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Watch: Iran Shoots Down Israeli Drone

Watch: Iran Shoots Down Israeli Drone

Iranian media released footage showing the downing of an Israeli drone in Khorramabad.Watch the attached video for more.

6/23/2025 8:24:00 AM

Middle East Airlines Adjusts Flight Schedules

The Lebanese Middle East Airlines announced in a statement that, due to the current circumstances and the changes in certain air routes, which have led to extended flight durations, several of its flights from Beirut to Jordan and the Gulf will take off earlier than scheduled between June 24 and June 26.On Tuesday, June 24, the following flights will depart earlier than originally scheduled:Flight ME426 to Dubai will now depart at 06:40 instead of 07:30.Flight ME310 to Amman will depart at 06:50 instead of 07:40.Flight ME424 to Riyadh will depart at 07:40 instead of 08:30.Flight ME404 to Kuwait will depart at 07:50 instead of 08:40.Flight ME436 to Doha will depart at 14:25 instead of 15:15.On Wednesday, June 25:Flight ME426 to Dubai will depart at 06:40 instead of 07:30.Flight ME310 to Amman at 06:50 instead of 07:40.Flight ME424 to Riyadh at 07:40 instead of 08:30.Flight ME404 to Kuwait at 07:50 instead of 08:40.Flight ME418 to Abu Dhabi at 14:35 instead of 15:25.On Thursday, June 26:Flight ME426 to Dubai will depart at 06:40 instead of 07:30.Flight ME310 to Amman at 06:50 instead of 07:40.Flight ME1424 to Riyadh at 07:10 instead of 08:00.Flight ME424 to Riyadh at 07:40 instead of 08:30.Flight ME404 to Kuwait at 07:50 instead of 08:40.Flight ME418 to Abu Dhabi at 14:35 instead of 15:25.All departure times are listed according to the local time of each city.Middle East Airlines advised passengers to check their flight details before heading to the airport and to contact its call center for more information.For inquiries, passengers can reach the MEA Call Center at:Landline: 01-629999Toll-free hotlines: 1320 and 1330 (from any mobile or landline)Mobile numbers: 81-477905, 81-477906, 81-477907, or 81-477908Email: [email protected]: www.mea.com.lb

6/23/2025 8:13:00 AM

US warns against Iran retaliation as Trump raises 'regime change'

US President Donald Trump on Sunday raised the question of regime change in Iran following U.S. strikes against key military sites over the weekend, as senior officials in his administration warned Tehran against retaliation."It’s not politically correct to use the term, “Regime Change,” but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change??? MIGA!!!" Trump wrote on his social media platform.Trump's post came after officials in his administration, including US Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, stressed they were not working to overthrow Iran's government."This mission was not and has not been about regime change," Hegseth told reporters at the Pentagon, calling the mission "a precision operation" targeting Iran's nuclear program.Vance, in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press with Kristen Welker," said "our view has been very clear that we don't want a regime change.""We do not want to protract this or build this out any more than it's already been built out. We want to end their nuclear program, and then we want to talk to the Iranians about a long-term settlement here," Vance said, adding the US "had no interest in boots on the ground.""Operation Midnight Hammer" was known only to a small number of people in Washington and at the US military's headquarters for Middle East operations in Tampa, Florida.Complete with deception, seven B-2 bombers flew for 18 hours from the United States into Iran to drop 14 bunker-buster bombs, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, told reporters.In total, the US launched 75 precision-guided munitions, including more than two dozen Tomahawk missiles, and more than 125 military aircraft in the operation against three nuclear sites, Caine said.The operation pushes the Middle East to the brink of a major new conflagration in a region already aflame for more than 20 months with wars in Gaza and Lebanon, and a toppled dictator in Syria.DAMAGE TO FACILITIESWith the damage visible from space after 30,000-pound US bunker-buster bombs crashed into the mountain above Iran's Fordow nuclear site, experts and officials are closely watching how far the strikes might have set back Iran's nuclear ambitions.Caine said initial battle damage assessments indicated all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction, but he declined to speculate whether any Iranian nuclear capabilities might still be intact.UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi was more cautious, saying while it was clear US airstrikes hit Iran's enrichment site at Fordow, it was not yet possible to assess the damage done underground.A senior Iranian source told Reuters on Sunday that most of the highly enriched uranium at Fordow, the site producing the bulk of Iran's uranium refined to up to 60%, had been moved to an undisclosed location before the US attack.Vance told NBC the US was not at war with Iran but rather its nuclear program, and he thought the strikes "really pushed their program back by a very long time."Trump called the damage "monumental," in a separate social media post on Sunday, a day after saying he had "obliterated" Iran's main nuclear sites, but gave no details.Tehran has vowed to defend itself and responded with a volley of missiles at Israel that wounded scores of people and destroyed buildings in its commercial hub Tel Aviv.But, perhaps in an effort to avert all-out war with the superpower, it had yet to carry out its main threats of retaliation, to target US bases or choke off the quarter of the world's oil shipments that pass through its waters.Caine said the US military had increased protection of troops in the region, including in Iraq and Syria.The United States already has a sizeable force in the Middle East, with nearly 40,000 troops in the region, including air defense systems, fighter aircraft and warships that can detect and shoot down enemy missiles.Reuters reported last week the Pentagon had started to move some aircraft and ships from bases in the Middle East that may be vulnerable to any potential Iranian attack.NOT OPEN-ENDEDWith his unprecedented decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites, directly joining Israel’s air attack on its regional arch foe, Trump has done something he had long vowed to avoid - intervene militarily in a major foreign war.There were sporadic anti-war demonstrations on Sunday afternoon in some US cities, including New York City and Washington.It was unclear why Trump chose to act on Saturday.At the press conference, Hegseth said there was a moment in time when Trump "realized that it had to be a certain action taken in order to minimize the threat to us and our troops."After Trump disputed her original assessment, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Friday said the US had intelligence that should Iran decide to do so, it could build a nuclear weapon in weeks or months, an assessment disputed by some lawmakers and independent experts. US officials say they do not believe Iran had decided to make a bomb.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, asked on CBS' "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" whether the US saw intelligence that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had ordered nuclear weaponization, said: "That's irrelevant."Hegseth, who said the Pentagon notified lawmakers about the operation after US aircraft were out of Iran, said the strikes against Iran were not open-ended.Rubio also said no more strikes were planned, unless Iran responded, telling CBS: "We have other targets we can hit, but we achieved our objective. There are no planned military operations right now against Iran - unless they mess around."

