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9 March

US Monitoring Potential Chinese Assistance to Iran

The US is monitoring signs that China could be weighing financial assistance and supplies of spare parts or missile-related components for Iran.

9 March

Staff Writer With AFP

Hezbollah Says Fighting Israeli Forces Who Landed in East Lebanon

Hezbollah said it was fighting Israeli forces who landed in eastern Lebanon by helicopter across the Syrian border.

9 March

A rare and tense moment as Iranian and Israeli missiles strike each other's territory.

Rojoef Manuel

Iran’s Missile Attacks Down 86% Since Start of US-Israel Ops, Top US General Says

Iran’s missile and drone attacks have dropped sharply since the start of joint US-Israeli strikes.

8 March

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Staff Writer With AFP

Netanyahu Says Israel Will Carry On Iran War ‘With All Our Force’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would continue its war with Iran "with all our force," and alongside the US had gained near-total control of the skies over Tehran after a week of strikes.

8 March

Staff Writer With AFP

Turkey May Deploy F-16s to North Cyprus Amid Mideast War

Turkey is considering the possibility of sending F-16 fighter jets to Northern Cyprus as a security measure, a Turkish defense ministry source said.

7 March

Iranian worshippers hold national flags and participate in Tehran's Friday prayers at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on March 6, 2026.

Staff Writer With AFP

Iran Vows No Surrender as Air Strikes Hit Tehran Airport

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed that his country would never surrender, as Israel announced a fresh blitz led by 80 fighter jets which set one of Tehran's main airports on fire.

7 March

Staff Writer With AFP

Trump Says Only ‘Unconditional Surrender’ of Iran Will End War

US President Donald Trump demanded Iran's "unconditional surrender" as the only acceptable outcome to end hostilities, while promising to help rebuild the country's economy if Tehran complied.

6 March

Iranian youths walk past a state building covered with a giant anti-US billboard depicting a symbolic image of the destroyed USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) aircraft carrier in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 28, 2026.

Giulia Bernacchi

US Forces Could Be Responsible for Deadly Iran School Strike: Report

US forces could be responsible for a striking a girls’ school in Iran, killing over 160 children, according to a US military investigation.

6 March

A view of a heavily damaged building is pictured near Ferdowsi Square in Tehran on March 5, 2026, following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 that killed Iran's supreme leader and top military leaders and prompted retaliatory strikes on Israel and across the region.

Staff Writer With AFP

Middle East War Enters Seventh Day as Israel Strikes Beirut

The raging Iran war, which has spread across the Middle East and beyond, entered its seventh day Friday after Israeli forces announced a "next phase" in the conflict and bombed Beirut's southern suburbs.

5 March