Live Updates: US fighter jet downed by Iran, IDF begins striking targets in Beirut
US intel. says half of Iran’s weapons are still intact as Trump, Netanyahu claim otherwise • Hezbollah terrorists say they are being sent to die for Iran, IDF says disarming group unrealistic
Smoke rises after a reported Israeli airstrike, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran continues, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, March 27, 2026.(photo credit: REUTERS/Raghed Waked)
US expelled Iran's UN deputy ambassador in December 2025, months before beginning of war - report
The report said that Iran's UN mission received a note from the State Department in December asking Aghajani to leave the country immediately, the latest in a series of expulsions last year.
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Pentagon discloses that 365 service members were wounded since start of Operation Epic Fury
US intelligence warns Iran unlikely to ease Hormuz Strait chokehold soon, sources say
The Strait of Hormuz, controlled on one side by Iran, carries a fifth of the world's oil trade.
ByREUTERS A map showing the Strait of Hormuz and Iran is seen in this illustration taken June 22, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/DADO RUVIC/ILLUSTRATION)Go to the full article > >
Second US fighter jet downed in Persian Gulf, Iranian media claims
US media reported that the sole pilot on board was safely rescued, with Tehran claiming the shootdown of the A-10 as the second successful strike on a US aircraft within 24 hours.
ByELI LEONAn A-10 Thunderbolt II is displayed at Al-Maktoum International Airport during the Dubai Airshow 2025 in Dubai on November 20, 2025.(photo credit: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images)Go to the full article > >
Industrial zone damaged in Negev, falls in Sharon area after Iran fires missiles towards Israel
According to Israel Police, missile shrapnel fell in an industrial site in the Negev region, with Israeli media reporting no hazardous leaks.
ByTOBIAS HOLCMANBallistic missiles launched from Iran, as seen over Jerusalem, during the war with Iran and ongoing missile fire toward Israel, April 2, 2026.(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
Hezbollah fires large salvo of rockets against Haifa, Galilee
ByAARON GLICKUS President Donald Trump speaks next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 26, 2026.(photo credit: EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Iraqi PMF presence in Iran raises alarm over crackdown, potential US ground war
PMF units reportedly entered Iran last January and assisted the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the massacre of civilians.
ByOMID HABIBINIA/THE MEDIA LINEShi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) members hold an Islamic State flag, which they pulled down, during the war between Iraqi army and Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) against the Islamic State militants in Tal Afar, Iraq August 27, 2017. (photo credit: REUTERS/FILE PHOTO)Go to the full article > >
Turkey continuing talks to stop Iran war spiraling, Erdogan tells Putin
ByREUTERSOperation Roaring Lion: What you need to know
Israel and the US launched Operations Roaring Lion and Epic Fury on February 28, with the stated aim of creating conditions for regime change
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed by an Israeli strike on a Tehran bunker, Iran’s defense minister and several IRGC generals were also killed in the largest-ever aerial attack by the IAF
Iran retaliated by firing across the Middle East at Gulf nations and US military bases in the region
Nine IDF soldiers and 22 civilians have been killed, and at least 6,594 more injured in ballistic missile attacks across Israel since February 28 • Eleven US soldiers killed