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Indian nationals urged to avoid travel to Iran amid security concerns
The Indian Embassy in Iran has urged Indian nationals to avoid non-essential travel to Iran amid rising security concerns in the region in the recent weeks. An travel advisory that was issued on Wednesday said, "In view of the security-related developments over the past several weeks, Indian nationals are advised to carefully consider the evolving situation before undertaking non-essential travel to Iran." the Indian Embassy also "advised to continue to monitor the latest regional developments and follow updated advisories issued by the Indian authorities." The embassy also said that there are options available for return for Indian nationals who are currently in Iran. "Indian nationals already in Iran, and interested in leaving, may avail the commercial flight and ferry options which are available right now," it said. This comes amid the rise in regional hostilities that began with Israel's launch of 'Operation Rising Lion' on June 13, bombing Iranian military and nuclear facilities. In response, Iran retaliated with missile and drone attacks against Israeli targets. The United States, in support strong for Israel, retaliated with attacks on key Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan on June 22. The Iranian Armed Forces launched retaliatory strikes, targeting key positions across the Israeli-occupied territories and on the US military airbase in Qatar. The 12-day war came to an end on June 24 when Israel declared a unilateral halt to its aggression, announced on its behalf by US President Donald Trump. Washington maintains that Iran's uranium enrichment programme could lead to developing nuclear bombs, while Tehran has consistently denied the claim, insisting that its nuclear programme is meant for civilian purposes. In July 2015, the Iran nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was signed between Iran and several world powers, including the United States. The agreement capped Tehran's enrichment level at 3.67 per cent and reduced its uranium stockpile to 300 kilograms. The deal collapsed in 2018 with Trump's unilateral withdrawal of the US from the accord. Since then, Iran has started exceeding agreed-upon limits to its stockpile of low-enriched uranium in 2019, and began enriching uranium to higher concentrations up to 60 per cent purity, which is very close to the weapons-grade level. (With inputs from agencies)
Deccan Herald
2 hours ago
- Deccan Herald
Israel strikes Syrian city, vows to protect Druze from government forces
The surge in violence underlines the challenges facing interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has struggled to assert control over the area near the Israeli border since toppling Bashar al-Assad in December.
India Today
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- India Today
Israel launches airstrikes on Syrian troops to protect Druze community
Israel carried out a second wave of airstrikes on Syrian government forces in southwestern Syria on Tuesday, deepening its involvement in the escalating conflict in the region and vowing to protect the Druze minority amid fierce sectarian strikes targeted regime troops and military assets deployed to the southern province of Sweida, where clashes between armed Druze groups and Sunni Bedouin fighters have intensified since the Reuters reporter in Sweida heard multiple drone strikes and gunfire, saw a damaged tank being towed, and reported several bodies lying in the streets. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed the military intervention, stating it was necessary to uphold the demilitarisation of the area near the Israeli border and to prevent harm to the Druze population.'We are acting to prevent the Syrian regime from harming them and to ensure the demilitarisation of the area adjacent to our border with Syria,' they said in a joint statement, citing Israel's 'deep brotherly bond' with Druze Syrian Foreign Ministry denounced the strikes as a "blatant violation" of national sovereignty, blaming Israel for the escalation and vowing to defend all Syrian citizens, including the Druze. It acknowledged casualties among troops and civilians but did not provide specific Syrian government, led by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa since the ousting of Bashar al-Assad in December, had dispatched troops to Sweida to contain the unrest. However, their arrival was met with resistance from local militias, who accused the regime of violating a ceasefire agreement and targeting spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hajri publicly condemned the government's actions, calling it a "barbaric campaign" and urging Druze fighters to defend their Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra later declared a renewed ceasefire and ordered military police to hold violators accountable, but fighting persisted in Sweida's urban had been building for months between Druze communities and the government, amid fears that Damascus would fail to protect minorities under the new Islamist-led violence, which includes reports of looting and arson by men in military fatigues, has further tested President Sharaa's grip on power and exposed deep sectarian LED TO THE UNREST?According to Syria's Interior Ministry, at least 30 people have been killed and nearly 100 wounded in the ongoing clashes. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported an even higher toll, stating at least 50 dead, including two children and six members of the security unrest was reportedly triggered by a series of tit-for-tat kidnappings between Druze and Bedouin communities. Tensions boiled over when Bedouin tribesmen allegedly attacked and robbed a young Druze vegetable vendor at a checkpoint, prompting retaliatory abductions and a wave of deadly violence across the province.- Ends
