President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.
Delegations from the U.S. and Iran entered negotiations in June aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.
The U.S. and Iran have nonetheless continued to exchange strikes, with the strategic Strait of Hormuz the primary flashpoint.
Several power generation and water desalination plants in Kuwait came under attack from Iran for the fourth consecutive day late on Monday, causing fires at a number of facilities, the Ministry of Electricity said in a statement.
Several generating units were taken offline as a precaution to protect equipment and maintain the stability of Kuwait's electricity and water systems, the statement said.
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Jordan intercepts 3 Iranian missiles
Air defenses in Jordan intercepted three Iranian missiles on Tuesday afternoon, the Jordanian Armed Forces said in a statement.
No injuries or damage were reported, the military said. The announcement came hours after the military announced it downed five Iranian drones overnight.
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IDF 'adjusts force posture' as Lebanese military begins pilot program
An Israeli military official told ABC News on Tuesday that the Israel Defense Forces "will adjust its force posture" in one of the south Lebanon villages earmarked for a U.S.-backed pilot scheme, through which the Lebanese military will take control of the villages and clear them of Hezbollah presence and weapons.
The Lebanese Armed Forces will take control of three villages in the south of the country under the program, which was agreed during U.S.-brokered talks between Israeli and Lebanese officials last month.
The IDF, the Israeli military official said, will continue "safeguarding the security of IDF soldiers and preserving its right to self-defense and to remove threats."
A Lebanese army armored vehicle enters the southern Lebanese village of Zawtar on July 21, 2026.
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The IDF, they added, will remain in southern Lebanon "for as long as necessary to defend the communities of northern Israel" and will "retain the freedom of operation to remove threats posed to the soldiers deployed in the Security Zone," a reference to a 6-mile-deep area along the shared border which Israeli forces have occupied.
"In the event of any violations of the agreement by the Hezbollah terrorist organization, the IDF will work through the coordination mechanism, mediated by the United States," the official said. "The objective of the pilot and the agreement is the disarmament of the Hezbollah terrorist organization and the removal of its illegal weapons," they added.
The LAF said in a post to X on Tuesday that its forces had begun deploying to the village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, in the southern Nabatieh Governorate.
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Jordan says it intercepted drones launched from Iran
Jordan's Ministry of Government communication said in a post to social media that the country's air defenses intercepted five Iranian drones on Monday night and Tuesday morning.
