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US and Iran trade strikes as ceasefire comes under growing strain: Iran's IRGC says it attacked sites linked to the US military in Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman after latest US bombardment (LINK) — 13 July 2026
— US Central Command (CENTCOM) said US forces struck "military air-defense systems, coastal radar sites and missile and drone capabilities and small boats" using fighter aircraft, naval vessels, one-way attack aerial drones and, for the first time, one-way attack sea drones. Iranian officials said US strikes hit eight cities in Khuzestan province, killing one security guard and injuring four people at a water station in Mahshahr.
— The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had targeted a long-range FPS air surveillance radar in Bahrain, a vessel detection radar system in Oman and a US Army surface-to-surface missile base in Kuwait. The IRGC claimed the strike in Kuwait destroyed two missile launchers and nearby storage facilities, causing significant damage.
Al Jazeera: Concern for renewed war in Iran as US attacks military, civilian targets (LINK) — 12 July 2026
— US fighter jets and warships have hit hundreds of military targets and a number of civilian ones in nearly a week of strikes, with Iranian authorities reporting attacks in at least 10 provinces, mainly in southern Iran near the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. In Tehran, life for more than 10 million people has carried on mostly as usual since the capital has not been recently attacked.
US pledges to protect Hormuz vessels during Iran strikes (LINK) — 12 July 2026
Fire breaks out at a pub in Bangkok, killing at least 27 people (LINK) — 13 July 2026
US, UK and 12 other nations reaffirm 2016 ruling invalidating China's claims in South China Sea (ground news LINK) — 12 July 2026
Ukraine hits Russian tankers in Sea of Azov (LINK) — 12 July 2026
— Ukraine's defense forces struck a total of 10 Russian tankers and four ferries in the Sea of Azov, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a post on Telegram. Ukraine also struck the Syzran oil refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast and a Russian train carrying fuel and lubricants near the occupied town of Tokmak in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the General Staff said. The attacks came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Kyiv would set up a new military unit instructed to make incursions deep in Russian territory to degrade Moscow's fighting capabilities.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy swaps out prime minister Yuliia Svyrydenko in reshuffle after a year in office (LINK) — 12 July 2026
— He thanked the 39-year-old for her commitment, writing: "I am grateful to Yuliia for her clear, steady and effective work as Prime Minister, for her years of productive service on Ukraine's team."
Germany funds 50,000 strike drones for Ukraine, one of the biggest purchases of drones for Kyiv by a Western government, source says (ground news LINK) — 12 July 2026
Russian missile and drone barrage kills eight and wounds dozens in Ukraine (LINK) — 11 July 2026
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