JERUSALEM -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it dismantled an underground bunker beneath the Iranian leadership compound in central Tehran, using 50 fighter jets, on Friday.
In a statement, the IDF alleged that the bunker was intended for the use of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as a secure emergency command center, while Khamenei was killed at the start of the U.S.-Israeli attack on Saturday. (Israel-Iran-Bunker)
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TEHRAN -- A senior Iranian military official has warned Iraq's Kurdistan region that all its facilities will be targeted in case of entry by "separatist groups" from its territory into Iran, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Friday.
Ali Akbar Ahmadian, representative of the Iranian Supreme Leader in the Defense Council, made the remarks amid reports that the United States seeks to use Kurdish and Iranian separatist groups based in mountainous areas near the Iran-Iraq border to conduct a ground invasion against Iran. (Iran-Iraq-Separatists)
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces on Friday evening seized a vehicle carrying a rocket launcher in western Baghdad after several rockets were fired near Baghdad International Airport, authorities said.
A statement from the Iraqi Joint Operations Command's Security Media Cell said the rockets landed in unpopulated areas, causing no casualties or significant damage. Technical teams dealt with additional rockets found inside the vehicle, and an "immediate and urgent investigation" has been launched. (Iraq-Airport-Attack)
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BEIRUT -- Two Ghanaian soldiers serving with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon were critically injured on Friday after missiles struck their base amid ongoing hostilities between Israeli forces and Hezbollah, according to the Ghana Armed Forces.
In a statement, the military said the headquarters of the Ghanaian battalion operating under the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was hit during exchanges of fire between the Israeli military and the Lebanese armed group. (Lebanon-UN peacekeepers-Injuries) ■
