DUBAI (Reuters) – A U.S. spy drone retreated from near Iranian airspace after encountering Iranian F-14 fighter jets and reconnaissance drones, Iran’s Nournews quoted the country’s Army Air Force as saying on Monday. Iran’s armed forces remain on high alert, prepared for “full-scale defense and a severe counterattack” against enemy interests in the Middle East, […]
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US spy drone retreats near Iranian airspace, Nournews says
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DUBAI (Reuters) – A U.S. spy drone retreated from near Iranian airspace after encountering Iranian F-14 fighter jets and reconnaissance drones, Iran’s Nournews quoted the country’s Army Air Force as saying on Monday.
Iran’s armed forces remain on high alert, prepared for “full-scale defense and a severe counterattack” against enemy interests in the Middle East, Nournews said.
Tensions have mounted between Tehran and Washington as U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would hold Iran responsible for any attacks carried out by the Houthi group that it backs in Yemen, as his administration expanded the biggest U.S. military operation in the Middle East since Trump returned to the White House.
(Reporting by Parisa Hafezi in Dubai; Editing by Leslie Adler and Matthew Lewis)