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US carries out strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island

First reported by News.am: 08:02

Updated 13:07, 16 sources

World. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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US armed forces carried out strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. According to US officials, the strikes were defensive and followed the IRGC firing a missile toward a US aircraft; missile launch sites and radar stations were targeted. The Iranian side reported explosions on the island. The strikes took place ahead of the November 3 US midterm elections.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first and how the others caught up. Each bar shows how many of that side's outlets covered the story.

First to report: News.am · 08:02 · Opposition

Pro-government 2 / 6 First: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer), 51 min later
Balanced 7 / 13 First: Shant TV / Shantnews, 18 min later
Opposition 6 / 21 First: News.am, 08:02

Foreign outlets: 1, first: Sputnik Armenia, 08:27

Timeline as a list
  1. News.am (Opposition)
  2. 24news.am (Opposition)
  3. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  4. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  5. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  6. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  7. 1in.am (Balanced)
  8. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  9. Hraparak (Opposition)
  10. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  11. Infocom (Balanced)
  12. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  13. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  14. Tert.am (Opposition)
  15. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  16. Factor (Balanced)

All sources

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