US & Israel launch round of blitzes battering pro-Iran targets amid chilling plans to ‘bomb Ayatollah’s nuke programme’

THE US and Israel have launched a fresh round of airstrikes on pro-Iranian targets as the allies prepare to reportedly bomb the Ayatollah's nuke programme.

has imposed a deadline now just weeks away on cutting a new nuclear deal and is to ratchet up the pressure.

France warned on Wednesday that if Tehran doesn't cut an atomic agreement with Washington.

The Houthis, a rebel , said six people were killed in the fresh strikes across the land they control, including a guard at a communications tower.

They also claimed the US struck a water project, killing four, in the Hodeida governorate's Mansuriyah District.

Some 17 strikes also hit Saada, near the border, and another person was killed at Ras Isa port in Hodeida, the Houthis said.

Rebel-held areas of have seen near-daily strikes since Washington launched an air campaign against on March 15.

The US is shooting missiles from its destroyers and launching fighter jets from its aircraft carrier nearby – the USS Harry S Truman.

Some 67 people in total have been killed in America's bombing campaign, the Houthis claim, which has included more than 200 strikes.

Meanwhile, has launched a blitz on as it continues to cripple the new regime's fighting ability.

They've hit military airbases and infrastructure sites in the Syrian cities of Damascus, Hama and Homs on Wednesday.

The attack almost completely destroyed the Hama military airport and led to dozens of injuries among civilians and military personnel, the Syrian foreign ministry said in a statement.

Israel has also carried out an overnight raid into Syria killing several armed militants during the overnight raid in the Tasil region of southern Syria.

Israeli troops came under fire during the mission and responded with ground and aerial strikes, the IDF said.

The fresh strikes are just the beginning of the US and Israel's pressure campaign against Tehran.

Israel has said it will not tolerate an Islamist militant presence in southern Syria after a new Islamist-led leadership was installed in Syria following Bashar al-.

Insiders have told Flying Eze they are planning aif Tehran fails to make a new nuke deal.

Another carrier group, led by the USS Carl Vinson, is steaming towards the Persian Gulf and will double the pressure on Iran.

The Carl Vinson was the boat which received Osama Bin Laden's body and then dumped it at sea.

Analysts believe the Carl Vinson is currently in the South China Sea and could be in the Persian Gulf as quickly as April 9.

America now also has a third of its B-2 stealth bombers stationed at .

Satellite photos of the airbase tarmac shows six of America's 20 B-2 Spirits are now pointed directly at Iran and ready to fly.

Six Stratotanker in-flight refuelling aircraft can also be seen on the tarmac at the Diego Garcia in satellite images taken Wednesday.

with a top Iranian general threatening “they are in a glass house and should not throw stones”.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed Monday: “The Zionist entity and the Americans will suffer a severe and powerful blow if they take any hostile action.”

Trump has told Iran that it needs to cut a new nuclear deal or he will carry out nuclear action.

He wants direct talks between top teams, but the Iranians have only agreed to talks mediated by Oman.

Some White House officials think a deal is possible, while others think dialogue is a waste of time, Axios reports.