Category: 2. Middle East

New airstrikes hit Iran’s capital Tehran on Monday, with successive blasts heard across the city.

An Anadolu correspondent reported that the explosions were concentrated in eastern and southern Tehran.

Plumes of…

By Mushtaq Ali

PESHAWAR, March 2 (Reuters) – Pakistan sent the military into Himalayan Gilgit-Baltistan region on Monday and banned large gatherings nationwide after deadly protests against U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran spread, with 26 dead so…

KYIV, March 2 (Reuters) – A new round of U.S.-brokered peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, scheduled for week, has not been canceled following the weekend strikes on Iran by the U.S. and Israel, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on…

MOSCOW, March 2 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin told UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in a phone call on Monday that he was ready to relay his complaints about Iranian strikes against UAE territory to Tehran, the Kremlin…

As drones swarmed the skies above Iraq’s Erbil and air defences streaked up to shoot them down, residents watched from below, fearing the fire would soon reach them.

Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region hosts US-led coalition troops, and its…

As Israeli strikes shattered the nighttime quiet, Beirut cafe owner Hassan rushed home to whisk his wife and young daughter to safety in the nearby mountains outside the city.

The sound of heavy gunfire was a warning to residents that war had…

Thriving thanks to their strategic geographical position, strong state backing and leading carriers, huge air hubs in the Gulf oil kingdoms have been shaken by the conflict over Iran.

Following US and Israel strikes on the Islamic Republic, Iran’s…

The Israeli army on Monday ordered residents of more than 50 villages in eastern and southern Lebanon to leave their homes, in preparation for attacking what it claimed were sites belonging to “Hezbollah”.  

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MADRID, March 2 (Reuters) – Fifteen U.S. aircraft have left the Rota and Moron military bases in southern Spain since the U.S. and Israel launched weekend attacks on Iran, maps by flight tracking website FlightRadar24 showed on Monday.

Foreign…