Pakistan carries out retaliatory strikes against militant targets in Iran

파키스탄 정보 당국자 “이란내 공습 수행“ 이틀 전 이란 피격 따른 보복 관측 Over in the Middle East. Pakistan has attacked Iran in response to the latter’s earlier strike on its territory. Iran says three women and four children were killed in the aftermath. Lee Soo-jin reports. Pakistan has carried out retaliatory attacks against Iran, further adding to fears of a wider Middle East conflict. According to AFP and foreign media outlets on Thursday, a Pakistani senior intelligence source said that the Pakistan military used air force fighter jets and drones to hit at least seven militant group camps in Iran. The deputy governor of the southeastern Iranian province where the explosions took place on Thursday said in a television interview that at least seven people ---including three women and four children ---were killed in the aftermath. This comes after Iran conducted missile and drone attacks on Pakistani territory on Tuesday that left two children dead. And after the Pakistan government on Wednesday recalled its ambassador from Iran and prohibited the Iranian ambassador to Pakistan, who is currently visiting Iran, from returning. “Pakistan reserves the right to respond to this illegal act and the responsibility for the consequences will lie squarely with Iran. We have conveyed this message to the government of Iran.“ Iran, which has a Shia Muslim majority, said that it only targeted members of the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl. Pakistan’s retaliatory strikes against Iran are yet another escalation in tensions in the Middle East where regional hostilities have been heightening from the armed conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza. According to a statement released by the U.S. military on Wednesday, the U.S. has also carried another round of attacks against 14 Houthi missile launchers that were targeting international shipping routes. This marks the fourth time that the U.S. has struck the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen in less than a week. The U.S. Central Command said that a drone fired from areas controlled by the Houthis struck a U.S. vessel earlier on Wednesday. Lee Soo-jin, Arirang News. #Pakistan #Iran #Attack #War #파키스탄 #이란 #공습 #전쟁 #Arirang_News #아리랑뉴스 📣 Facebook : 📣 Twitter : 📣 Homepage : 2024-01-18, 18:00 (KST)