Middle East


Israel backing Iranian Kurdish push to seize Iran border areas, sources say

Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) take part in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq February 12, 2026.

US well on way toward controlling Iran airspace, says White House

A US Navy sailor signals an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran at an undisclosed location March 4, 2026.

IDF strikes IRGC, Hezbollah command centers in Beirut’s Dahiyeh district

A site of overnight Israeli airstrikes is pictured in the southern suburbs of Beirut on March 6, 2026.