6/23/2025 8:05:59 AM

Photo: Before and After US Strikes on Iran's Nuclear Facilities

New satellite photos show the aftermath of the US military strike that dropped multiple 30,000-pound "bunker-buster" bombs on Iran's Fordo nuclear facility and hit two other key locations in Iran's nuclear program. The stealth US mission, dubbed "Operation Midnight Hammer," struck three nuclear facilities in Iran — Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan — in the early hours of Sunday local time.Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a Pentagon briefing Sunday that seven B-2 Spirit bombers each carried two of the bombs known as GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators, or MOPs. Over 25 minutes, a total of 14 MOPs were dropped on two target areas at Fordo and Natanz, while Tomahawk missiles from a US submarine targeted the Isfahan site, he said.He said it was the first time those massive bombs have ever been used in an operation. "Final battle damage will take some time, but initial battle damage assessments indicate that all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction," Caine said.Satellite photos show impact of strikes on FordoSatellite images from Maxar Technologies, taken Sunday after the strikes, show damage to the mountainside where the underground nuclear site at Fordo is buried about 300 feet down. They can be compared to images of the same location taken before the strikes.A layer of ash caused by the airstrikes can be seen across a large swath of the area.The images by Maxar show several large diameter holes or craters on the top of the ridge over the underground complex.Additionally, several of the tunnel entrances that lead to the underground facility appear blocked by dirt following the strikes.Asked at the briefing whether any of Iran's nuclear capability remains, Caine said, "I think (battle damage assessment) is still pending, and it would be way too early for me to comment on what may or may not still be there."Iran has yet to offer a damage assessment of the site. The United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency said in a social media post that it had seen "no increase in off-site radiation levels" in the wake of the U.S. strikes.In a statement on Sunday to the U.N. Security Council, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said his team was unable to assess the underground damage at Fordo. Following the attacks, he said there's a "window of opportunity to return to dialogue and diplomacy.""If that window closes, violence and destruction could reach unthinkable levels and the global non-proliferation regime as we know it could crumble and fall," Grossi said.

6/23/2025 7:20:30 AM

China says US attack on Iran has damaged its credibility

China said the US attack on Iran's nuclear facilities has damaged Washington's credibility and Beijing was concerned that the situation "may go out of control", its state broadcaster reported, following a UN Security Council meeting on Sunday.President Donald Trump said the US had "obliterated" Tehran's key nuclear sites, joining Israel in the biggest Western military action against the Islamic Republic since its 1979 revolution.The UN Security Council met on Sunday to discuss US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites as Russia, China and Pakistan proposed the 15-member body adopt a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Middle East.China's UN Ambassador Fu Cong said parties should restrain the "impulse of force, avoid exacerbating conflicts and adding fuel to the fire," according to the state broadcaster CCTV.Fu said parties, especially Israel, "should immediately cease fire to prevent the situation from escalating and avoid the spillover of war."Iran was hurt "but the United States credibility was also damaged- both as a country and as a participant in any international negotiations," Fu said.State media commentary late on Sunday said the US move was extremely dangerous and provocative. The Global Times newspaper in an opinion piece, said external military interference would never bring peace, and only "deepen regional hatred and trauma."Separately China's embassy in Iran said late on Sunday that most Chinese citizens in Iran had been evacuated safely, and those remaining were not in high-risk areas.

