Category: 3. Middle East

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he ordered the U.S. military to attack Iran to thwart Tehran’s nuclear program and a ballistic missile program that he said was growing rapidly.

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Early on Monday, a suspected Iranian drone crashed into the runway at the United Kingdom’s RAF Akrotiri base in southern Cyprus. British and Cypriot officials said the damage was limited. There were no casualties.

Hours later, two drones headed…

MOSCOW, March 2 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed risks of escalation around Iran in a phone call with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday, the Kremlin said in a statement.

“Both sides expressed serious…

LONDON, March 2 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has led Iran to strike military and economic targets in a more “reckless” manner in the region.

The death of…

Israeli warplanes on Monday carried out airstrikes targeting Beirut’s southern suburbs amid escalating cross-border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, Anadolu reports.

Israeli warplanes carried out four…

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Asif Shahzad

KABUL/ISLAMABAD, March 2 (Reuters) – Afghanistan and Pakistan said on Monday that their militaries had targeted each other’s posts across the border as their fighting entered a fifth day, fuelling…

“This is the very lifeblood of the Qatari economy.” Qatar has announced it is halting liquid natural gas (LNG) production because of Iranian attacks on key facilities. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi explains the impact in Doha.

The Netherlands has temporarily suspended the repatriation of its citizens from countries in the Middle East, citing security risks, authorities said Monday, Anadolu reports.

Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen said evacuations cannot be carried out…

US officials and Iranian opposition groups have celebrated the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader as the end of the Islamic Republic. But Al Jazeera’s Soraya Lennie explains why they’re not the same thing.

CENTCOM says three fighter jets ‘mistakenly shot down’. Kuwait investigating cause of incident.