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Israel and the US are fighting Iran together. Are they on the same page though? | Yousef Munayyer
ByYousef Munayyer March 12, 2026

The differences between what Trump and Netanyahu want out of this war are starting to show and complicating how it will endWhen the US and Israel launched an attack on Iran to start a war that is now entering its third week, it was the start of someth…

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Thursday briefing: What an Iran negotiator thinks could happen next – and why Trump still has an off-ramp
ByToby Moses March 12, 2026

In today’s newsletter: Robert Malley, who led talks for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, helps make sense of the warGood morning, and apologies for the interruption to your usual programming. Stepping out from behind the editing desk to write today’s newsle…

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Israel strikes Beirut and orders south Lebanon evacuation as conflict mounts
ByWilliam Christou in Beirut March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

Latest order comes after Hezbollah and Iran launch attack on more than 50 targets including Israeli military basesMiddle East live – latest updatesIsrael issued a sweeping new displacement order for southern Lebanon, instructing residents up to 25 mile…

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US intelligence sees direct attacks by Iran on oil tankers as greater risk than mines
ByHugo Lowell in Washington March 11, 2026

Strait of Hormuz, key transit passage for global oil trade, has been effectively shut down by Islamic Revolutionary GuardSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxUS intelligence reporting sees direct attacks by Iran …

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At least 17 killed after drone strikes school in Sudan
ByAssociated Press in Cairo March 11, 2026

Strike in Shukeiri killed teachers and health care workers and is latest incident in three-year warAt least 17 people, most of them schoolgirls, were killed on Wednesday when an explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces …

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Elevating injured Mojtaba Khamenei to supreme leader shows Iranian war machine can run on autopilot
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor March 11, 2026

Lack of public appearances prompted speculation about new leader’s mortality after multiple family members perishedThe confirmation that Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was injured in the first wave of Israeli attacks underlines how desper…

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Iran escalates attacks on infrastructure and transport networks across the Gulf
ByJason Burke, Jerusalem March 11, 2026March 11, 2026

Iranian officials warn of ‘war of attrition’ and global economic chaos as energy supplies are throttledMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran dramatically escalated its strategy of striking civilian infrastructure and transport networks across the Gulf …

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Ben Jennings on Trump and Hegseth: mission accomplished? – cartoon
ByBen Jennings March 11, 2026

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Echoes of Iraq invasion in Trump’s Iran plan | Letters
ByGuardian staff March 11, 2026

Alan West recalls a high-level meeting prior to the Iraq war. Plus letters from Spencer Hines and Margaret SquiresAt the final meeting prior to the invasion of Iraq between UK chiefs of staff (of which I was one), the then prime minister Tony Blair, th…

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‘The shine has been taken off’: Dubai faces existential threat as foreigners flee conflict
ByHannah Ellis-Petersen in Dubai March 11, 2026

Tens of thousands of residents and tourists have left UAE since the US and Israel started bombing Iran two weeks ago, leaving beach bars, malls and hotels eerily emptyIn the playground of the rich, nobody wanted this war. For decades, Dubai built itsel…

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