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Shrinking weapon stockpiles and regime-change uncertainty: doubts shadow US-Israel war on Iran
ByJosé Olivares March 7, 2026

Report indicates that US intelligence officials question effectiveness of strikes to produce regime change in IranUS government reviews of the war in Iran show that the Trump administration may be ill-equipped for a regime-change war, according to repo…

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Dozens killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon after failed raid to recover pilot’s remains – video
ByGuardian staff March 7, 2026

An Israeli commando operation in eastern Lebanon to locate the remains of a famous IDF pilot ended in failure overnight, when the commandos were caught in a firefight with Hezbollah and local residents, leading Israeli jets to pummel the area…

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Israel kills dozens in east Lebanon in failed overnight raid
ByWilliam Christou in Beirut and Jason Burke in Jerusalem March 7, 2026

Commandos started digging up grave thought to be of famous IDF pilot, leading to gunfight followed by airstrikesMiddle East crisis – live updatesAn Israeli operation in eastern Lebanon to locate the remains of a famous IDF pilot ended in failure overni…

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Seven days of war in the Middle East: how the first week unfolded – video timeline
BySanjana Jose, Acacia Redding, Laure Boulinier and Sarah Bertram March 7, 2026

Air strikes have shaken the Middle East after the US and Israel launched an attack against Iran, killing the country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Guardian looks back at the seven days that ignited a war, which has already claimed the li…

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Trump skirts Congress over Iran war as Republicans simply step aside
ByChris Stein in Washington March 7, 2026

Senate blocks war powers measure and House follows suit – now president can bomb Iran free from congressional interferenceBefore US troops invaded Iraq, George W Bush asked Congress to pass a resolution authorizing military force against Washington’s l…

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Iran rejects Trump’s demand for unconditional surrender as a ‘dream’
ByLorenzo Tondo March 7, 2026March 7, 2026

Masoud Pezeshkian issues rare apology to neighbouring Gulf states for Iranian strikes as war enters eighth day Middle East crisis live: latest news updatesThe president of Iran has rejected Donald Trump’s call for the country’s unconditional surrender …

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‘It means missile defence on data centres’: drone strikes raises doubts over Gulf as AI superpower
ByDaniel Boffey Chief reporter March 7, 2026

Iran’s targeting of commercial datacentres in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfareIt is believed to be a first: the deliberate targeting of a commercial datacentre by the armed forces of a country at war.At 4.30am on Sunday …

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British family stranded in Middle East after Foreign Office errors
BySammy Gecsoyler March 7, 2026

Nusaybah Sattar and five relatives were kept off evacuation flight despite holding tickets and UK passportsMiddle East crisis live: latest news updatesA British family stranded in the Middle East after being wrongly refused entry to an evacuation fligh…

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Airline groundings expose depth of world travel’s reliance on Gulf corridor
ByGwyn Topham Transport correspondent March 7, 2026

Restart of operations will be a relief to those stranded but may not dispel doubts raised by past week about key transit hubAfter nearly a week of uncertainty, airspace closures and very limited flights, news that hundreds of thousands of passengers ar…

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‘Don’t die’: the two words that sum up our lives in Tehran now | Anonymous
ByAnonymous March 7, 2026

In a park overlooking the city, I ran into a group of young people chatting and joking. As the bombs fall, fragments of life remainI was at work last Saturday when I heard the blast. Since that moment, the world has been turned on its head. The school …

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