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    Live Updates Energy prices soar as attacks on Middle East gas facilities escalate
  • FILE - A natural gas refinery is visible at the South Pars gas field on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf, in Asaluyeh, Iran on March 16, 2019. The United Nations will require delegates attending its annual climate summit to disclose their affiliation in an effort to clamp down on undue influence by fossil fuel companies and others. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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    What is the South Pars gas field and why is Israel’s attack an escalation?
  • Qusay Abu al-Iqbash speaks to CNN.
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    Palestinian man in the West Bank says he was sexually assaulted by Israeli settlers
  • A young Iranian girl closes her eyes near a loader working on the ruins of buildings destroyed during a military campaign in Tehran, Iran, on March 15, 2026.
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    What we know on the 20th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
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    Live Updates Day 19 of Middle East conflict — Trump threatens Iran’s gas fields, Gulf energy sites come under attack
  • US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One as he departs Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on March 13, 2026.
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    What we know on the 16th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • Palestinians mourn at the funeral of four members of the Odeh family who were killed in their car by Israeli forces in a raid in Tammun, in the occupied West Bank, on March 15.
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    Israeli forces shoot and kill 4 members of Palestinian family, officials say, after opening fire on car in West Bank
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    Visualizing the US-Israeli war with Iran and retaliation in maps and charts
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  • A general view of the Port of Kharg Island Oil Terminal, 25 km from the Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf and 483 km northwest of the Strait of Hormuz, in Iran on March 12, 2017. Kharg Island Oil Terminal brings Iranian oil to the world market. The oil terminal is the world's largest open oil terminal, with 95% of Iran's crude oil exports coming through it.
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    What to know about Kharg Island, the tiny coral outcrop at the heart of Iran’s oil industry
  • A man looks at the smoke from an Israeli airstrike. Israel and Hezbollah returned to all-out war in March 2026. (Photo by Sally Hayden / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
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    What we know on the 14th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • A picture taken with a mobile phone on March 12, 2026 shows a damaged building in the vicinity of Dubai Creek Harbour after a drone fell on it.
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    British man charged with cybercrimes in Dubai for allegedly filming missile strikes, UK authorities confirm
  • An Ohio Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker sits on the flight line during Live in ‘25 at Wilmington Air Park in Wilmington Ohio, May 3, 2025.
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    US Air Force refueling plane crashes in Iraq, killing all six on board
  • 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
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    How Iran’s use of cluster munitions is challenging Israel’s air defenses
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  • The first message from Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei since he became Iran's new supreme leader on Sunday is being read out on Iranian state TV.
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    Iran supreme leader’s first purported message leaves a major question unanswered
  • Why Trump’s Gulf allies are resisting pressure to join the Iran war
  • What we know on the 12th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • Source: New Iranian supreme leader had fractured foot and face lacerations on first day of war
  • At least 168 children and 14 adults died in the attack, according to Iranian state media.
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    US Tomahawk struck Iranian base next to school destroyed in deadly attack, video appears to confirm
  • What we know on the 10th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • Lebanon calls for direct talks with Israel, accuses Hezbollah of betraying country
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