The country is waiting to see if the government seizes on this moment to disarm the Iranian-backed armed group and how the militants will respond.
As the war with Iran threatens to engulf more countries in the region, President Trump said he wanted to be involved in picking a new leader in Tehran.
An Iranian ship had been invited by India to take part in peacetime naval exercises with dozens of other countries, days before it was sunk in a U.S. submarine attack.
Lebanon’s capital erupted in chaos after the Israeli military ordered people to flee the southern suburbs. A far-right minister in Israel warned of a devastating bombardment.
Presidents have sidestepped Congress to launch limited military strikes for decades. Trump’s decision to attack Iran is an aggressive escalation.
As Iran fires fewer ballistic missiles, experts doubt Tehran is saving more advanced weapons.
Prices for liquefied natural gas have shot up in recent days, which could bring bigger profits for European and U.S. energy companies.
“I felt great fear and I ran,” says one of thousands of Syrians who are leaving what had been a relatively safe refuge during the war in Syria.
The two nations, as well as Greece, said they would send assets to the region. The Netherlands was weighing a request to join them.
The ballistic missile was shot down by NATO forces before it reached Turkish territory. Turkey’s defense ministry said the missile was detected to have been launched from Iran.