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    An Israeli rescue personnel works at the impact site following Iranian missile barrages as the US-Israeli conflict with Iran continues, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 28, 2026.
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    Live Updatesa min ago Houthis enter Iran war with missile strike against Israel
  • FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the island of Qeshm, separated from the Iranian mainland by the Clarence Strait, on December 10, 2023.
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    Seven islands that hold the keys to the Strait of Hormuz
  • TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 12: Workers and civilians stand amid the rubble of residential buildings that were destroyed a few days ago following the US and Israeli attack in the eastern Tehran area on March 12, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. The United States and Israel have continued the joint strikes on Iran that began on February 28. Iran has retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel, and targeting U.S. allies in the region. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
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    Live Updatesa min ago Day 28 of Middle East conflict — US service members injured in attack on Saudi air base
  • President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute's summit at the Faena Forum in Miami Beach, Florida,on Friday.
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    What we know on Day 29 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran: Trump says ‘not finished yet,’ US service members wounded
  • Israeli soldiers seen in a Palestinian home.
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    Israeli soldiers echo settler ideology, talk of revenge after targeting Palestinians and detaining CNN crew in the West Bank
  • Emergency personnel respond at a site following Iranian missile barrages in central Israel, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 24, 2026.
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    What to know on Day 26 of the Iran war: Tehran taunts Trump, US troop deployment
  • Smoke rises from Tabriz airport in Iran, June 13, 2025 in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Social Media/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. NEWS ONLY
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    A victory ‘for decades’? Netanyahu’s promise after June strikes proved hollow, but Israelis still support Iran war
  • Civil defense and search and rescue teams continue operations in the area after U.S. and Israeli strikes targeted the Enderzgu district of the Iranian capital Tehran at dawn, causing severe damage as half of an eight-story building collapsed and the remaining part became unusable, while nearby structures were heavily damaged and many vehicles were rendered inoperable, on March 23, 2026.
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    What we know on Day 25 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
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  • An Israeli soldier uses a torch to inspect the damage after Iranian missile barrages struck Dimona, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in southern Israel March 21, 2026.
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    What we know on day 23 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • The Singapore flagged 85-thousand ton Norman Atlantic stands ablaze 06 December 1987 after she was attacked by an Iranian warship in Omani territorial waters as it approached the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranians attacked 2 tankers in the region killing one aboard the Danish tanker Estelle Maersk and setting the Singapore tanker Norman Atlantic ablaze. The Tanker War started properly in 1984 when Iraq attacked Iranian tankers and the vital oil terminal at Kharg island. Iran struck back by attacking tankers carrying Iraqi oil from Kuwait and then any tanker of the Gulf states supporting Iraq. The air and small boat attacks did very little to damage the economies of either country and the price of oil was never seriously affected as Iran just moved it's shipping port to Larak Island in the straights of Hormuz.
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    The Tanker War: How history is repeating itself on the Strait of Hormuz
  • Two women from the Iranian Red Crescent Society stand on Sunday, March 8, as a thick plume of smoke from a US-Israeli strike on an oil storage facility late Saturday rises into the sky in Tehran.
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  • Members of a Red Crescent rescue team work at a building that was damaged by a strike, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on March 17, 2026.
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    What we know on the 21st day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
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  • 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 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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    Under Israeli bombardment, Lebanon urges Trump to intervene, calls for ‘immediate’ talks with Israel
  • President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
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    As the war — and gas prices — escalate, Trump uses Israel to deflect domestic and allied pressure
  • The USS Tripoli (LHA-7) amphibious assault ship enters the Singapore Straits, as seen from Singapore, on Tuesday, March 17.
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    US warship believed to be carrying additional Marines to Middle East tracked off Singapore
  • Emergency crews search for people trapped in rubble following a strike on a residential building on March 16, 2026 in central 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. (Photo by Getty Images)
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    What we know on the 18th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
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  • People sift through the rubble in a house in the Beryanak District that was damaged by missile attacks in Tehran, Iran, on March 15, 2026.
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    What we know on the 17th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
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