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Washington's Four-Week Iran War Promise Faces Expert Skepticism as Conflict Spreads Across the Gulf

WASHINGTON — Just days after the United States and Israel launched coordinated surprise strikes against Iran in the predawn hours of February 28, President Donald Trump offered the American public a firm reassurance: the military campaign would be over in four to five weeks, and it would not become another open-ended

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By: Nick Ravenshade
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Minab School Death Toll Reaches Up to 180 as Mass Funeral Draws Thousands, UN Demands Investigation and US Still Has Not Accepted Responsibility

DUBAI — The death toll from Saturday's strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school in the southern Iranian city of Minab has risen to between 165 and 180 people according to Iranian official and state media sources, the majority of them schoolchildren, as thousands attended a mass

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By: Nick Ravenshade
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Israel's Defense Minister Threatens to Kill Iran's Next Supreme Leader as Qom Strike Disrupts Succession Vote

JERUSALEM — Israel's defense minister issued a direct public threat on Wednesday warning that whoever Iran selects as its next supreme leader will be killed, one day after Israeli aircraft struck the Assembly of Experts building in Qom while the 88-member clerical body was reportedly convened to count votes

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By: Nick Ravenshade
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Iran Hits CIA Station in Riyadh, Dubai Consulate and Qatar's Al Udeid Air Base in Coordinated Strike Wave as US Orders Mass Gulf Evacuation

WASHINGTON — Iranian drone and missile strikes hit the CIA's intelligence station inside the US Embassy compound in Riyadh, the US consulate in Dubai, and al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, amounting to the broadest single-day assault on American diplomatic and military infrastructure across the Gulf region, as the State

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By: Nick Ravenshade
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Israel says troops “operating in southern Lebanon” in forward defence posture to protect northern communities

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said on 3 March 2026 that soldiers were operating in southern Lebanon in a forward defense posture, positioning personnel at several points near the border to counter militia activity and to bolster security for northern Israeli communities. For full background, see prior coverage at U.S.

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By: Nick Ravenshade
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Two Suspected Iranian Drones Strike U.S. Embassy in Riyadh; No Injuries Reported

RIYADH — Two unmanned aerial vehicles struck the U.S. embassy compound in Riyadh in the early hours of 3 March 2026, causing a limited fire and minor material damage, authorities said. The incident occurred in the diplomatic quarter at approximately 01:20 local time and prompted shelter-in-place advisories for American

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By: Nick Ravenshade

Iranian Ballistic Missile Kills Eight in Beit Shemesh After Penetrating Israel's Multi-Layered Air Defences, IDF Launches Interception Failure Investigation

BEIT SHEMESH — An Iranian ballistic missile struck a residential area of the central Israeli city of Beit Shemesh on Sunday afternoon, killing eight people and wounding at least 28 others, making it the deadliest single incident on Israeli soil since the conflict between Iran and the U.S.-Israeli coalition

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By: Nick Ravenshade

Israeli Strikes Hit Central Tehran Neighbourhood Housing Police Headquarters and State TV as Iran Confirms Khamenei's Death and Declares 40 Days of Mourning

DUBAI — A massive explosion tore through central Tehran on Sunday as the Israeli military announced it was targeting the "heart" of the city, sending a towering plume of smoke into the skyline and shaking the ground across a wide radius, in strikes the IDF described as a direct

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By: Nick Ravenshade

U.S.-Israeli Strikes Confirmed to Have Killed IRGC Commander Mohammad Pakpour and Defense Council Head Ali Shamkhani, Iran State Media Reports

TEHRAN — Iran's official state news agency confirmed on Sunday that Maj. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour, the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Defense Council and a long-standing senior figure within the country's security establishment, were killed in

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By: Nick Ravenshade

Russia Calls U.S.-Israeli Campaign Against Iran "Armed Aggression," Demands Immediate Ceasefire and UN Security Council Session

MOSCOW — Russia's Foreign Ministry issued its most forceful response yet to the ongoing military campaign against Iran on Saturday, formally characterising the U.S.-Israeli operation as "a pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state" and calling

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By: Nick Ravenshade

Five Schoolgirls Killed in Minab Strike Mark First Confirmed Civilian Deaths in US-Israeli Campaign Against Iran

Editor's note: Death toll figures reported at time of publication have since risen significantly. For the latest reporting, see: Minab School Death Toll Reaches Up to 180 as Mass Funeral Draws Thousands, UN Demands Investigation and US Still Has Not Accepted ResponsibilityIran’s Minab school death toll has

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By: Nick Ravenshade

Iran Declares Armed Forces Have "Full Authority" to Strike Back as Foreign Ministry Issues War Footing Statement

DUBAI — Iran's Foreign Ministry issued a formal war-footing declaration on Saturday, stating publicly that the country's armed forces had been granted "full authority" to retaliate against the United States and Israel following the joint military campaign launched in the predawn hours, marking the first

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By: Nick Ravenshade

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