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    Smoke billows after overnight airstrikes on oil depots on March 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. The United States and Israel continued their joint attack on Iran that began on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel, and targeting U.S. allies in the region.
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    Live Updates Iran threatens energy infrastructure as Middle East conflict roils global economy
  • A resident walks in front of a building damaged by an Israeli strike in central Beirut, Lebanon, on March 11, 2026.
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    What we know on the 13th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • A satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway between Iran and Oman that links the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea.
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    Iran is escalating the war by attacking ships along a key oil route. Here’s what we know.
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    Visualizing the US-Israeli war with Iran and retaliation in maps and charts
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    How Iran’s use of cluster munitions is challenging Israel’s air defenses
  • Missile that hit the IRGC base adjacent to the school in Minab
    Mehr News Agency
    Photos appear to show US Tomahawk missile fragments at site of deadly Iran school strike
  • A displaced woman and her daughter sit outside a tent, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 8, 2026. REUTERS/Claudia Greco TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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    What we know on the 11th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • A projectile (Top-R) streaks accross the sky over Dubai on March 5, 2026. Airports, embassies, residential areas and military installations across the region have come under fire from daily salvos of Iranian missiles and drones since the war between the Islamic republic, Israel and the US broke out on February 28.
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    The US and Israel went to war with Iran, but the UAE is paying the price. Here’s why
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  • <p>In this exclusive interview in Tehran, Kamal Kharazi, Foreign Policy Advisor to the office of the Supreme Leader, tells CNN’s Fred Pleitgen the regime can continue with the war for a long time and he doesn’t see room for diplomacy anymore. CNN is operating in Iran with the permission of the Iranian government, as required under local regulations. CNN maintains full editorial control over what it reports. The Iranian government does not review, approve, or preview CNN’s reporting prior to publication or broadcast.</p>
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    Exclusive: Iran is ready for a long war with the US and only economic pain will end it, senior official tells CNN
  • A thick plume of smoke from a strike on an oil storage facility late Saturday lingers in the cloudy sky over Tehran, Iran, on Sunday.
    Vahid Salemi/AP
    What we know on the ninth day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • A huge crater left by an Israeli airstrike in the village of Nabi Chit, eastern Lebanon late Friday, March 6, 2026, where Israeli forces landed overnight and dug a grave in a cemetery searching for Israeli co-pilot Ron Arad who was captured and then went missing after his fighter jet crashed over south Lebanon in 1986.
    Ali Salem/AP
    Dozens killed, authorities say, as Israeli commandos raid Lebanon in hunt for missing airman
  • Iranian flags hang from a building in Shahid Borujerdi residential complex in south east Tehran which was heavily struck and destroyed by Israel and U.S. during Operation Epic Fury in Tehran, Iran, on March 5, 2026.
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    Everything we know on the seventh day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • Mourners dig graves on Tuesday for those killed in a February 28 strike on the Shajare Tayyiba elementary school in Minab, Iran.
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    Analysis suggests US was responsible for deadly strike on Iranian elementary school
  • Debris surrounds blackened THAAD radar in Jordan - <em>A satellite image taken on March 2, 2026, shows debris surrounding a blackened THAAD radar at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.</em><br /><em>Date: March 2, 2026</em>
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    Radar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, satellite images show
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  • People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran on Saturday, February 28, 2026.
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    Between bombs and blackouts, Iranians are trapped in a deepening crisis
  • Iran war may help Netanyahu at home but hurt Israel abroad
  • In torpedoing an enemy warship, the US Navy just did something it hasn’t done in eight decades
  • Everything we know on day 6 of the Middle East war
  • An unidentified man shouts anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli slogans while standing in front of a destroyed building near a police station that is struck on Monday during U.S.-Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on March 3, 2026.
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    Everything we know on the fifth day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • Hacked traffic cameras and US intelligence: How a plot to kill Iran’s supreme leader came together
  • Trump has drawn parallels between Iran and Venezuela. But there’s no Delcy Rodríguez in Tehran
  • Everything we know on day 4 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
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