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Israel Strikes ‘Decimate’ Iran as War Roils Markets

Israel unleashed another barrage on Tehran this morning, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Iran was being "decimated," even as fresh attacks rattled Gulf states. The Iranian capital, pummeled on an almost daily basis since a joint U.S.-Israeli operation ignited the war on 28 February, was struck in raids the Israeli military said were "targeting infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime". The strikes followed Mr Netanyahu’s assertion that the conflict, approaching its fourth week, had wiped out the…

Israel launches large-scale barrage of strikes against targets across Iran

Israel has carried out a “wide-scale” wave of strikes on Iran, according to a live update stating the action. The notice did not immediately provide further specifics. The initial line contained no details on the locations, timing or targets of the strikes, and did not include information on casualties or damage. It also did not cite sources, identify the nature of the assets involved, or describe whether the reported action was ongoing. Because the alert offered only the headline descriptor “wide-scale,” it was not possible…

Somalia warns Israel against military base plans in North Western State of Somalia

Somalia warned Thursday that its territory cannot be used for foreign military operations, pushing back against reports that Israel is exploring an installation in North Western State of Somalia, the self-governing region across the Gulf of Aden from Yemen. “Somalia does not want to see its territory pulled into external confrontations or used in ways that could further destabilise an already sensitive region,” Ali Omar, Somalia’s state minister for foreign affairs, told Al Jazeera. The statement followed reports by…

Iran, Israel and United States entrench positions as war nears two weeks

Iran, Israel and the United States struck defiant tones as the Middle East war neared the two-week mark, with leaders vowing to press on despite a mounting death toll, widening regional attacks and fresh aftershocks in global energy and financial markets. Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, issued his first public message since taking power, vowing to keep fighting and to keep the Strait of Hormuz shut. In remarks read out by a state television presenter, he urged neighboring countries to close U.S. bases on their…

Israel considers North Western State of Somalia base for operations against Houthi rebels

Thursday March 12, 2026 HARGEISA, North Western State of Somalia (AX) — Israel is weighing the establishment of a strategic base in North Western State of Somalia to help counter Yemen’s Houthi movement, according to a Bloomberg report published Wednesday that cites unnamed North Western State of Somalia officials and people familiar with the talks. The exploratory assessments have focused on sites along North Western State of Somalia’s northern coastline, including elevated terrain west of the port city of Berbera — about…

Human Rights Watch Says Israel Unlawfully Used White Phosphorus in Lebanon

HRW says Israel unlawfully used white phosphorus in southern Lebanon, urges arms suspensions Human Rights Watch said Monday it has verified evidence that Israel used airburst white phosphorus munitions over a residential neighborhood in southern Lebanon this month, a practice the group says violates international humanitarian law and endangers civilians. In a new report, the New York-based group said it authenticated seven photos showing white phosphorus fired over Yohmor on March 3, with fires breaking out in at least two…

IDF says Israel targeting Iranian regime infrastructure inside Iran

Israel launched a new wave of strikes on “regime infrastructure” in central Iran on Monday, hours after clerics in Tehran named Mojtaba Khamenei as the Islamic Republic’s new supreme leader, escalating a regional war already spilling across the Gulf and the Levant. The Israeli military said its forces had “begun an additional wave of strikes on Iranian terror regime infrastructure in central Iran,” a rare public description of targets inside the country. The announcement came shortly after Israel reported strikes on…

Israel mounts latest wave of wide-ranging strikes against Iran

Israel launched a new “broad-scale” wave of strikes on targets in Tehran as President Donald Trump said only Iran’s “unconditional surrender” would end the escalating war that has engulfed the Middle East and roiled global energy markets. The Israeli military said it had identified missiles launched from Iran toward Israeli territory overnight and that air defenses were activated to intercept them. “Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat,” the military said, as air raid alerts in Israel’s north were lifted…

Israel and Iran exchange strikes as war enters its seventh day

Iran war enters seventh day as Israel expands strikes to Beirut and Tehran The regional war involving Iran, Israel and the United States entered its seventh day after Israel announced a “next phase” of operations and bombed Beirut’s southern suburbs, while blasts were heard in Tehran following what Israel said were strikes on “regime infrastructure” in the Iranian capital. Residents in Beirut’s southern districts fled after the Israeli military issued an unprecedented warning to evacuate “immediately.” In Tehran, AFP…