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Iran Responds to Trump’s Energy Threat With Defiance and Warnings of Its Own
BySanam Mahoozi March 22, 2026March 23, 2026

Tehran “will not hesitate in defending its people and its land,” a senior official said, after President Trump threatened to destroy Iranian power plants.

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Israel Orders Military to Intensify Demolitions in Southern Lebanon
ByAaron Boxerman March 22, 2026March 22, 2026

Israel Katz, the defense minister, said he ordered troops to destroy more bridges and buildings in southern Lebanon, stoking worries that Israel was widening a military-controlled buffer zone there.

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Residents of Arad Are Shaken After Direct Strike by Iranian Missile
ByJohnatan Reiss March 22, 2026

Attacks on Saturday injured dozens in Arad and Dimona, two cities closest to Israel’s main nuclear research facility.

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Residents in Southern Israel Are Shaken After Direct Strikes by Iranian Missiles
ByJohnatan Reiss March 22, 2026March 22, 2026

Attacks on Saturday injured dozens in Arad and Dimona, two cities closest to Israel’s main nuclear research facility.

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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Saturday
ByAshley Ahn March 21, 2026March 23, 2026

An Iranian missile wounded dozens in Dimona, a city near Israel’s main nuclear research facility, as Tehran showed no signs of backing down.

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Middle East War Leaves Hamas Balancing Allies on Opposite Sides
ByAdam Rasgon and Abu Bakr Bashir March 21, 2026March 21, 2026

The Palestinian militant group, which has ties to both Iran and Qatar, is “walking on a knife’s edge,” an analyst said.

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U.S. Attacks Iranian Targets to Try to Open Strait of Hormuz
ByAdam Rasgon, Eric Schmitt, Francesca Regalado and Michael Levenson March 20, 2026March 20, 2026

The Israeli military said it had killed the spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and Iran warned that it could target American and Israeli military personnel.

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Trump Officials Bypass Congress to Sell Weapons to U.A.E., Kuwait and Jordan
ByMegan Mineiro and Edward Wong March 20, 2026March 20, 2026

Some of the proposed sales, valued at more than $23 billion, were under review, while others were never sent to Congress. The administration is pushing them through without congressional approval.

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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Thursday
ByAshley Ahn March 20, 2026

Strikes continued in the region as attacks on energy infrastructure rattled global markets.

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Trump Jokes About Pearl Harbor in Meeting With Japan’s Leader
ByJavier C. Hernández March 19, 2026March 19, 2026

Breaking a taboo, President Trump needled Japan’s prime minister about the World War II attack, as she widened her eyes and appeared to take a deep breath in the Oval Office.

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