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  • 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
  • TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 14: People stand on March 14, 2026 at the site of a police station that was destroyed in an airstrike two days ago in the Khani Abad neighbourhood of Tehran, Iran. According to authorities, the police station was empty at the time of the attack but six civilians were killed. The United States and Israel have continued a campaign of air strikes in Iran after launching their joint war on the country on February 28.(Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
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    Live Updates Israel says it is planning at least three more weeks of military campaign in Iran
  • A man rides a bike as fires and plumes of smoke rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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    Live Updates Day 15 of Middle East conflict — Trump urges countries to send warships to help secure Strait of Hormuz
  • People stand in the aftermath of a strike in Tehran.
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    What we know on day 15 of the US-Israel war with Iran
  • TOPSHOT - A man fishes in the Gulf waters off Kuwait City on March 10, 2026. The oil-rich Gulf has borne the brunt of Iran's attacks in response to US-Israeli strikes that sparked the Middle East war, with Tehran targeting US assets but also civilian infrastructure, including energy facilities and airports. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP via Getty Images) / Attention editors: AFP covers the war in the Middle East through its extensive regional network, including bureaus in Tehran, Jerusalem, and several neighboring countries. Since the start of the conflict, journalists have been working under increasingly restrictive conditions. Authorities in several countries have limited reporters' movements, photo and live video coverage from sensitive locations. Some governments and armed groups have banned images of missile or drone strikes and other security-related sites. /
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    A tiny Middle Eastern nation scarred by a decades-old war finds itself caught in another
  • 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
  • TOPSHOT - A blaze sweeps following Israeli bombardment on a solar farm and electricity generation facility in Lebanon's southern coastal city of Tyre on March 4, 2026. Israeli forces on March 4 advanced into a number of towns and villages in south Lebanon, a source from the UN peacekeeping force in the country, UNIFIL, told AFP. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP via Getty Images)
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    The war that never ended: Israel seizes moment to finish fight against Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy in Lebanon
  • 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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  • 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
  • Residents look on as flames and smoke rise from an oil storage facility that was struck in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday.
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    Why Trump’s Gulf allies are resisting pressure to join the Iran war
  • KHARKIV, UKRAINE - JULY 30: Dmytro Chubenko of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office examines the carbon fiber remains of a Russian-made, Iran-designed Shahed-136 drone, known as a Geran-2 in Russia, as the prosecutor's office maintains a collection of Russian drones, glide bombs, missiles and rockets launched at Ukraine as evidence for eventual war crimes prosecutions against Russia, on July 30, 2025 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Russia has intensified missile and drone attacks against Ukraine, firing more than 700 in a single night, often against civilian targets, amidst a surge of daily aerial bombardments of urban centers, 3 1/2 years after Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)
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    Exclusive: Russia is giving Iran specific advice on drone tactics, Western intelligence source tells CNN
  • 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
  • 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
  • Lebanese President Joseph Aoun speaks at a press conference in Beirut on February 16.
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    Lebanon calls for direct talks with Israel, accuses Hezbollah of betraying country
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  • 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.
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    What we know on the ninth day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • Gallery In pictures: War in the Middle East after US-Israel strikes on Iran
  • Everything we know on the eighth day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • Dozens killed, authorities say, as Israeli commandos raid Lebanon in hunt for missing airman
  • People inspect the damage at a destroyed apartment building a day after it was struck by an Iranian missile in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 1, 2026.
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    A week in, how Trump’s war with Iran ends is an open question
  • Radar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, satellite images show
  • As Iran war rages, Israel seizes chance to finish the job against Hezbollah
  • Between bombs and blackouts, Iranians are trapped in a deepening crisis
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