6/23/2025 7:10:24 AM

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Watch: Iran Shoots Down Israeli Drone

Iranian media released footage showing the downing of an Israeli drone in Khorramabad.Watch the attached video for more.

6/23/2025 8:24:00 AM

Middle East Airlines Adjusts Flight Schedules

The Lebanese Middle East Airlines announced in a statement that, due to the current circumstances and the changes in certain air routes, which have led to extended flight durations, several of its flights from Beirut to Jordan and the Gulf will take off earlier than scheduled between June 24 and June 26.On Tuesday, June 24, the following flights will depart earlier than originally scheduled:Flight ME426 to Dubai will now depart at 06:40 instead of 07:30.Flight ME310 to Amman will depart at 06:50 instead of 07:40.Flight ME424 to Riyadh will depart at 07:40 instead of 08:30.Flight ME404 to Kuwait will depart at 07:50 instead of 08:40.Flight ME436 to Doha will depart at 14:25 instead of 15:15.On Wednesday, June 25:Flight ME426 to Dubai will depart at 06:40 instead of 07:30.Flight ME310 to Amman at 06:50 instead of 07:40.Flight ME424 to Riyadh at 07:40 instead of 08:30.Flight ME404 to Kuwait at 07:50 instead of 08:40.Flight ME418 to Abu Dhabi at 14:35 instead of 15:25.On Thursday, June 26:Flight ME426 to Dubai will depart at 06:40 instead of 07:30.Flight ME310 to Amman at 06:50 instead of 07:40.Flight ME1424 to Riyadh at 07:10 instead of 08:00.Flight ME424 to Riyadh at 07:40 instead of 08:30.Flight ME404 to Kuwait at 07:50 instead of 08:40.Flight ME418 to Abu Dhabi at 14:35 instead of 15:25.All departure times are listed according to the local time of each city.Middle East Airlines advised passengers to check their flight details before heading to the airport and to contact its call center for more information.For inquiries, passengers can reach the MEA Call Center at:Landline: 01-629999Toll-free hotlines: 1320 and 1330 (from any mobile or landline)Mobile numbers: 81-477905, 81-477906, 81-477907, or 81-477908Email: [email protected]: www.mea.com.lb

6/23/2025 8:13:00 AM

US warns against Iran retaliation as Trump raises 'regime change'

