Jordan Al Bawaba
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:48:07 +0000Iranian army spokesman Ali Mohammad Naeini killed in US-Israeli strike
ALBAWABA - Spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Ali Mohammad Naeini, was killed in an Israeli attack, Iranian TV announced Friday...
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:43:06 +0000Drone attacks cause fire at Mina Al-Ahmadi oil refinery in Kuwait
ALBAWABA - Kuwaiti authorities said that a fire broke out at Mina Al-Ahmadi oil refinery on Friday following a drone attack, state media reported...
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:27:28 +0000Explosion kills and injures 21 people in Egypt
ALBAWABA - A tragic incident took place in New Damietta, a city in northern Egypt, when a massive fire broke out in a major shopping mall, caused by a helium gas cylinder explosion, local media reported Friday...
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:50:33 +0000Ukraine escalates energy war with fresh drone strikes on TurkStream gas pipeline
ALBAWABA- Ukraine has carried out a new wave of drone strikes targeting Russian natural gas pipelines that supply Turkey and parts of southern Europe, according to Ukrainian military sources...
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:08:10 +0000Twin drone strikes hit Kuwait’s largest refineries
ALBAWABA- Kuwait’s two largest oil refineries were struck by drones on Thursday, marking a sharp escalation in attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure amid the widening Iran–Israel conflict...
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:45:48 +0000Mystery drones spotted over Washington base housing top US officials
ALBAWABA- Unidentified drones were detected over Fort Lesley J. McNair, a US Army installation in Washington, DC, where Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth reside, according to a report by The Washington Post...
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:19:13 +0000Two vessels hit in Gulf as regional conflict spills into key shipping lanes
ALBAWABA- Maritime security risks in the Gulf escalated sharply after two commercial vessels were struck by unidentified projectiles within hours of each other, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations...
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:34:53 +0000Riyadh rocked by blasts as Iran widens war across Gulf energy hubs
ALBAWABA- Explosions shook the Saudi capital on Wednesday after Iranian ballistic missiles targeted the city, marking a dramatic escalation in the widening regional conflict...
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 19:46:58 +0000Iran hits Qatar’s Ras Laffan after South Pars strike
ALBAWABA- Iran launched missile strikes on Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City with two ballistic missiles on Wednesday, sharply escalating the three-week conflict and bringing critical Gulf energy infrastructure into direct confrontation...
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:35:29 +0000Iran confirms intelligence chief killed as Israeli assassination campaign widens
ALBAWABA- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian confirmed on Wednesday that Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib was killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike in Tehran, marking a sharp escalation in targeted strikes on Iran’s leadership...
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:52:20 +0000Israel strikes Iran’s South Pars gas field
ALBAWABA- An Israeli airstrike on Iran’s South Pars gas field, the world’s largest natural gas reserve, has intensified fears of a broader regional escalation, as Iran warned it may target key energy facilities across the Gulf...
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:25:52 +0000Israel claims killing Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib
ALBAWABA - Israel claimed killing Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib in overnight strikes on Iran, Israeli media revealed on Wednesday...
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:01:00 +0000Iran threatens to use advanced weapons as war escalates
ALBAWABA - The Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) warned on Wednesday that the army will use a new type of weapons that they have never used before in war as tension escalates in the region...
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:15:28 +0000Iranian regime's collapse is very likely amidst assassinations
ALBAWABA - After Israel's attacks that killed the second top person and a key pillar in Iran, Ali Larijani, Israeli media said that a growing possibility in Tel Aviv that the Iranian regime could collapse...
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:59:34 +0000Video: Beirut building collapses after Israeli airstrike
ALBAWABA - A tall building collapsed immediately following an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut on Wednesday morning...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:12:59 +0000Iran claims assassinating senior Israeli security cabinet figure inside Israel
ALBAWABA- Iranian state-affiliated media on Tuesday claimed that special operations forces assassinated a senior member of the country’s mini-security cabinet, in a report that has not been independently verified...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:49:08 +0000Massive fire erupts in Midtown Manhattan
ALBAWABA- Emergency crews responded to a significant rooftop fire in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, after thick black smoke was seen rising from a high-rise building near Grand Central Terminal...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:22:33 +0000Trump declares NATO ‘obsolete’, pressures allies and Gulf states over Iran war
ALBAWABA- US President Donald Trump sharply escalated his criticism of NATO, declaring the alliance “obsolete” and accusing its members of refusing to support the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign against Iran...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:55:30 +0000Top US counterterrorism official resigns over Iran war
ALBAWABA- Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent resigned on Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking official in the Trump administration to step down in protest over the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign against Iran...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:26:32 +0000Israeli defense minister confirms Ali Larijani's killing
ALBAWABA - Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed on Tuesday the killing of Ali Larijani, Iran's secretary of the Supreme National Security Council...