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  Large plume of black smoke rises from the fuel storage area at King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 19, 2026. (photo credit: STRINGER/ REUTERS) Tehran will attack the airports of neighboring countries that cooperate with US sanctions against Iranian airlines, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council , said in an interview with state television on Wednesday. The threat came after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Monday that all Iranian airlines would be forced to stop operating by Wednesday, while countries allowing air services that enable the continued flights would face secondary sanctions. “If a country cooperates with or embarks on adventures with the United States, its airports will no longer be able to operate flights,” Rezaei threatened.

  President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian holds up a poster of assassinated Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei while addressing the 81st session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly at UN Headquarters on September 23, 2026 in New York City. (photo credit: Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images) A day after Iran’s president gave a speech at the UN General Assembly in which Iran said it would not bend the knee to the US, Iran carried out a new attack on the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq. Iran has targeted the region with more than 1,000 drone and missile attacks since February. It has sought to strike at Kurdish dissident groups as well as US diplomatic facilities and other sites. The goal of Iran is to deter Kurdish groups and also send a message that it can strike where it wants.

  A Turkish soldier participating an a NATO exercise, Barbate, Spain, March 28, 2025; illustrative. (photo credit: REUTERS/JON NAZCA) Turkey agreed Wednesday to gradually hand over control of the Bashiqa-Zelikan military base near Mosul to the Iraqi government as Ankara and Baghdad move to eliminate the presence of “outlawed armed elements” in Iraq.  The agreement followed a meeting between Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly , the two leaders said in a joint statement.  Under the deal, Turkish forces will transfer the northern Iraq installation to Baghdad “in accordance with the agreed-upon mechanism and timeline” and security measures being implemented by the Iraqi government. 

  Humanitarian aid enters Gaza through the Rafah border crossing from Egypt, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 16, 2026. (photo credit: ABED RAHIM KHATIB/FLASH90) The British government on Thursday said it was providing an £88 million ($116.25 million) package of support for humanitarian relief and early recovery in Gaza. The funding would help deliver health care, clean water, sanitation and hygiene services, waste management and protection support to people in Gaza and the West Bank, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) said in a statement.

  An Airbus A340-300 of Iranian airline Mahan Air takes off from Duesseldorf airport DUS, Germany January 16, 2019. (photo credit: REUTERS/WOLFGANG RATTAY) The United Arab Emirates' General Civil Aviation Authority said on Thursday it had suspended flights by Iranian airlines to and from the country until further notice. The authority said in a statement carried by the state news agency that the decision was based on US sanctions imposed on Iranian airlines over the use of airports around the world.

An F-35 adir from 140 squadron take part in an Israeli air force air show during the graduation ceremony for soldiers who have completed the IAF Flight Course, at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev desert, June 29, 2023. (photo credit: OFER ZIDON/FLASH90) We will move to strike nuclear facilities and any site belonging to them again if Tehran crosses any of the red lines, whether with or without the participation of the US," an Israeli official said Israeli officials believe that it's only a matter of time until the resumption of strikes against Iran , according to a report by Saudi state-owned news outlet Al Hadath on Thursday. The official told the outlet that the Israeli intelligence has detected an attempt by Iran to revive and activate its nuclear program in anticipation of a strike, following reports in Israel about the regime transferring its remaining nuclear project to Jabal al-Fas, near the Natanz nuclear facility.