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Israel’s Expanding Ground Assault in Lebanon Meets Resistance in Hilltop Town
ByChristina Goldbaum March 16, 2026March 16, 2026

The town of Khiam’s location on high ground just a few miles north of the border between Israel and Lebanon has made it coveted territory over multiple conflicts.

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European countries reject Trump’s call for help to reopen strait of Hormuz
ByJennifer Rankin in Brussels and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem March 16, 2026March 16, 2026

Leaders seek a diplomatic solution despite US president’s threat of ‘a very bad future’ for Nato unless it provides warshipsMiddle East crisis – live updatesEuropean countries have ruled out sending warships to the strait of Hormuz, despite threats fro…

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UAE reopens airspace after Iran attack – as it happened
ByAdam Fulton March 16, 2026March 17, 2026

This blog is closedContinued from previous post:Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has said she has no immediate plans to send her country’s maritime self-defence forces to help protect tanker traffic in the strait of Homuz.We have not made any de…

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Israel Says Michigan Synagogue Attacker’s Brother Was a Hezbollah Commander
ByIsabel Kershner and Natan Odenheimer March 15, 2026March 15, 2026

The Israeli military said it killed the brother of Ayman Mohamad Ghazali in an airstrike in Lebanon a week before the attack on the synagogue.

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A Timeline of the Tensions Between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the U.S.
ByNeil MacFarquhar March 15, 2026March 16, 2026

The governments of both countries have repeatedly cast the other as evil, perpetuating a cycle that has culminated in the present war.

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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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Middle East crisis live: Israel says it has launched ‘extensive strikes’ on Iran as Trump says US ‘not ready’ to make a deal to end war
ByJonathan Yerushalmy March 15, 2026March 16, 2026

This blog is closedIraq’s football team will travel to Mexico for a 2026 World Cup playoff match despite calls for it to be postponed due to the Middle East war, the country’s football association has announced.“The national team will depart at the end…

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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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The escalation trap: how the Iran war could become more costly and complex
ByPeter Beaumont March 14, 2026

Iran’s is trying to create wedges between Gulf states and the US, but Trump is very comfortable on the ‘escalatory ladder’In its current phase, the Israeli-US war against Iran and its proxies has become a proving ground for two competing concepts of mi…

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