July 20, 2026Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJuly 20, 2026UpdatesKuwait says air defenses intercepting hostile drones after 'Iranian aggression'Kuwait's military said its air defense systems were intercepting hostile drones following what it described as Iranian aggression.The army's General Staff said any explosions heard across the country were the result of air defense intercepts and urged the public to follow security and safety instructions issued by the authorities.تتصدى حالياً الدفاعات الجوية الكويتية لهجمات طائرات مسيّرة معادية، إثر العدوان الإيراني الاثم.
تنوه رئاسة الأركان العامة للجيش بأن أصوات الانفجارات، إن سُمعت، فهي نتيجة اعتراض منظومات الدفاع الجوي للهجمات المعادية.
ويرجى من الجميع التقيد بتعليمات الأمن والسلامة الصادرة عنShow moreU.S. military says it completed ninth night of strikes targeting Iranian military assetsThe U.S. military completed a wave of overnight strikes on Iran, U.S. Central Command said. The ninth consecutive night of strikes "targeted Iranian military command centers, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and communications networks," CENTCOM's statement said.According to CENTCOM, the purpose of the attacks was "to further diminish Iran's ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz."RECAP: U.S. launches new wave of strikes on Iran, IRGC says it targeted U.S. aircraft in JordanHere are Monday's latest updates:■ The U.S. military began another wave of strikes on Iran overnight into Monday, marking the ninth consecutive night of fire in the Gulf, U.S. Central Command said.■ In response, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they launched ballistic missiles targeting U.S. aircraft at Jordan's Aqaba airport.■ A U.S. service member was killed on Saturday "during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance" from a "downed Iranian one-way attack drone" in northern Iraq, U.S. Central Command said.■ The U.S. Embassy in Manama, Bahrain's capital, warned it has information to suggest that Iran may seek to target unspecified locations in the city's center.■ A ship caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz near the coastline of Oman, the British military said.■ The Revolutionary Guards said two oil tankers had exploded and been immobilised after attempting to transit what it described as an unsafe southern route through the Strait of Hormuz, adding that the waterway would remain unsafe as long as what it called U.S. "aggression" in the region continued.■ Two Palestinians were killed by IDF gunfire after Israeli troops and settlers raided the town of Deir Jarir, near Ramallah in the West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.In the NewsOpposition Bloc Leads Coalition in New Poll, but Falls Short of Jewish MajorityAs Israel's Election Nears, All Eyes Must Be on Shin Bet Chief ZiniDear IDF Chief, Please Recruit Me: I Promise to Shoot Arabs at Point-blank RangeThere's a Cure for the 'Knesset Virus' Infecting Arab-Israeli Politics: UnitySettlers Besiege, Trap Palestinian Family in West Bank Home for Over Two WeeksRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's LeaderThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightNetanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic VoteDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop Them
