Category: 3. Middle East

WASHINGTON — The US State Department is urging Americans in more than a dozen Middle East countries to immediately depart as Israel and the United States continue to exchange strikes with Iran. 

The department “urges Americans to DEPART NOW…

Heavy Israeli air strikes have hit multiple parts of Tehran including near the building of Iran’s state broadcaster and the central prison complex. Explosions have been heard across the city.

By David Brunnstrom

March 2 (Reuters) – U.S. first lady Melania Trump chaired a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on children and education in conflict on Monday, two days after U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel launched attacks…

The United States attacked Iran only after learning that ally Israel was going to strike and fearing Tehran would retaliate against US forces, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday.

“We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action. We…

Israel’s assault on Iran comes as the country is still attacking Gaza and Lebanon, after bombing Syria, Yemen and Qatar in the past year.

What are the risks of Israel opening…

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) – The United States is not postured for ground forces in Iran at this moment but U.S. President Donald Trump has those options, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Monday, adding that the…

Secretary of state says he hopes Iranian people would overthrow regime as US military says six service members killed.

By Lisa Baertlein

LONG BEACH, Calif., March 2 (Reuters) – Container ships account for roughly 100 of the 750 ships backed up around the Strait of Hormuz following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, Jeremy Nixon, CEO of container carrier Ocean…

CAIRO, March 2 (Reuters) – An Iranian Revolutionary Guards senior official said on Monday that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and Iran will fire on any ship trying to pass, Iranian media reported.

This is Iran’s most explicit warning since telling…