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Iran marks the anniversary of the 1980 invasion by Iraq by showing off its latest missiles and telling the United States not to meddle in the Gulf. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
A U.S. Navy ship fired warning shots at an Iranian boat on Wednesday amid rising tensions between the two navies in the Persian Gulf.
Images of damaged properties in Arbil and shrapnel from a missile after Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched missile attacks on multiple targets in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region and Syria. IMAGES
Smoke billows on the horizon in the village of Altrun Kupri, in the Sherawa region, south of Arbil in Iraq's Kurdistan, where a base of the Kurdistan Freedom Party is located. Two people were killed in Iranian cross-border strikes against military bases in Iraqi Kurdistan belonging to the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran, according to the KDPI. Iranian artillery fire has hit border districts of Iraqi Kurdistan on several occasions in recent days. The fire comes amid tensions generated by the death in Iranian morality police custody of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini earlier this month after she was arrested in Tehran for allegedly breaching the Islamic republic's strict rules on hijab headscarves and modest clothing. IMAGES
In the 4th century BC, the ancient Sanskrit treatise, the Arthashastra, said 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend.' According to Business Insider, Iran and Venezuela may be taking that to heart as their relationship grows ever closer. While the nations are US President Donald Trump's most frequent foreign-policy targets, Iran has been sending oil tankers directly to Venezuela. In September, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US would place more sanctions on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Pompeo accused Maduro's government of working with Tehran 'to flout the UN arms embargo.' US officials say intervening to stop Iranian tankers from reaching Venezuela was an option, raising concerns Trump may seek a confrontation before the election.
Miami, Aug 24 (EFE).- Marco was downgraded to a tropical storm overnight and is slowly approaching the coast of the state of Louisiana, while Tropical Storm Laura is passing over Cuba on Monday and is projected to strengthen further and make landfall midweek along the United States Gulf coast. (CAMERA: María Montecelos)