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As Rockets Fly Overhead, Residents of Israel’s Border City Stay Underground
ByIsabel Kershner and Amit Elkayam March 15, 2026

The Israeli government evacuated Kiryat Shmona during the last round of fighting with Hezbollah in 2023. Residents who were told it was safe to return are again under fire.

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Dozens of Medical Workers Killed as Israel Hits Lebanon
ByAbdi Latif Dahir March 14, 2026

Lebanese health officials say that 31 health workers have been killed by Israeli strikes. Israel claimed, without evidence, that Hezbollah has been using ambulances and medical facilities.

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Lebanon’s Displaced Flee Israeli Strikes One Year Into War
ByAbdi Latif Dahir March 14, 2026March 14, 2026

Israeli calls for the evacuation of huge swaths of southern Lebanon have led 830,000 people, about 14 percent of Lebanon’s population, to flee.

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Trump’s War Alliance With Israel Is Reshaping the Middle East. But It Carries Risks.
ByAnton Troianovski March 14, 2026

President Trump is the first American leader to embrace fighting a full-fledged, joint war with Israel. Washington has tried to avoid that level of coordination in the past.

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To Fight Iran’s Drones, U.S. Taps Ukraine’s Hard-Earned Knowledge
ByMichael Schwirtz March 13, 2026

As Iran has shown, warfare involves far more deadly projectiles than it once did. It’s a problem Ukraine has been dealing with for years.

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Trump Softens Call for Protesters to Take Over Iran
ByLuke Broadwater March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

President Trump said protesters risk getting shot “right through the head,” a change in tone from his earlier comments that Iranians must seize the chance to take over their government.

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Israel Drops Leaflets on Beirut with Reminders of Gaza War
ByEuan Ward March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

Leaflets dropped over the capital referenced Israel’s “success in Gaza” and urged Lebanese citizens to disarm Hezbollah.

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Drone Strike Has Cyprus, and Europe, on Edge
ByCarlotta Gall March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

Allies have rushed to defend the Mediterranean nation, where the drone hit a British base. Some Cypriots wonder why the bases are still there.

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Israel Drops Case Against Soldiers Accused of Abusing Palestinian Detainee
ByIsabel Kershner March 12, 2026

After a prisoner arrived at a hospital with broken ribs and a torn rectum, Israelis were once again at odds over the issue of mistreatment and impunity.

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Displaced Lebanese Haunted by Strikes from the Sky
ByChristina Goldbaum and Sarah Chaayto March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

With airstrikes expanding beyond the limits of Beirut’s southern suburbs, people in the city say that even the once-safest corners may no longer be off-limits.

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