US President Donald Trump on Sunday raised the question of regime change in Iran following U.S. strikes against key military sites over the weekend, as senior officials in his administration warned Tehran against retaliation."It’s not politically correct to use the term, “Regime Change,” but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change??? MIGA!!!" Trump wrote on his social media platform.Trump's post came after officials in his administration, including US Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, stressed they were not working to overthrow Iran's government."This mission was not and has not been about regime change," Hegseth told reporters at the Pentagon, calling the mission "a precision operation" targeting Iran's nuclear program.Vance, in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press with Kristen Welker," said "our view has been very clear that we don't want a regime change.""We do not want to protract this or build this out any more than it's already been built out. We want to end their nuclear program, and then we want to talk to the Iranians about a long-term settlement here," Vance said, adding the US "had no interest in boots on the ground.""Operation Midnight Hammer" was known only to a small number of people in Washington and at the US military's headquarters for Middle East operations in Tampa, Florida.Complete with deception, seven B-2 bombers flew for 18 hours from the United States into Iran to drop 14 bunker-buster bombs, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, told reporters.In total, the US launched 75 precision-guided munitions, including more than two dozen Tomahawk missiles, and more than 125 military aircraft in the operation against three nuclear sites, Caine said.The operation pushes the Middle East to the brink of a major new conflagration in a region already aflame for more than 20 months with wars in Gaza and Lebanon, and a toppled dictator in Syria.DAMAGE TO FACILITIESWith the damage visible from space after 30,000-pound US bunker-buster bombs crashed into the mountain above Iran's Fordow nuclear site, experts and officials are closely watching how far the strikes might have set back Iran's nuclear ambitions.Caine said initial battle damage assessments indicated all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction, but he declined to speculate whether any Iranian nuclear capabilities might still be intact.UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi was more cautious, saying while it was clear US airstrikes hit Iran's enrichment site at Fordow, it was not yet possible to assess the damage done underground.A senior Iranian source told Reuters on Sunday that most of the highly enriched uranium at Fordow, the site producing the bulk of Iran's uranium refined to up to 60%, had been moved to an undisclosed location before the US attack.Vance told NBC the US was not at war with Iran but rather its nuclear program, and he thought the strikes "really pushed their program back by a very long time."Trump called the damage "monumental," in a separate social media post on Sunday, a day after saying he had "obliterated" Iran's main nuclear sites, but gave no details.Tehran has vowed to defend itself and responded with a volley of missiles at Israel that wounded scores of people and destroyed buildings in its commercial hub Tel Aviv.But, perhaps in an effort to avert all-out war with the superpower, it had yet to carry out its main threats of retaliation, to target US bases or choke off the quarter of the world's oil shipments that pass through its waters.Caine said the US military had increased protection of troops in the region, including in Iraq and Syria.The United States already has a sizeable force in the Middle East, with nearly 40,000 troops in the region, including air defense systems, fighter aircraft and warships that can detect and shoot down enemy missiles.Reuters reported last week the Pentagon had started to move some aircraft and ships from bases in the Middle East that may be vulnerable to any potential Iranian attack.NOT OPEN-ENDEDWith his unprecedented decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites, directly joining Israel’s air attack on its regional arch foe, Trump has done something he had long vowed to avoid - intervene militarily in a major foreign war.There were sporadic anti-war demonstrations on Sunday afternoon in some US cities, including New York City and Washington.It was unclear why Trump chose to act on Saturday.At the press conference, Hegseth said there was a moment in time when Trump "realized that it had to be a certain action taken in order to minimize the threat to us and our troops."After Trump disputed her original assessment, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Friday said the US had intelligence that should Iran decide to do so, it could build a nuclear weapon in weeks or months, an assessment disputed by some lawmakers and independent experts. US officials say they do not believe Iran had decided to make a bomb.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, asked on CBS' "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" whether the US saw intelligence that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had ordered nuclear weaponization, said: "That's irrelevant."Hegseth, who said the Pentagon notified lawmakers about the operation after US aircraft were out of Iran, said the strikes against Iran were not open-ended.Rubio also said no more strikes were planned, unless Iran responded, telling CBS: "We have other targets we can hit, but we achieved our objective. There are no planned military operations right now against Iran - unless they mess around."

6/23/2025 8:05:59 AM

Photo: Before and After US Strikes on Iran's Nuclear Facilities

New satellite photos show the aftermath of the US military strike that dropped multiple 30,000-pound "bunker-buster" bombs on Iran's Fordo nuclear facility and hit two other key locations in Iran's nuclear program. The stealth US mission, dubbed "Operation Midnight Hammer," struck three nuclear facilities in Iran — Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan — in the early hours of Sunday local time.Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a Pentagon briefing Sunday that seven B-2 Spirit bombers each carried two of the bombs known as GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators, or MOPs. Over 25 minutes, a total of 14 MOPs were dropped on two target areas at Fordo and Natanz, while Tomahawk missiles from a US submarine targeted the Isfahan site, he said.He said it was the first time those massive bombs have ever been used in an operation. "Final battle damage will take some time, but initial battle damage assessments indicate that all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction," Caine said.Satellite photos show impact of strikes on FordoSatellite images from Maxar Technologies, taken Sunday after the strikes, show damage to the mountainside where the underground nuclear site at Fordo is buried about 300 feet down. They can be compared to images of the same location taken before the strikes.A layer of ash caused by the airstrikes can be seen across a large swath of the area.The images by Maxar show several large diameter holes or craters on the top of the ridge over the underground complex.Additionally, several of the tunnel entrances that lead to the underground facility appear blocked by dirt following the strikes.Asked at the briefing whether any of Iran's nuclear capability remains, Caine said, "I think (battle damage assessment) is still pending, and it would be way too early for me to comment on what may or may not still be there."Iran has yet to offer a damage assessment of the site. The United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency said in a social media post that it had seen "no increase in off-site radiation levels" in the wake of the U.S. strikes.In a statement on Sunday to the U.N. Security Council, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said his team was unable to assess the underground damage at Fordo. Following the attacks, he said there's a "window of opportunity to return to dialogue and diplomacy.""If that window closes, violence and destruction could reach unthinkable levels and the global non-proliferation regime as we know it could crumble and fall," Grossi said.

6/23/2025 7:20:30 AM

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