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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 Oil sees historic disruptions as Iran escalates attacks on shipping
  • A resident walks in front of the building where at least four people were injured in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the Aisha Bakkar area of central Beirut on March 11, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon.
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    What we know on the 13th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Smoke rises among the residential buildings following an Israeli attack on Tehran, Iran on Tuesday, March 10.
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    Live Updates Day 12 of Middle East conflict - ships hit by attacks in Strait of Hormuz
  • 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
  • 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
  • Black smoke rises after fires broke out following US-Israel attacks targeting some oil storage facilities, including the Shehran oil depot, in Tehran, on March 8, 2026.
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    What we know on the 10th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
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  • A woman watches plumes of smoke rise from an oil storage facility after overnight strikes by U.S. and Israeli forces in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 8, 2026. Fuel depots near Iran's capital, Tehran, were engulfed in flames early Sunday after U.S. and Israeli forces expanded their attacks, while Iran tried to project stability by announcing that top clerics were finalizing their selection of a new supreme leader. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)
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    In pictures: War in the Middle East after US-Israel strikes on Iran
  • Smoke rising from a recent airstrike on March 6, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.
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    Everything we know on the eighth day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • 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
  • 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
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  • In this screenshot of video provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, a U.S. submarine sinks Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in support of Operation Epic Fury off Sri Lanka's coast on March 4, 2026 at Sea in the Indian Ocean.
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    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
  • Video Hear what people inside Iran think about destruction of morality police detention site 4:32
  • Video Why Iranian counterattacks rarely hit their target 5:07
  • A plume of smoke rises after a strike on the Iranian capital Tehran, on March 3, 2026.
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    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
  • Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon into the war on Iran, but the militia is a shadow of the force it once was
  • Video Why Iran’s power structure makes the government hard to dismantle 4:41
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