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Iranian officials insist the country does not have proxies

A high-ranking military official in Iran has issued a defiant statement as tensions between the Middle Eastern superpower and the West threaten to spill over.

Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden said Tuesday he had decided on a response to a drone strike that killed three American troops in Jordan but said he did not want a wider war in the Middle East.

Iran-proxy drone got past Tower 22 air defenses because it was mistaken for US drone returning to base

The Islamic Republic has distanced itself from the deadly drone attack on an American outpost

It is the first time that American military personnel have died by enemy fire since the start of the Israel-Hamas war

US missile strikes came after a bulk carrier was hit by Houthi drones in the Gulf of Aden

Iraq condemned an "attack on its sovereignty" on Tuesday after Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched missile strikes on anti-Tehran groups and an alleged Israeli "spy headquarters" in Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan. 

CNN has reached out to Israel’s Prime Minister’s office for comment on the IRGC’s claim.

Explosions have reportedly been heard near a US Consulate amid rising tensions in the Middle East.

The missile came from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen, U.S. officials said.

Joint American and UK attack sent a message but there are doubts whether battle-hardened Yemeni rebels can be cowed

The first detailed assessments of the strikes in Yemen reveal the serious challenge facing the Biden administration as it seeks to deter the militia.

Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi militants have stepped up attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea in recent weeks