#US bases in #Iraq and #Syria have also come under a spate of attacks in recent months. As it fired on #Pakistan, Iran also launched strikes on Iraqi and Syrian territory earlier this week.

But despite strong condemnation from both Pakistan and Iran, neither side appears to have an appetite for escalation. #KermanBombing #Israel #Gaza

Iran-Pakistan Update as Tehran Offers Olive Branch After Attacks
https://www.newsweek.com/iran-pakistan-airstrikes-update-1862190

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#Pakistan’s prime minister will hold an emergency security meeting on Friday with military and intelligence chiefs after trading deadly airstrikes with #Iran on militant targets this week, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). #KermanBombing #Balochistan #Israel #Gaza

Middle East crisis live: Pakistan to hold emergency security meeting after trading strikes with Iran
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/19/middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates-israel-gaza-war-houthi-rebels-yemen-russia-china-ships-red-sea-crisis-attacks?page=with%3Ablock-65aa2b958f08fb29729fefa4#block-65aa2b958f08fb29729fefa4

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#KermanBombing #Israel #Gaza

Associated Press reports that the #BalochLiberationArmy, a separatist group, said in a statement the strikes by #Pakistan inside #Iran targeted and killed its people. #Balochistan

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/18/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-latest-news-us-military-strikes-houthi-rebels-yemen-pakistan-attack-iran?page=with:block-65a8d8528f08108649989c41#block-65a8d8528f08108649989c41

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#Balochistan #Pakistan #Iran #KermanBombing #Israel #Gaza
More from the Pakistani foreign ministry statement, which justifies this morning’s strikes on Iranian territory by saying that they were taken “in light of credible intelligence of impending large-scale terrorist activities.” The statement says:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/18/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-latest-news-us-military-strikes-houthi-rebels-yemen-pakistan-attack-iran?page=with:block-65a8b4bb8f0845976a840300#block-65a8b4bb8f0845976a840300

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#Islamabad, #Pakistan — Pakistan hit #Iran with “highly coordinated” military strikes on Thursday morning, a little more than 24 hours after Iranian air strikes in #Balochistan, further raising tensions between the neighbours and sparking fears of a broader conflict. #Balochistan #KermanBombing #Israel #Gaza

Pakistan launches ‘precise’ military strikes on Iran in response to bombing
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/18/pakistan-launches-precise-military-strikes-on-iran-in-response-to-bombing

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Seeking to pre-empt criticism that it had violated #Pakistan’s sovereignty, Iran said the attacks on terrorists were no different from the kind of assassination operations mounted by the #US across the #MiddleEast and #Asia. #Iran’s president, #EbrahimRaisi, said “there is no more important issue for Iran than its security”. #Balochistan #KermanBombing #Israel

Iran hails strikes in Pakistan as it is warned of ‘serious consequences’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/17/iran-hails-strikes-in-pakistan-as-it-is-warned-of-serious-consequences

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#Iran’s state media reported earlier that #Tehran had targeted two bases of the armed group Jaish al-Adl in #Pakistan, with missiles and drones. Press TV, the English-language arm of Iranian state television, attributed the attack to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. #KermanBombing #Balochistan #Israel #Gaza

Pakistan says two children killed in ‘completely unacceptable’ Iran attack
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/17/pakistan-says-two-children-killed-in-completely-unacceptable-iran-attack

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The strikes in #Pakistan came less than a day after Iranian missile strikes in #Syria and #Iraq, part of a string reprisals against #Tehran’s enemies in the wake of a double suicide bombing in the city of #Kerman on 3 January which killed more than 80 Iranians. #IslamicState (IS) claimed responsibility for that attack. #Balochistan #KermanBombing #Israel #Gaza

Iran strikes ‘militant bases’ in Pakistan in latest #MiddleEast flashpoint
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/16/iran-launches-airstrikes-on-sunni-militant-bases-in-pakistan

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#KermanBombing #QassemSuleimani #Israel

#Iran's strikes in northern #Syria came after #IS claimed responsibility earlier this month for two suicide bombings targeting a commemoration for an Iranian general slain in a 2020 US drone strike
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/16/middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates-us-iran-missile-strikes-iraq-red-sea-crisis-yemen-houthis-gaza-palestine-hamas-war-israel?page=with:block-65a616ff8f0884186719326c#block-65a616ff8f0884186719326c

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This is #Russia's back yard 🤔
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#Iran has arrested 35 people in relation to the 3 January attacks in the south-eastern city of #Kerman, its intelligence ministry has said.

Citing the semi-official Tasnim news agency, Reuters reports that the ministry said it had identified one of the two suicide bombers as a national of #Tajikistan, who entered Iran illegally on 19 December. #KermanBombing #CentralAsia #Israel

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/11/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-war-hamas-palestine-south-africa-genocide-case-icj?page=with:block-659fa6fe8f08acbfcb2085c2#block-659fa6fe8f08acbfcb2085c2

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