📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 18:16 CET
18 sources consulted (14 RSS + 4 web search) | Developments in the last 2 hours
Key developments
🇦🇪 Iranian drones hit Al Salam naval base in Abu Dhabi, which also hosts French forces. Fire in two containers, no casualties. UAE condemns as "flagrant act of aggression"
- 🔗 The National (EN)
- 🔗 New Arab (EN)
🇮🇷 IRGC reveals full list of targets hit in "Truthful Promise 4": Al Udeid (Qatar), Al Dhafra (UAE), US Fifth Fleet (Bahrain), Ali Al Salem (Kuwait), Muwaffaq Salti (Jordan) + multiple sites in Israel
- 🔗 BBC (EN)
🇮🇱 Trump declares: "I will speak with Iranian leaders". IDF publishes new footage of strikes on "Iranian regime terrorist HQ" in Tehran
- 🔗 Times of Israel (EN/HE)
🌍 Iranian diaspora: mixed reactions worldwide — from joy to tears
- 🔗 Guardian video (EN)
🇮🇱 Flight from Tel Aviv: Israeli flights to Sinai sold out within hours
- 🔗 Haaretz (EN/HE)
🔍 Narrative divergences
🇦🇪 The National (UAE): furious tone — "flagrant act", "violation of national sovereignty"
- ↔️ 🇮🇷 Tasnim/IRGC: Gulf attacks as legitimate response against US bases
🇮🇱 Times of Israel: Trump "will speak with Iranian leaders" — diplomatic opening
- ↔️ 🇶🇦 Al Jazeera: "Trump chose an avoidable war over a good deal"
🌍 Guardian: diaspora celebrates Khamenei's death
- ↔️ 🇶🇦 Middle East Eye: thousands mourn Khamenei in Iran
- Two Irans: diaspora celebrates, the interior mourns