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The Pentagon is preparing for weeks to months of ground operations in Iran, including the possibility of seizing Kharg Island and conducting raids on coastal areas near the Strait of Hormuz, according to U.S. officials.
An image and video circulating show a crater on the road surface in North Sohrevardi Street (Palizi area) in Tehran, Iran, following an airstrike at 21:10 on Saturday. This strike is believed to have been conducted by the Israeli Air Force.
On Saturday, the Bahrain Aluminium Company (Alba) confirmed its facilities were attacked by the Islamic Republic, resulting in two slightly injured individuals. The IRGC announced the attacks on Alba and Emirates Global Aluminium in response to earlier strikes on two Iranian steel factories.
Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, is under heavy attack tonight by Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, proxies of the IRGC Quds Force. #OperationEpicFury #OperationLionsRoar
Vyacheslav Vidmant was killed in a missile strike in Tel Aviv yesterday when he was unable to reach a shelter during an air raid siren.
General Jamshad Eshaqi, responsible for evading oil sanctions and funding Tehran's missile industry, was eliminated. The commander of the Revolutionary Guards' air force, who was also eliminated, is seen in a photograph next to Eshaqi.
In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the IRGC Aerospace Force is currently targeting the international airport, disrupting flight operations and causing public fear, with UAE air defenses responding by launching MIM-104 surface-to-air missiles at incoming Iranian drones.
On January 15, 2026, an A-10C+ Thunderbolt II aircraft from the U.S. Air Force’s 74th or 75th Fighter Squadron fired its 30mm cannon at Iraqi proxies of the IRGC Quds Force near Mosul, Iraq, following a bombing of their military base in the area.
The IRGC Aerospace Force launched two ballistic missiles from its Al-Ghadir missile base in Yazd, Iran, with one hitting the city of Eilat in southern Israel on December 15, 2025, while Israeli air defense systems intercepted the second missile.
The IRGC Aerospace Force shot down a U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Reaper drone over southern Iran using a Majid (AD-08) short-range air defense system. This brings the total number of confirmed U.S. MQ-9 Reaper losses in the conflict to around a dozen or more, according to U.S. official assessments.
Israeli fighter jets dropped a bomb in a street in Tehran, the capital city of Iran, creating a large crater. This action is part of what Israel is calling "Operation Epic Fury."
Video released by CENTCOM shows U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Reaper armed drones conducting airstrikes on engineering equipment, including bulldozers, at a missile base of the IRGC Aerospace Force in southwest Iran, attempting to prevent the reopening of tunnel entrances.
