s largest Chinese-operated copper and gold mine, responding to an unusually blunt warning from the mine’s operator that a monthlong spiral of violence in the southwestern province of Balochistan could force production to a halt within weeks.
Pakistan condemns Houthi missile strikes on Saudi Arabia, reaffirms support for Kingdom security
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday condemned a barrage of ballistic missiles that Yemen’s Houthi movement fired at Saudi Arabia, invoking a year-old mutual defense pact between the two countries and warning that the attack threatened to further destabilize an already volatile Middle East.
Pakistan mulls move to daily fuel pricing as Hormuz crisis roils oil markets
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is considering moving to daily or twice-weekly reviews of petrol and diesel prices, as the government scrambles to insulate consumers from a renewed spike in global oil prices triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
US, Iran trade fire for second day as Hormuz truce teeters
ISLAMABAD: The United States and Iran pounded each other’s forces for a second consecutive day on Monday, with American warplanes and drones striking dozens of targets across Iran and Tehran answering with missile and drone attacks on US military installations spread across five Gulf countries, plunging a monthlong ceasefire deeper into crisis and sending oil prices sharply higher.
As fragile truce collapses, Pakistan presses US and Iran toward deescalation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan issued an urgent appeal for restraint on Sunday as the United States and Iran exchanged their heaviest fire in months, with strikes and counterstrikes spreading across the Persian Gulf and threatening to unravel a fragile peace agreement Islamabad spent months helping to negotiate.
Death toll from Balochistan militant sweep reaches 102
QUETTA: Security forces have killed 102 suspected militants across the restive southwestern province of Balochistan since July 5, military officials said Saturday, as a sweeping counterterrorism campaign launched after a series of coordinated attacks earlier this month showed no signs of slowing.
Security forces kill nine more militants; Balochistan offensive total rises to 88
QUETTA: Pakistani security forces killed nine more militants in Balochistan province in the past day, state media reported on Saturday, pushing the overall death toll in a widening five-day-old military offensive to 88.