Iran has unleashed a series of furious retaliatory strikes across the Middle East, launching attacks on
Iraq,
Qatar,
Saudi Arabia and
Israel in a series of assaults that have left the region in flames.
Drones have struck oil facilities and airports in Iraq as US-led troops gunned down several potential attacks over the Kurdish city of Erbil amid warnings of possible attacks on hotels.
A network of Iranian-backed Shia factions, Islamic Resistance in Iraq, claimed it launched an attack on a US military base near Baghdad Airport 'in retribution' for the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed last Saturday.
Meanwhile, Israel and Iran have continued to exchange fire overnight, with the IDF confirming it had launched a fresh wave of attacks against 'terror targets' in the Dahiyeh District of
Beirut, Lebanon, as the war enters its eighth day.
Iran also fired its twenty-third round of strikes, a statement from IRGC-affiliated Tasmin news agency said as the IDF reported missiles coming from the region towards Israel had been detected.
Explosive flames and billowing smoke has been raging over Tehran after airstrikes struck Mehrabad International Airport in the early hours of this morning.
In the meantime yesterday Israel attacked Beirut...
..and a massive explosion took place at an oil facility in Iraq's Basra province