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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the country can wage an “intense war” for six months against the United States and Israel, as Israeli forces announced fresh strikes “across Tehran” and a precision hit on Quds Force commanders at a seaside hotel in central Beirut. The claims and counterstrikes rippled across the region Saturday, with Saudi Arabia intercepting a wave of drones and Kuwait reporting an attack on aviation fuel tanks at its international airport. Kuwait’s national oil company said it would cut crude production,…

Irish troops in south Lebanon safe, on alert as Israel pushes deeper across border Irish troops serving with the United Nations in south Lebanon are safe, accounted for and prepared for “this period of heightened intensity,” a Defence Forces spokesman said Monday, as Israeli forces advanced into border areas and the United Nations reported at least 30,000 people displaced in Lebanon. Commandant Alex Quigley told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that operations remain ongoing, with force-protection measures in place that can be scaled…