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- Meanwhile, the 56-year-old son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba Khamenei, has been elected as the country’s supreme leaderAdvertisementSubscribe Join Us+ Follow us On GoogleMissiles are seen in the skies over Doha.
- Qatar's military intercepted two ballistic missiles, the country's defence ministry said in a statement, after AFP reporters heard loud explosions across Doha.
- AFPIt’s Day 5 of the Iran war, with Iran continuing its retaliatory missile and drone strikes against Israel and across the Gulf — disrupting travel and driving up oil prices.
- The conflict has also spread to Lebanon, where Iran-backed Hezbollah keeps up its missile attacks at Israel, prompting Israeli strikes in Beirut and additional troop deployments to southern Lebanon. However, the pace of the Iranian attacks seems to be slowing down, raising questions on how long the war will continue. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADRead the latest on the Israel-Iran war hereBut as the nations keep up its fighting for now, here are the latest developments from the conflict.1) The top US military commander in West Asia said American forces have struck nearly 2,000 targets in Iran since the operation against the Islamic Republic began last Saturday.
- Admiral Brad Cooper, head of Central Command, said in a video on X that the US military has “severely degraded Iran’s air defences” and taken out hundreds of ballistic missiles, launchers and drones. More from Explainers How powerful is Iran’s military as it fights with US and Israel?
