US strikes Iran ahead of midterm elections
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Daily Mirror and Ada Derana report that the US military carried out strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island, in the Strait of Hormuz. Daily Mirror says US officials told CBS, the BBC’s US partner, that the strikes took place; Ada Derana attributes the description of the operation as defensive to officials.
Lankadeepa reports that the strikes, ordered by US President Donald Trump, targeted Iranian military sites on the island and occurred a few hours before the start of the US midterm elections. Daily Mirror also links the reported strikes to the period ahead of those elections.
Daily Mirror separately reports that several explosions were heard on Qeshm Island. The reports provided no further details about casualties, damage or what would happen next.
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