Recap: The latest developments on the Iran war and tensions in the region
By Abeer Salman, Kara Fox, Eugenia Yosef and Ibrahim Dahman Facebook X LinkedIn After pummeling Iran daily for almost two weeks, there was no announcement from US Central Command that it was launching strikes on the country on Friday. Here’s the latest: googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1652956553334-0'); }); No update from CENTCOM: For the past 13 nights, CENTCOM had posted on X it was striking military targets in Iran. There was no such announcement on Friday Eastern Time.
- ▪By Abeer Salman, Kara Fox, Eugenia Yosef and Ibrahim Dahman Facebook X LinkedIn After pummeling Iran daily for almost two weeks, there was no announcement from US Central Command that it was launching strikes on the country on Friday.
- ▪Here’s the latest: googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1652956553334-0'); }); No update from CENTCOM: For the past 13 nights, CENTCOM had posted on X it was striking military targets in Iran.
- ▪There was no such announcement on Friday Eastern Time.
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By Abeer Salman, Kara Fox, Eugenia Yosef and Ibrahim Dahman Facebook X LinkedIn After pummeling Iran daily for almost two weeks, there was no announcement from US Central Command that it was launching strikes on the country on Friday. It is not clear if that was because the US did not take military action against Iran that day. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1652956513490-0'); }); In the region, tensions remain as US President Donald Trump said while Washington is actively negotiating with Tehran, it’s possible the military continues its bombing campaign or escalates it.
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