Reuters reports China will ship up to 400 MANPADS missiles to Iran via Pakistan in a $60–70m deal, as Tehran races to rebuild air defences degraded by US and Israeli strikes.
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Iran Fires Ballistic Missiles at US Forces as Ceasefire Window Closes
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard fired ballistic missiles toward U.S. forces on July 28, hours after Trump announced a pause, with CENTCOM intercepting all of them.
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Israel and Lebanon Move Peace Talks to Rome as IDF Completes First Withdrawal
Israeli and Lebanese technical teams will meet in Rome from August 4 to 6 to expand a southern Lebanon pilot zone after the IDF completed its first troop withdrawal last week.
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Iran Signals Attack Halt as US Pauses 13-Day Strike Campaign
After thirteen consecutive days of US air and naval strikes, Washington paused military operations against Iran on July 26 and Tehran indicated it would reciprocate, opening the first serious diplomatic space since the conflict began.
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Philippines Sailor Wounded as China Coast Guard Clashes at Ayungin Shoal
A Philippine sailor was injured when Chinese and Filipino forces clashed at Second Thomas Shoal on July 21, drawing US condemnation and overshadowing ASEAN diplomacy in Manila.
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Iran Rejects Trump Ceasefire Offer as Bombing Campaign Enters Thirteenth Night
Iran’s foreign minister called Washington’s stance ‘illogical, greedy, and controlling’ after rejecting a ceasefire proposal delivered by Iraq’s prime minister, as US airstrikes continued for a thirteenth consecutive night.
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Trump Threatens Iran’s Bridges as US Strikes Enter Their 12th Consecutive Night
US forces struck Iranian military targets for a 12th consecutive night as President Trump threatened to destroy bridges and power plants each time Iran attacks a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Iran Hits Kuwait Water Plants for Fourth Day as Gulf States Activate Defenses
Iran struck Kuwait’s desalination plants for a fourth day on July 21 as Bahrain, Jordan and Qatar activated air defenses amid the widening US-Iran exchange.
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Houthis Declare Naval Blockade of Saudi Arabia, Opening a Second Oil Chokepoint
Yemen’s Houthis declared a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia on July 20, threatening the Bab al-Mandeb and potentially restricting a quarter of global oil supply alongside the Hormuz closure.
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Ukraine Strikes 176 Shadow Fleet Vessels in July Drone Blitz
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed 11 more shadow fleet vessels and hit 20 Crimean energy facilities across two nights, pushing the July campaign total to 176 ships struck.