Category: Middle East

Fri 06 March 2026: The UN refugee agency said Thursday that intensifying hostilities across the Middle East have triggered “significant population movement,” as more than 330,000 people have been forcibly displaced, mostly within their own countries. The UNHCR noted that clashes along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan have forced thousands of families to flee. […]

Fri 06 March 2026: Evidence assembled by The New York Times suggests a strike that hit an elementary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab were carried out by the US. The newspaper reports that satellite imagery, social media posts and verified videos indicate the school building was severely damaged by a precision strike […]

 The Israel-US war on Iran has rapidly spilt into neighbouring Gulf nations, all of which host American military bases. / TRT World Thu 05 March 2026: Tehran has widened the scope of its retaliation, with the bulk of its fury directed at targets in the Arab countries of the region. Iran has launched far more […]

Thu 05 March 2026: To carry out strikes on 1,000 targets on the first day of its assault on Iran, the US military relied on the most sophisticated artificial intelligence system it has deployed in combat to date, technology that the Pentagon may find difficult to abandon even as it ends its relationship with the […]

An oil tanker that ignored the closure of the strait of Hormuz appears to be on fire on 1 March. Wed 04 March 2026: President Donald Trump has said the US Navy could escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz if necessary and has ordered Washington to provide insurance guarantees for vessels crossing the […]